Bhagam Bhag

Champak Chaturvedi (Paresh Rawal) runs a theatrical troupe in India. He hires two men, Bunty (Akshay Kumar) - a graduate in arts, and Babla (Govinda)- who cannot read nor write English. One has to play the role of the play's hero, while one the villain. Both men end up squabbling with each other, as both want the hero's part. Then Champak finds out that Bunty has molested the play's heroine, Anjali (Tanushree Dutta), and punishes him. The group gets a contract to stage 30 plays in Britain, however, on the day of the departure, Anjali opts out, leaving Champak no alternative but to travel without a heroine, but hoping to recruit one while in Britain. Upon arrival, Babla sets about to find a suitable heroine from the Indian population, but Bunty beats him to it and recruits a woman named Munni (Lara Dutta). Babla has his suitcase switched by another containing heroin, and as a result, both men end being suspects by the local Police, whose Commissioner is an Indian, J.D. Mehra(Jackie Shroff). Then both Munni and Bunty fall in love with each other. Then Munni has an accident with a vehicle and ends up in a hospital. When she regains her senses, she tells everyone that she is Nisha Chauhan, and is married to Vikram(Arbaaz Khan), who lives in Liverpool. Vikram arrives, thanks to everyone, and takes his wife, who has suicidal tendencies, home. A few days later, Bunty receives a phone call from a frantic Nisha, who tells him to come over immediately. He, along with Champak and Babla, arrive there to find her body in flames. She is declared dead in hospital. Now the troupe is on the hunt for another heroine for their play - when the unexplainable happens - as Bunty claims that he saw Nisha. No one believes him, but then subsequently a terrified Champak and then a bewildered Babla both claim to have seen her. These sightings hurl the trio in a non-stop chaotic situation involving drug dealers, goons who want revenge, as well as the Police Commissioner himself, who also has a role to play in this comedy of errors and terrors.

• Govinda as Babla
• Akshay Kumar as Bunty
• Lara Dutta as Aditi Desai / Munni / Nisha Chauhan
• Paresh Rawal as Champak 'Champu' Chaturvedi / Champak Seth Ji
• Arbaaz Khan as Vikram Chauhan
• Sharat Saxena as Fredrick
• Asrani as Ravinder Taneja
• Manoj Joshi as Manubhai Gandhi
• Rajpal Yadav as Gulab "Gullu" Singh Lakhan Singh Haryanewaale
• Jackie Shroff as J.D. Mehra, London Police Officer
• Shakti Kapoor as Guru
• Razak Khan as Hakka
• Amita Nangia as Vaijanti
• Gurleen Chopra as Nisha Mehra Chauhan (special appearance)
• Tanushree Dutta (cameo appearance)
• Prerana Rathod as Sheetal

Shooting took place in Oxford, United Kingdom in July–August 2006, filming at several University of Oxford landmarks. It also borrows comedy sub plots from another Malayalam film Nadodikkattu.[3] The climax sequence was borrowed from the 1999 Marathi thriller Bindhaast.[4] The climax comedy sequence was adapted from the 1963 classic It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

The Times of India gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "The actors try hard, but the script and the dialogues let them down. Even the situations aren't funny enough, except for a few. Case in point, watch Paresh trying to chew a grenade and Govinda asking for a bite too. Funny!"[5] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Bhagam Bhag will be loved for its comedy in the first hour, but the whodunit in the second hour tapers the impact."[6] Gullu Singh of Rediff.com gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated, "The real hero of the film is Kumar. He outshines everyone and has some of the best dialogues in the film. He is a treat to watch."[7] Indu Mirani of DNA India gave the film 0.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "Ever since Priyadarshan made Hera Pheri in 2000, he has been continually repeating the formula. When he doesn't do so, as with Kyon Ki (2005), he fails miserably."[8]

All lyrics are written by Sameer; all music is composed by Pritam.

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