Thieves take over Bollywood


This Friday sees the release of Anubhav Sinha's Cash, a film the director describes as a caper film. Bollywood's seen quite a few of these in recent years, and here -- in alphabetical order -- is a set of 10 caper films of different kinds.

Of course, you could just call the list Why DVD Players Should be Banned In Mumbai.Read on.

Aankhein

Vipul Shah's film had disgruntled bank manager (Amitabh Bachchan) leading a gang of blind crooks (Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal and Arjun Rampal) towards his former place of employment. Sushmita Sen, meanwhile, plays Catherine Entrapment Zeta Jones.

Apna Sapna Money Money

Sangeeth Sivan's contrived 'comedy' is a Mumbai-based melee of skimpily clad women and con-men. Watch out for Riteish Deshmukh, though, as a comely master (mistress?) of disguise.

Bluffmaster

Rohan Sippy went retro with this ode to father Ramesh's films, the late-70s era of Big B coolth -- and Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men. Abhishek Bachchan commendably played it with a straight face. Nana Patekar, Riteish and the soundtrack made the film even better.

Bunty Aur Babli

Shaad Ali's film had a bunch of fine songs and a massive amount of overkill, but while Abhishek managed to carry a couple of scenes, this was Rani Mukerji's show all the way. Daddy Bachchan should only have been around for the item song.