Fraud Saiyaan
2019 film by Sourabh Shrivastava
Fraud Saiyaan (transl. Fraud husband) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language romantic dark comedy drama film directed by Sourabh Shrivastava and produced by Prakash Jha, Disha Jha and Kanishk Gangwal. The film stars Arshad Warsi, Saurabh Shukla and Sara Loren, and features Deepali Pansare, Flora Saini and Nivedita Tiwari in supporting roles. Filming locations included Obedullaganj, Raisen, Bhopal and Mumbai. The soundtrack was composed by Sohail Sen, while Udai Prakash Singh handled the art direction. The film was released worldwide on 18 January 2019.
Plot
Bhola Prasad Tripathi is a con man who marries rich women to live off them. He is living a happy married life with Sunita. Her uncle (Tauji) is visiting Lucknow, so she arranges for her husband to meet with Tauji at railway station.
Bhola does not arrive to meet Tauji. Instead, he has been fleeing from local goons and happens to meet Tauji on the train.
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