Published 13:43 IST, May 13th 2020
Riteish Deshmukh starrer 'Bluffmaster!' has these interesting trivia and facts
For all the Riteish Deshmukh fans, here are some interesting trivia from his 2005-release 'Bluffmaster!' that one might not have known about. Read on.
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Riteish Deshmukh seems to have made a name for himself in Bollywood for his impeccable comic timing. actor kws how to make his audience roll on floor with laughter. In 2005 he starred in comic drama Bluffmaster! alongside Abhishek Bachchan. duo played fraudsters in movie who intend to walk on path of goodness.
Riteish Deshmukh-starrer Bluffmaster!, revolves around story of a conman (Abhishek Bachchan) and his foolish apprentice (Riteish Deshmukh). conman's girlfriend (Priyanka Chopra) leaves him after learning about his truth. Soon he is also diagsed with a fatal disease. As an act of goodwill before death, he tries to help his foolish apprentice who had hurt his family.
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Interesting trivia from Bluffmaster!
- Abhishek Bachchan lent his voice to a music track for first time in Bluffmaster!, song being Right Here Right w
- Originally Sanjay Dutt was approached to play role of Roy, Abhishek Bachchan to play Dittu and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play Simi in Bluffmaster!. In credits of movie, however, both Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were thanked in credits
- scene in Bluffmaster! where Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh posed as income tax officers in a atre hall, it was actually Rohan Sippy's Kuch Na Kaho playing on screen. latter had Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in it.
- When Riteish Deshmukh flees with Abhishek Bachchan's car, taxi Abhishek gets into to chase him has number MH 01 C 9211. This is also taxi which is later used in movie Taxi . 9211: Nau Do Gyarah which released a year after Bluffmaster!
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- In crew of Bluffmaster! half of m were women. In fact, re was a woman in every department
- Bluffmaster! is an adaptation of movie Matchstick Man which is again an adaptation of Eric Garcia's 2002 vel of same name. Both lead characters are named Roy.
- After change of roles, Saif Ali Khan was initially approached for Riteish Deshmukh's role. But he did t want to play a supporting cast to Abhishek.
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was excluded from cast of Bluffmaster! with reason given. Priyanka Chopra left Umrao Jaan to play Simi in this movie while Aishwarya was cast in Umrao Jaan.
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13:42 IST, May 13th 2020