If there’s anything that is remotely better in the 2000s than in the 90s (I said remotely), it is Bollywood and its movies. That era was golden for Hindi cinema and 90s kids will agree that films in that decade were class apart. 

Whether it was romcoms like Kal Ho Na Ho or comedy horror like Bhool Bhulaiyya, Bollywood experimented with stories and concepts a lot. It was also the time when it produced a number of con movies (a genre we didn’t know we needed), and they are brilliantly ‘shaatir’. 

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Since the trailer of Bunty Aur Babli 2 released a few days ago, the nostalgia-struck fans can’t help but wonder two things. First, why is Abhishek Bachchan not in the film? And the other is why has Bollywood stopped making amazing and intelligent con movies after 2010? 

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Well, this reminds us of all the best and most cunning movies based on con men and con artists that Bollywood has probably stopped making now.

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It would be unfair to not start the list with the OG con movie of Bollywood that had the right proportion of everything from thrill, comedy, romance and good music all of us danced to as kids. Rani and Abhishek made for the perfect partners-in-crime who con the rich. We can’t wait for the sequel.  

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This is a hilarious story of how a middle-class man acquires his own land by pulling off a con and deceiving the person who encroached his plot. How this relatable desi family resorts to crime and brilliantly scams Khurana (Boman Irani) is what makes it a laughing riot.   

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From the directors of Khosla Ka Ghosla, this is also one masterpiece that is quite underrated in the con movies bandwagon. Based on a real-life thief ‘super chor’ Devinder Singh aka Bunty from Delhi, Abhay Doel portrays Lucky who robs for fun.  

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While the third installment starring Aamir Khan was not up to the mark, the previous two parts starring John Abraham and Hritik Roshan are pure classics. Especially Dhoom 2, where a perfectionist thief disguises and steals the rare artifacts and leaves a signature ‘A’ in the crime scene.

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Four youngsters make a ‘big plan’ to grow richer by pulling off heists after heists. They smuggle branded fashion items like shoes and dupe customers. Although it didn’t do well at the box office at the time of the release, the clever construction and  

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