Small-time crook, Champak Chaudhary alias 'Champ' forges passports, photographs, and deeds in Thailand. He is arrested by the Police, tried and sentenced to six months in jail, and this is where he meets a supposedly dumb and deaf inmate, Raghuvir Sharma, serving a life sentence of stealing diamonds. Champ finds out that Raghuvir is not deaf nor dumb, and offers him a share if he springs him out of prison, to which Champ agrees. As soon as Champ's term is over, he gets discharged and prepares forged release documents for Raghuvir and in this manner gets him legally out of jail. The two then hideout in a house deep in the country, where Raghuvir is re-united with his daughter, Jia. Champ arranges for two fake passports for him and Raghuvir, and get them two new identities, while he is now Anthony Gonzales, Raghuvir and Jia gets Muslim names. Things do not go exactly as planned as Raghuvir gets killed, and Champ and Jia decide to part ways. But when Jia tells Champ she knows where the diamonds are buried, they agree on a partnership and Jia takes him to the exact location where her dad had buried them - right in the compound of a penitentiary! While Champ plans to break his way into back into prison, Lucky Sharma, an underworld Don, orders his hit-men to get hold of Anthony Gonzales and kill him - as Anthony has evidence that may link him to the murder of a young woman. Champ, who is now officially known as Anthony, will now to use all the resources available to him to stay alive and, if possible, get the diamonds from the prison compound.
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Anthony Kaun Hai
Anthony Kaun Hai is a comic thriller extensively shot in Thailand, across Krabi and Bangkok and promises to be an entertainer with a unique story.
The dashing Sanjay Dutt is Master Madan - the only dangerous hitman who has seen every Bollywood film made and remembers them better than the faces of his victims.
Arshad Warsi plays Champ - the only ace conman who's changed his identity more than his underwear.
Minissha Lamba is Jiya - the only player who has a big secret to hide, with her homing pigeon as her only confidante. The beautiful daughter of ingenious magician Raghu, she is the heroine of the set-up.
Anusha Dandekar is the hottest woman of the set-up, the beautiful Rosa. She may love Champ with all her heart, but patience isn't really her virtue.
The versatile Raghuvir Yadav plays the ingenious magician Raghu Sharma magician Raghu, who can work magic with his deft hands. But one trick too many costs him his freedom.
Gulshan Grover plays Detective Suraj Singh - the smartest cop on the Thai police force, Detective Suraj Singh. Singh can make any suspect sing and spill the beans.
Dutt is a ruthless assassin, who targets Arshad for an attack. But is Champ really the prey or is there something more to it?
It is a known fact that Dutt and Warsi share a great chemistry when it comes to their perfect timing of comedy, one of the factors that made Munnabhai MBBS a huge success at the box-office. Now the two friends will be seen playing foes to each other in 'Anthony Kaun Hai'.
Reports are that Dutt and Arshad have some very volatile scenes in the film, with one playing an attacker and the other playing a victim. The action scenes between the two will be something to watch out for. Dutt will be seen in the role of a suave and sophisticated assassin who uses state-of-the-art gadgetry for his criminal aspirations.
Not just that, Dutt is a Ferrari driving and computer savvy criminal, who mercilessly eliminates his victims one by one in the film.
It was Arshad who was instrumental in getting Dutt to sign the film and allot immediate dates for the project. The busy actor not only went out to allot priority dates but also completed his entire shooting in a span of ten days by working round the clock in Thailand.