The story follows a team of players, consisting of a con-man, an automobile expert who doubles up as a seductress, an illusionist, an explosives expert, an expert hacker and an actor turned prosthetic makeup artist, who plan to steal gold worth 1000 crores (over 100 million) from a moving train. During the robbery they are double crossed by members of their own team.
Players was named one of the most anticipated Bollywood films of 2012,as it received hype ever since it was announced to be a remake of the The Italian Job, was made on a huge budget, had a multistar cast, was filmed in foreign locations as New Zealand, Russia and even the North Pole—which was a first for a Bollywood film— and was heavily promoted. However, upon release the film received mixed reviews from critics, with wide criticism drawn towards its length and pace and opened to a poor response at the box office, despite having a wide release. The shocking failure of the film led to many trade industry analysts reinstating the belief of a jinx in Bollywood that the first-released film of the year always fails at the box office, which happened to the films Halla Bol (2008), Chandni Chowk To China (2009), Pyaar Impossible! and Dulha Mil Gaya (2010)
Cast
- Abhishek Bachchan as Charlie Mascarenhas, the leader of the heist. Charlie is a chartered accountant by day and a thief by the night. He has sharp intelligence and is an expert in conning people. He likes to call himself a crime artist rather than a thief.
- Sonam Kapoor as Naina Braganza. Naina is an expert in ethical hacking and has a masters degree in computer security. She wants her father Victor to give up the life of crime, as he spent most of her childhood days in jail. She joins the heist for personal reasons only.
- Bipasha Basu as Riya, Charlie's accomplice and long time criminal partner. Riya is an automobile professional and a femme fatale, who uses her charm and beauty to lure wealthy and famous men, before taking everything from their wallets and safes.
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Spider, a computer expert and one of the world's best hackers. He has robbed banks worldwide and even hacked the websites of NASA.
- Bobby Deol as Ronnie, who has no experience in conning people, but is a master of illusions. He was a popular illusionist who abandoned magic after being involved in a tragic incident.
- Sikandar Kher as Bilal Bashir, an explosives expert, who has been making bombs since childhood, which led to a disastrous accident that left him permanently deaf in one ear. He is fluent in many languages and has useful contacts all over the world.
- Omi Vaidya as Sunny Mehra, who once aspired to become a Bollywood star. He was rejected by all the producers and became a prosthetic makeup artist.
- Vinod Khanna as Victor Braganza aka Victor Dada, a former Don who is also Naina's father. He raised Charlie and Raj when they were young orphans. He teaches them and Riya everything about thieving. Victor Dada brings the team together for one last robbery because he wants complete his dream of building an orphanage.
- Johnny Lever as Mangal Chopra / Budh Chopra. Mangal Chopra is a car mechanic, who can provide every type of car needed and lives with his unusual gori wife, who speaks Hindi.
- Aftab Shivdasani as Raj (Cameo appearance). Raj is Charlie's best friend and they were raised together by Victor Dada. Raj is killed by the Russian Mafia and leaves the heist plan in a CD.
- Shweta Bhardwaj as Shayla, the widow of Raj.
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