Fraud Saiyaan

Fraud Saiyaan is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Sourabh Shrivastava, presented by Prakash Jha, and produced by 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. The film was released worldwide on 18 January 2019.

Cast

 * Arshad Warsi as Bhola Prasad Tripathi / Rana Bhola Pratap Singh
 * Saurabh Shukla as Murari Chaurasia
 * Flora Saini as Shraddha
 * Sara Loren as Payal
 * Varun Badola as Badri
 * Deepali Pansare as Sunita
 * Nivedita Tiwari as Mala Dubey
 * Peeyush Suhaney as Dulare
 * Preeti Sood as Preeti
 * Parag Tyagi as Chandani's Husband
 * Anangsha Biswas as Astha
 * Amanda Rosario (item number "Ladies Paan")
 * Elli Avram as Chandani (item number "Chamma Chamma")

Production
Principal photography commenced in October 2014 and was completed by 20 December. Warsi's character has 13 wives in the film. Priyanka Mundada was the film's costume designer.

Marketing and release
The trailer for Fraud Saiyaan, released on 27 December 2018, revealed that the film would release worldwide on 18 January 2019.

Reception
The film received negative reviews from critics. Writing for Daily News and Analysis, Meena Iyer rated it one and a half stars out of five and opined, "Don't bother with this farce, fraud or whatever in cinema's name you would like to refer to this one as". Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India rated the film one star out of five and concurred with Iyer, concluding, "Regardless of whether you enjoy con-man stories or you’re a fan of Arshad’s comedic talents, Fraud Saiyyan is not the kind of film that you should spend your time and effort on".

Box office
The film collected ₹52 lakh nett in India in its opening week.

Soundtrack
The music of the film has been composed by Sohail Sen and Kumaar has penned the lyrics. The song "Chamma Chamma" which featured Elli Avram, is a recreated song from 1998 film China Gate which originally featured Urmila Matondkar and was composed by Anu Malik.