
The Vicious Kind(2009)
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.



Naseeruddin Shah
Khalujaan

Vidya Balan
Krishna Verma

Arshad Warsi
Babban Hussain

Salman Shahid
Mushtaq

Adil Hussain
Vidyadhar Verma

Anupama Kumar
Manju Kakkad
Alok Kumar
Nandu
Gauri Malla
Mamta

Rajesh Sharma
Kamalkant Kakkad
Ishqiya is a thriller, comedy film released in 2010 exploring themes of friendship, love triangle, village, betrayal, unrequited love. Directed by Abhishek Chaubey, it stars Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi. While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.
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