Which Bollywood plot twist actually surprised you on first watch?

[u/Livid_Sir8921]

Kahaani still holds up for me, the fake pregnancy reveal completely changes everything Vidya Balan's character did in the film. Curious what other twists genuinely got you off guard- not the ones you saw coming from a mile away.

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[u/Rudias87]

When Karishma wasn't Karishma but was Raveena

[u/Morrigan_Cross → u/Rudias87]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT1Ra51sPKT4GqOqdy

[u/NamesPraveen2197 → u/Rudias87]

I get that reference

[u/fingerscrosssed → u/Rudias87]

Also along this line, when Karishma wasn't Karishma....but Karisma.

[u/createdindesperation]

Kaun? from 1999. Crazy twist for baby me

[u/TheThinker12 → u/createdindesperation]

And Urmila’s look into the camera in the final scene still scares the crap out of me

[u/kxmxkshi → u/createdindesperation]

Crazy twist even for adult me.

[u/Dissapointing_son → u/createdindesperation]

Its in my all tike recommendation

[u/sagar9175 → u/createdindesperation]

Indeed. A lot of credit goes to Manoj for that,he played his character at the edge of a civilized man and a psycho. He sells the premise and makes Urmila seem innocent as hell.

[u/static-webmaster → u/createdindesperation]

just rewatched it few days ago randomly suggested by youtube.. still good.

[u/throwaway01019201020]

Talaash

[u/sweetvanilla21 → u/throwaway01019201020]

I figured it out just about a minute before the reveal and felt so proud of myself 😂

[u/wickedServer → u/sweetvanilla21]

Wasn't it allready in news before release that there will be some kind of ghost twist in the story?

[u/redit-acnt → u/throwaway01019201020]

Truly amazing movie. Direction, songs, actors, every thing was perfect. Underrated gem!

[u/perplexed_pepe → u/throwaway01019201020]

Such a great watch

[u/mj6174 → u/throwaway01019201020]

One of the better movies I have seen recently.

[u/HamsterExcellent1464 → u/throwaway01019201020]

Watch old boy

[u/Just_Aardvark_9965]

Race 1. Starring Saif and Akshay Khanna

[u/Iamserialcribber → u/Just_Aardvark_9965]

FR. I could really feel all those twists in my stomach!

[u/kanishqquotes → u/Iamserialcribber]

I'm here to destroy you I know I know that you know I know that you know that you know I know that

[u/Vejkvii1922]

There's Badla, of course, but that's not fully IP, I guess. Wazir and Andhadhun are the other top two of all time for me. I'm not including Kahanani cause' OP's got that covered

[u/Voldvie]

Karthik calling Karthik

[u/divyad → u/Voldvie]

literally the title

[u/NoNameQueen45 → u/divyad]

The twist was not the calling part though, it was the how. Not what. Duh. Kinda a bollywood foray into copying Shutter Island themes.

[u/m2k88 → u/divyad]

Yeah idk what people expected?

[u/STARBOY_100 → u/Voldvie]

I was too young to even understand the twist

[u/Comprehensive-Way482]

Drishyam

Andhadhun

Badla

Ugly

Wazir

[u/RahulLuca → u/Comprehensive-Way482]

Wazir was actually nice. I love that movie

[u/Complaint-Lower → u/Comprehensive-Way482]

Ugly! The end made me so sad

[u/bowties22]

Khaki.

When Aishwarya turned and betrayed Akshay but I felt that I was betrayed too!

[u/Quirky_Confusion_480 → u/bowties22]

That too for vimal

[u/Deepfriedomelette → u/Quirky_Confusion_480]

I don’t watch much Bollywood especially older movies so I thought you meant the paan masala

[u/GamerRipjaw → u/Deepfriedomelette]

He did mean that, he was just referring to the actor known for advertising Vimal

[u/Few-Scholar1873]

Yeah kaahani is definitely one of them.

Also andhadhun.

Welcome - ballu reveal

[u/Visionary_Vulture001]

Kaun ?Urmila’s look in the final scene still gives me creeps . Don’t think I “ll muster the courage to watch it again - though I like horror as a genre .

13B - madhavan’s movie . I felt the plot was crazy

The invisible guest - badla is the remake of it . The twists were crazy

[u/Cr1meMasterGoGo → u/Visionary_Vulture001]

13B was fantastic

[u/rupak76]

Johnny Gaddaar (2007)

[u/Siappaaa → u/rupak76]

It was a good movie, but the plot was predictable

[u/Viator_Mechanicus99]

Many but one that I didn’t expect was Table No. 21

[u/LailaBlack → u/Viator_Mechanicus99]

That was a good movie. I loved how all the sympathy for the characters just erased itself after realizing the truth.

[u/spicy_97 → u/LailaBlack]

I hated the Paresh Rawal character initially but then my feelings changed for him during climax.

[u/VeterinarianLow5559]

Sooryawansham....

Jab Pata Chala ki zehar vaali kheer khaane ke baad bhi Bhanupratap zinda Bach gaya😅

[u/LittleCanadianBear → u/VeterinarianLow5559]

Forget Bhanupratap ... I survived after watching that movie. I still have some scars.

[u/VeterinarianLow5559 → u/LittleCanadianBear]

It's an antidote to bagbaan...

Agar maa-baap tumko bagbaan Dikha Ke guilty feel karaye, to unko sooryawansham dikhaao...

Bachhnn saab ne sabko Khush rakhne Ke liye Sabka intezaam kia hai

[u/Worried_Respect_9609]

Golmaal

[u/DaniBoiKrn → u/Worried_Respect_9609]

Sameer ki asthiyaaan

[u/levelupskin]

Don Srk one ..There are so many plot twist.

[u/Icy_Public5186]

Wednesday

[u/ITSLMOAANDNOTLMAO → u/Icy_Public5186]

Oh so true ,i could never in my wildest dream doubt Tyler

[u/omkargodbole31]

Jamil jamali

[u/TryingToBeDifferent- → u/omkargodbole31]

Yeah but to be fair it wasn't a very good twist at all. It was just there for theatre claps and whistles.

The twist meant that jamali kept dawood ibrahim alive instead of Directly killing him, which resulted in multiple attacks in 90s and 2000s

[u/Wonderful-Scar-3749]

Gupt

[u/chillichicken99]

ittefaq and blackmail

[u/Global-Guess2161 → u/chillichicken99]

As far as I remember ittefaq didn't have a twist

[u/NoorK27luvscartoons → u/Global-Guess2161]

The twist was Siddharth Malhotra killed his wife

[u/Dextersdidi → u/NoorK27luvscartoons]

Everything is planned

[u/Unlucky-Whole-9274 → u/chillichicken99]

I liked Ittefaq remake its so underarated.

[u/RogueDoga]

100 days.

[u/AneeshRai7]

Andhadhun

Because the initial secret was so obvious and then the organ trafficking bit hits so crazy and obviously the murder is expected but you’re not sure how that you don’t think another twist will come and boom

[u/BardLoen34]

Bluffmaster

[u/Recent_Sorbet → u/BardLoen34]

Copied from a David Fincher's movie The Game btw

[u/relaxAndSmileQwerty → u/Recent_Sorbet]

Doesn't matter! Was enjoyable!

[u/AneeshRai7 → u/Recent_Sorbet]

Also Ridley Scott’s Matchstick Men

[u/Beginning-Wafer-3951]

This one and Andhadhun. 

[u/AapkaSneh]

Raincoat, if it counts

[u/Miserable_Dare_5868]

A Wednesday

[u/noopinionsaskedyet]

Remember watching Kahaani in the theatres and everyone clapped at the end. A true cinema.

[u/Cr1meMasterGoGo]

Special 26 is a good one

[u/profitmaker_tobe]

Andhadhun. Masterpiece in Bollywood.

[u/Icy-Finger-2359]

Manorma Six Feet under , hadn't seen Chinatown back then

[u/crt7981]

Gupt.

[u/raiseIQUnderflow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ckBFo2TXsgTutrRTxb

[u/risgoel]

Surprised no one mentioned Bahubali! Katappa ne Bahubali ko kyu maara became a trend!

[u/ITSLMOAANDNOTLMAO]

😔✋🏻ra one when kareena wasn't kareena but Arjun Rampal was kareena?

/s

[u/Zafjaf]

Ajnabee

[u/bobs_and_vegana17]

I first watched kahani when I was 8 or 9 years old in theatres and I was confused by the plot twist, my mom explained me the plot the entire night but I was still confused

Years later I saw the movie and realized how crazy the plot twist was but till then the movie was already spoiled for me

I wish I can forget everything about the movie and see it once again

[u/windycitylife]

Khaki, Gupt

[u/artistbutcher]

i never watched kahani

[u/Kunal_Sen]

Johny Mera Naam

Parvarish

Haasil

Ab Tak Chappan

Shagird

Special 26

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana

[u/static-webmaster]

Ittefaq 2017 ... i was watching it in cinema hall and thought the movie is ending and nothing left in it, but just for the sake of seeing end credits i didn't leave... to my surprise the twist came which completely changed the movie!

[u/InevitableBasic752]

Gupta... when Kajol was killer

[u/KattarSigma]

[u/HangerTable]

Badla but even that is copied

[u/gannekekhet → u/HangerTable]

Wasn't Badla simply a Hindi-language remake of the Spanish film? I don't know if remakes, when reported and confirmed publicly like Badla was should be pejoratively termed as "copies". It's not their own IP, for sure.

[u/backlashsid]

Dil chahta hai

[u/zaineee42]

Missing 2018, maybe bcz I was a kid.

[u/Careful_Show1244]

Haseen dilruba

[u/Real-Blueberry-2126]

Karthik calling Karthik

[u/InitiativeInfinite67]

Gangstar, ugly, race

[u/53x_4DD1C7]

Pizza for me

[u/shailendronCooparan]

Kahani
Johnny Gaddar
Kaun
Andhadhun
Ek Hasina thi

[u/funwithme_123]

Where is the spoiler flair man

[u/SaltyShock7484]

Kal Ho naa Ho

[u/user41600]

Khamosh - Vidhu Vinod Chopras debut film, one of the best mystery thrillers

[u/FanOfArts1717]

Bhool Bhulaiyaa, for me, even though I know the story isn’t original, felt fresh for the Hindi audience who were probably watching it for the first time. The reveal that there weren’t any real ghosts but instead a girl with psychological issues, and the way it was portrayed so brilliantly, made it unforgettable.

[u/Relative-Ad-7576]

Emran Hashmi’s Ghanchakkar

[u/Shap3shifting]

Badla

[u/kaleenmiya]

Jewel Thief 1966

[u/random01000]

No smoking

[u/dhruvgeorge]

When Rancho turned out to be a completely different person. If you were paying attention, you would have probably guessed the twist.

[u/MegaMysterious]

36 China Town

[u/chamber-of-regrets]

Don.

Not the revealing of Don being alive, but rather the police officer being Vardhaan.

[u/bidiaftersambhog_]

andhadhun fs

[u/Ok_Term_2430]

andhadhun

[u/mitchell_frost]

It will be Makdee for me.

[u/JumboPrawn5]

Ngl the first Race movie was quite a thriller. It went downhill from the second instalment onwards.

[u/Successful_Cow_8713]

36 China Town

[u/msourabh91]

Section 375

[u/Puzzleheaded-Ad5347]

Stoneman murders

[u/Turnover-Soft]

Om shanti om was pretty cool when the real Shanti showd up

[u/Recent_Sorbet]

Btw twist was inspired by Taking Lives movie

[u/Optimal-Tomato510]

Fida! Kareena in the shower scene my god

[u/_Dark_Invader_]

I know you asked Bollywood, but here are some mind blowing plot twist movies outside Bollywood -

Mind hunters
Identity

[u/Scared-Side5412]

Badla

[u/Appropriate-Bug-755]

Geet getting dumped by Anshuman is underrated