Everyone
knows
they
enjoy
a
great
following
among
the
ladies
but
diamonds
are
a
thief’s
best
friends
too.
Our
Hindi
films
can
vouch
for
that
thought.
Quite
a
few
plots
revolve
around
a
cleverly
planned
robbery
of
a
sought-after
sparkler.
In
Saif
Ali
Khan-Jaideep
Ahlawat’s
Netflix
caper
Jewel
Thief,
the
duo
engage
in
a
game
of
outwitting
over
a
diamond
heist.
Sukanya
Verma
looks
at
Bollywood’s
best-known
diamond
robberies
in
film.
Sikandar
Ka
Muqaddar
Following
the
events
of
a
high
profile
diamond
theft
in
2008
Mumbai,
an
investigation
to
nab
the
guilty
among
a
bunch
of
morally
skewed
suspects
occupies
the
focus
of
Neeraj
Pandey’s
drama
starring
Jimmy
Shergill,
Tamannaah
and
Avinash
Tiwary.
Crew
Though
its
gold
not
diamonds,
the
girl
gang
of
Tabu,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
and
Kriti
Sanon
deserve
a
mention
for
their
sassy
act
as
airhostesses
of
a
broke
airline
making
a
killing
after
they
willingly
embroil
themselves
in
a
smuggling
racket.
Chor
Nikal
Ke
Bhaga
Twists
and
turns
are
doled
out
by
the
second
in
Yami
Gautam-Sunny
Kaushal’s
sinister
heist
meets
hijack
mashup
involving
a
scheme
to
steal
a
stash
of
diamonds
on
a
flight.
Happy
New
Year
Farah
Khan
blends
dance
and
diamond
robbery
in
her
goofy
brand
for
the
multi-starrer
held
together
by
the
stardom
of
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Deepika
Padukone,
Boman
Irani,
Abhishek
Bachchan
and
Sonu
Sood
as
golden-hearted
burglars
posing
as
reality
dance
show
participants.
Bang
Bang
The
Hrithik
Roshan-Katrina
Kaif
starrer
may
not
have
impressed
the
critics
but
its
hunky
hero
does
the
unthinkable
—
he
hoodwinks
world-class
security
and
easily
steals
the
contentious
Kohinoor
diamond
from
UK’s
Tower
of
London.
Dhoom
2
What’s
with
Duggu
and
bling
anyway?
Roshan
Jr
plays
a
mastermind
thief
in
the
second
film
of
the
Dhoom
franchise
and
changes
into
a
variety
of
prosthetic
getups,
including
sculpture,
to
steal
a
diamond
from
a
much-guarded
museum.
Fool
&
Final
In
Ahmed
Khan’s
shameless
and
shoddy
remake
of
Snatch,
its
entire
cast
of
actors
ranging
from
Jackie
Shroff
to
Shahid
Kapoor
is
engaged
in
a
mad
struggle
to
get
their
hands
on
a
precious
diamond.
Cash
In
Anubhav
Sinha’s
muddled-up
Cash,
Ajay
Devgn
ropes
in
a
bunch
of
robbers,
Ritesh
Deshmukh,
Zayed
Khan,
Dia
Mirza
and
Esha
Deol,
to
swoop
in
some
super
expensive
diamonds,
also
eyed
by
Suniel
Shetty
and
Shamita
Shetty.
Jewel
Thief
One
of
the
many
best
films
to
come
out
of
the
Dev-Vijay
Anand
collaboration,
the
slick
Jewel
Thief
lives
up
to
its
title
with
unforeseeable
twists
and
mind-boggling
suspense.
Its
sequel
Return
of
the
Jewel
Thief,
of
course,
turned
out
to
be
a
epic
embarrassment.
Andaz
Apna
Apna
Paresh
Rawal’s
evil
twin
designs
a
grand
kidnapping
scheme
to
run
away
with
his
wealthy
brother’s
valuable
diamonds
to
realise
his
lifelong
dream
of
setting
up
a
poultry
farm
before
Crimemaster
Gogo
drops
in
and
demands
his
share
of
the
booty
in
Rajkumar
Santoshi’s
comic
gem.
Kaalia
Jahan
teri
yeh
nazar
hai
meri
jaan
mujhe
khabar
hai,
remember?
Loaded
in
charm,
Amitabh
Bachchan
woos
the
lady
with
a
glittering
diamond
necklace
and
snubs
rival
Amjad
Khan
during
this
classic
Bollywood
style chori song
sequence
from
the
1980s.
Shalimar
It’s
all
about
stealing
the
prized
Shalimar
diamond
in
a
film
of
the
same
name.
Despite
its
international
cast
and
curious
gimmickry,
especially
when
Dharmendra
paints
himself
in
a
monochrome
tile
pattern
to
blend
with
the
surrounding
of
the
hugely
guarded
gem
he
endeavours
to
smuggle,
the
caper
bombed
badly
at
the
box
office.
Victoria
No
203
Its
remake
is
as
forgettable
as
they
come
but
the
breezy
original
starring
Ashok
Kumar,
Pran
and
Saira
Banu
revolves
around
crooks,
of
all
shapes
and
sizes,
following
a
mad
trail
of
missing
diamonds.
Jugnu
In
the
Dharmenda-Hema
Malini
superhit,
the
brawny
hero
leaps
off
his
horse
to
get
inside
a
fast
moving
train
and
then
nabs
a
box
containing
diamonds
as
well
a
suitcase
filled
with
money
from
a
man
and
a
moll.
Waqt
Who
better
than
Raaj
Kumar
to
teach
the
trick
of
how
to
have
one’s
cake
and
eat
it
too?
As
the
smooth
burglar
of
Waqt,
he
easily
nicks
a
lady’s
gorgeous
diamond
necklace
and
then
returns
it
to
her
just
as
conveniently
by
saying
the
thief
dropped
it
on
his
porch
and
wins
her
favour.
