Chase And Tickles: 5 Crime Comedy Movies That Will Keep You Hooked

Crime movies are an important part of a binge-watcher's list. However, what if the crime movie also has comedy in it? Comedy and crime is a deadly combination that leaves the audience hooked and wanting for more. Here are some recommendations.

There have been many iconic crime comedies made in Bollywood. Movies like Dus Numbri (1976), Duplicate (1998), Bluffmaster (2005), Hungama (2003), Hera Pheri (2000) and Phir Hera Pheri (2006) are still the audience's favourite films and they never leave a chance to re-watch them. There have been some new additions to the genre as well and if you are still not aware of them, here is a list of some latest crime comedies that may become your next favourite.

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5 Crime Comedy Movies That You Must Watch

Bachchhan Pandey

Starring Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Arshad Warsi and Jacqueline Fernandez in lead roles, the movie is about a small director who is trying to make it big in the industry and decides to make a ruthless gangster Bachchan Pandey the protagonist of her film. She goes to his village along with her best friend to secretly know more about him and collect information for her film. However, they end up getting caught and in order to save their life, she offers the gangster the lead role in the film.

Bunty Aur Babli 2

The sequel to the popular 2005 film, the movie shows a grown-up Rakesh aka Bunty and Vimmi aka Babli who have dropped their conning activities and are living a peaceful married life. However, a con duo again starts operating under the label of Bunty and Babli and the police suspects Rakesh and Vimmi. Later it is found that there is a new con couple in town and the original Bunty and Babli set out to teach them a lesson and make them pay for identity theft.

Good Luck Jerry

This 2022 film starring Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role is about Jerry, an innocent girl who works at a massage parlour and lives with her sister and mother. She, along with her mother who has a momo stall, work hard to make ends meet in Punjab. However, when her mother is diagnosed with cancer and they are in dire need of money for her medications, she decides to work for drug smugglers and ends up becoming a powerful tool for their illegal activities.

Looop Lapeta

Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin starrer Looop Lapeta is a modern rendition of the story of Satyavan and Savitri. Savi's boyfriend Satya gets in trouble because he gambles away the money of his boss who is out there to kill him. Savi is unsuccessful in saving him which traps her in a time loop to fix his actions and save him this time. The movie is filled with thrilling chase and anecdotes that will entertain you for sure.

Ludo

This 2020 movie starring Rajkummar Rao, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanya Malhotra, Abhishek Bachchan, Rohit Saraf, Pankaj Tripathi and Pearle Maaney in important roles focuses on four different stories representing four sides of Ludo that end up getting intertwined in a complicated web of scandals and crimes that includes a big full of money, a sex tape and unsettled scores. The movie shows the dangerous side of the world in a comical way.