Jannat (transl. Heaven) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic crime film directed by Kunal Deshmukh, and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi opposite Sonal Chauhan in lead roles. It released on 16 May 2008 and was a huge success worldwide, receiving positive response from critics and managing to do well at the box office.
Arjun (Emraan Hashmi) is a street-smart youngster with an obsession for making a quick buck. He has a chance meeting with a girl called Zoya who’s looking at an expensive ring inside a glass case. Arjun breaks the glass and retrieves the ring for which he is arrested. Inspector Shekhar (Sameer Kochhar) is amused but lets him go with a warning as he knows Arjun’s father. Zoya (Sonal Chauhan) gives him the reasons he was looking for to move out of his ordinary life and become rich for this girl. He steps up from playing small-time card games to becoming a bookie and strikes gold.
After impressing Zoya with his wealth, he calls his father for lunch in his new house. His father, a simple man who has lived an honest life, is happy to see Arjun’s success but is skeptical of his business methods. He has a private talk with Zoya and tells her Arjun was a habitual and a smooth liar. Later that day when Zoya questions Arjun, he is offended and blames his father’s failure in life for his resentment towards him.
Arjun is whisked off to South Africa where he meets Don Abu Ibrahim (Javed Sheikh) and becomes his key match-fixer. Rolling in money and enjoying a fast life with Zoya everything is suddenly interrupted when the South African Police take notice. Inspector Shekhar, now an ACP with the CBI is summoned for assisting the investigation and is puzzled to see Arjun with the Don. He contacts Zoya to help trap Arjun after letting her know of the investigation. She speaks to Arjun’s father who trusts ACP Shekhar and requests Zoya to help him and leave Arjun if she can’t get him to change his dishonest ways. Zoya calls Arjun to a restaurant ambush from the cops to make him confess his crimes.
