Two crooks on the run, Khaalujaan (Naseer) and Babban (Arshad) arrive at good-looking widow Krishna 's (Vidya Balan) doorstep. They tell her they were late hubby's good friends at one point of time. The duo has actually run away from their Jiju Mushtaq (Salman Shahid) after duping him of a huge sum of money and is hiding at Krishna 's house to save their lives from him. But Mushtaq arrives at Krishna 's house and warns them to give back his money in 15 days or face death. The twosome then on Krishna 's insistence plans to kidnap a mill owner for the same. In the meantime, Krishna begins her flirting game with the two. While Khaalujaan loses his heart to her, Babban ends up getting physically involved with her. But then Krishna has her own agenda which the two are completely unaware of which may leave them in a shock!

Debutante director Abhishek Chaubey has been a Vishal Bharadwaj assistant for almost all his movies and has co-written them as well. This explains the reason why throughout the film you keep getting the film that you watching a Vishal Bharadwaj movie. Abhishek has handled the film like a pro and it doesn't appear his first effort at all. However, he takes a bit of a time before the interval to set things up but post it the grip is tight and story just perfect. With the movie set in eastern UP, the dialogues are as real as they can get. However, the use of expletives and double meaning dialogues could have been lessened. The smooching scene between Vidya and Arshad is quiet long too.

Naseeruddin Shah is just outstanding playing Khaalujaan and you can't think of anyone else in his place for the role. Arshad playing completely to the gallery is in top form after a long time. Vidya is in a completely opposite role to her recently released Paa pleasantly shocks with her range and outgoing act. Pakistani actor Salman Shahid last seen in Kabul Express is impressive. The village kid playing Arshad's buddy is too good.

Vishal Bharadwaj's music of the movie is already topping the charts with the pick of the lot being Dil To Bachcha Hai Jee and Ibn-e-Batuta. Vidya's hilarious in the Ibn-e-Batuta number.

Watch Ishqiya for its crazy zany characters and outstanding direction.