Premise and Style The film follows Sidhu (Aamir Khan), a small-time crook whose wild misadventures lead him through a surreal cross-section of Indian society. He encounters politicians, criminals, exploited workers, and celebrity figures in sequences that alternate between slapstick, melodrama, and pointed satire. Ketan Mehta employs a theatrical, pastiche-heavy aesthetic: exaggerated sets, caricatured performances, and an almost Brechtian refusal to maintain a single realistic register. This stylistic choice lets the film shift rapidly between moods and allows it to caricature institutions and behaviors without the constraints of naturalism.