Directed by Filmfare award-winning Indian film director Rajkumar Santoshi, Phata Poster Nikhla Hero is a Hindi action-comedy film. Starring Shahid Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz as the protagonists, it also had Padmini Kolhapure and Saurabh Shukla in important roles.

Wanting to be a movie star all his life, little does he realize that his mother has a completely different set of plans and dreams for him; she wants him to be a police inspector, a brave one. He moves to Mumbai to become inspector for his mother, and hoping to achieve his one-way ticket to stardom.

Chasing this Bollywood dream, he gets a photo shoot as a police inspector where he is mistaken as a real cop when he meets social worker Kajal (Ileana D'Cruz) and saves her from being kidnapped. She thanks him and he plays along as a cop. While trying to help Kajal catch the goons and saving the day, still as a fake police office, he also is published in the newspaper as an inspector. Seeing this, his mother is elated and comes to Mumbai to see her dream come true. She soon finds out he is not a cop, which bring out a serious health condition and now he needs money for the operation. Making things worse, he also gets into a lot of trouble with a bubble-gum-blowing villain, Gundappa. Can Vishwas get rid of his troubles, and save his mother?

Released in 2013, the Bollywood movie is a brilliant package of action and comedy. Shahid Kapoor was flawless with his comic timing and dancing skills. Back to direction with this film, after a long break, Rajkumar Santoshi wrote the story himself. The movie had colourful and rich songs tuned by Pritam Chakraborty and penned by Irshad Kamil and Amitabh Bhattacharya. There are also special appearance by Nargis Fakhri and Salman Khan.