Ishqiya is a story that bets to break the trend of the ongoing trend on the box-office. Basically the story is about two individuals or say two thieves Khalujan, played by Naseeruddin Shah and Babban, palyed by Arshad Warsi. They are on the run from their boss Mushtaq, played by Salman Shahid. To save themselves they go to their old friend's place but in his place they find his widow, Krishna, played by Vidya Balan. While they were planning their escape from Mushtaq, they started getting attracted to Krishna at that period of time, Khalu was an old-fashioned lover, so he used to see her in his serious kind of way and Babban had another definition for move so he had his lustful eye stuck on her. The threat of coming death on the card forces them on a path of violence and betrayal. On and all the story is a romance between individuals that are trapped in a maze of crime, suspense, passion, and deceit. The script is set in a rural landscape, Ishqiya gives us the insight basic human emotions as that are prejudiced by desire, greed and revenge.