All that's missing is a bag of diamonds.

Despite its release date, Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001) is a pretty typical early Nineties Bollywood farce, with an overbearing father-in-law, alleged heroes engaged in a morally dubious scheme, a briefcase full of cash getting passed around, and a happy ending that solves nothing.  Well, mostly typical.

Prakash (Saif Ali Khan) is a charming and ambitious man who hopes to marry into money,and he's set his sights on Sapna (Sonali Bendre), an aspiring artist with a wealthy father and a short attention span. And it works!  The couple are quickly married, but Prakash discovers that while he's found a comfortable life, he doesn't have the respect of his father in law Rajiv (Dalip Tahil), who gives him a large office to sit in all day but refuses to let him have any responsibility,and berates him at every turn.  Prakash decides to start his own business, but he'll need money for that, and Rajiv isn't going to give him any.

Meanwhile, roommates Rahul (Fardeen Khan) and Harry (Aftab Shivdasani) have their own problems. Rahul is looking for a job without success, so  he hasn't  paid the rent in six months. This is especially awkward because he's in love with the landlord's daughter, Anjali (Twinkle Khanna).  Harry, meanwhile, just wants to have fun with as many ladies as possible, and he's borrowed money from the feared gangster Aslam Bhai (Johnny Lever)

Rahul finally has a chance to land a job, he'll have to pay a sizable bribe in order to seal the deal. Meanwhile, Anjali's father (Tanikella Bharani) has arranged a marriage for her in a month; he's willing to reconsider, but only if Rahul is employed, so they now have a deadline. And Harry has an idea - they can do some crimes to get money!  Not big crimes, just a little bit of mugging in the parking lot of a five star hotel.

Harry and Rahul attempt to mug, and Prakash is one of their first targets.  Despite dressing well, though, he doesn't really have much money. What he does have is an idea - the se skilled and totally trustworthy criminals can kidnap Sapna for a few hours, and demand a large ransom. Prakash will split the money with them, Rajiv is rich enough that he won't miss the money, and everybody will be happy!

And then wackiness ensues.  Sapna turns out to be surprisingly capable of defending herself, but Rahul and harry finally manage to kidnap her, only to realize that their tiny apartment is no place to keep a hostage, while Anjali is starting to suspect that something is up. It's a bit like "The Ransom of Red Chief" mixed with a dash of Fargo without the body count.  This is a silly movie.

Aslam Bhai has an extended subplot about being scammed by a fake movie producer named Aaj Kapoor (Snehal Dabi) who exploits his dreams of Bollywood stardom, and it is also silly, but silly in an unexpected way.  For a long time Johnny Lever was  Bollywood's reigning King of Comic Relief, a reputation he earned through incredibly broad acting and mugging for the camera, but he plays Aslam Bhai almost completely straight; it's arguably a more serious performance than the leads put in. 

Johnny Lever is interesting, Saif Ali Khan is reliably good, Sonali Bendre and Twinkle Khanna are charming but don't have much to do, and Fardeen Khan and Aftab Shivdasani are also in the movie.