在这部疯狂的电影梦喜剧片中,在孟买，有一位友善的、怀揣演员梦的宝莱坞电影迷--森尼，他是一名助理导演，却幻想着成为明星。然而，每一次试镜，他都被草草地踢出局。但他从未气馁，机缘巧合下跟随一个美国剧组，去到拉贾斯坦邦边远的地区，拍摄一部纪录片。有一天，一个伊斯兰恐怖组织错认森尼是美国剧组人员，而绑架了他。
森尼发现自己身处敌人的边界，而且他们都荷枪实弹，且警卫森严。而自己被囚禁的屋子是属于一位叫做阿夫塔普的巴基斯坦人，他靠贩卖印地语盗版影碟为生。这些恐怖分子决定挟持森尼作为人质，直到他们找回自己原来的目标。
经过一段时间的相处后，森尼从粗暴的守卫那赢得了不少的印象分。随后，这两派人（人质和恐怖分子）都意识到，他们的人文文化其实是同源的。那么，森尼最后的命运到底会如何呢？
In Mumbai, affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny, who works as an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star. However, at every audition he is summarily thrown out. Undeterred, he goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary. One day an Islamic terrorist group kidnaps him for the American crew-member. Sunny finds himself on enemy border amidst guns and pathani-clad guards, who decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target. The house In which he is confined belongs to a Pakistani, whose trade stems from pirated Hindi films, which he brings back every time he crosses the border. Soon, the two factions realize that they share a human and cultural bond. The film shows how cinema can be the universal panacea for co-existence.
