The Heist on Netflix will begin on April 25, 2025, with one of the much-awaited Hindi language films Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins, featuring Saif Ali Khan, Nikita Dutta, and Jaideep Ahlawat. The movie revolves around a diamond robbery and promises to provide an interesting experience till the end.
Many people are curious about the release of such a film in Hindi cinema, and some also want to know if the film is based on true events. A clear answer to this question is no, the film is not inspired by any true incidents and is entirely fictional.
The plot, characters, and narrative of the film are all fictional constructs conceived to provide a thrill-ride movie experience. It is not inspired by any reported actual real-life robbery or crime situation.
Directed and written by Robbie Grewal and Kookie Gulati and produced by Siddharth Anand, the film is about Rehan, a professional thief who is planning a complex diamond heist while engaged in a game of cat and mouse with a determined investigator named Rajan.
Not to be confused with the 1967 classic
While the title is familiar, the 2025 movie has nothing to do with the cult classic 1967 Bollywood film Jewel Thief with Dev Anand. The Netflix movie is an independent action-thriller located in a contemporary high-stakes world.
Prefer True Crime Instead?
And if it's real-life heists you're after, then Netflix has something else to display to you—The Diamond Heist, a documentary series by Guy Ritchie. It chronicles the 2000 attempted theft of the De Beers Millennium Star diamond from the Millennium Dome in London—a tale stranger than fiction.