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Though he manages to retrieve a businessman's diamonds from a moustached Wild West-style villain named Manikchand ( who happens to be working in collaboration with the businessman's crooked underling, Saxena ) in a casino through trickery and athleticism, he ends up losing the reward money as a result of being responsible for the casino needing extensive repairs.
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