Guru (Kay Kay Menon) and Ganpat (Dilip Prabhavalkar) are small-time car thieves. One night, they steal a Mercedes Rs. 10 million inside, unaware that the car belongs to a vicious gangster/loan shark called Faujdaar (Anupam Kher). They try to sell the stolen Mercedes to Suleman Supari (Rahul Dev), a hitman, who recognizes the car and notifies his friend Faujdaar. Faujdaar sends his henchman with Guru to get back the cash.

Meanwhile, Ganpat has hidden cash in a safe place. After an accident, he loses his memory. Angered by the chain of events, Faujdaar gives Guru three days to return the money.

• Kay Kay Menon - Guru
• Anupam Kher - Faujdar
• Rimi Sen - Mona
• Chunky Pandey - Sikandar Khan and Sheshaiyya (Dual role)
• Dilip Prabhawalkar - Ganpat
• Rahul Dev - Suleman Supari
• Yashpal Sharma - Pachisia
• Hemant Pandey - Filip Fattu
• Virendra Saxena - Godman
• Shrivallabh Vyas - Sharafat
• Manoj Pahwa - Gogi Kukreja
• Kurush Deboo - Bawajee
• Sanjay Mishra - Lingam

Sankat City received generally positive reviews from film critics as a dark comedy.^[4]

• Nominated for Most Promising Debut Director, 55th Filmfare Awards.
• Nominated for Best Director and Best Film; Searchlight Awards - Max Stardust Awards 2010.
• Nominated for Best Screenplay, Most Promising Debut Director, and Best Ensemble Cast; Nokia 16th Star Screen Award.