When accident-prone Indian actor Jrundi V. Bakshi (comedic genius Peter Sellers) manages to blow up an expensive Hollywood movie set - just minutes before it's scheduled to be blown up on film - the director calls a studio executive to have the actor placed on the "blacklist." A clerical error, however places Bakshi on the "A list" instead and earns him an invitation to the studio executive's swanky party. Once there, he manages, with nothing but the best intentions, to create disaster!