Khiladi 420 (2000)

Shyam Prasad Bhardwaj is a multi-millionaire industrialist, and his business is spread worldwide. He has a daughter, Ritu, who is of marriageable age. He hires Dev Kumar to work for him, ... See full summary »

Director:

Neeraj Vora

Writers:

Uttam Gada (dialogue), Uttam Gada (story),

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Mahima Chaudhry, Antara Mali

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Akshay Kumar	...	Dev Kumar Malhotra
Mahima Chaudhry	...	Ritu Bhardwaj (as Mahima Choudhary)
Antara Mali	...	Monica D'Souza
Sudhanshu Pandey	...	Inspector Rahul
Mukesh Rishi	...	Bhai (gangster)
Gulshan Grover	...	Bhai (gangster)
Sayaji Shinde	...	Bhai (gangster)
Alok Nath	...	Shyam Prasad Bharadwaj
Dilip Joshi	...	Arora
Razak Khan	...	Gawas
Viju Khote	...	Nadkarni
Subbiraj	...	Judge
Dolly Bindra
Lekhni Desai	...	Riya (as Baby Lekhini)
Megha Bengali

Storyline

Shyam Prasad Bhardwaj is a multi-millionaire industrialist, and his business is spread worldwide. He has a daughter, Ritu, who is of marriageable age. He hires Dev Kumar to work for him, and is impressed with the way Dev's handles himself. Shyam would like Ritu and Dev to get married. After Shyam suddenly passes away, Ritu and Dev get married to fulfill Shyam's wishes. It is after this marriage that Ritu finds out that her marriage to Dev is a nightmare, as the real Dev surfaces - a Dev who is involved in debt with local gangsters, and who may also be responsible for killing her dad.

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Plot Keywords:

fake identity | dual role | shock | balloon | clown

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Taglines:

Love is like nothing else

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

29 December 2000 (India)

Filming Locations:

Filmistan Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$7,863 (USA) (5 January 2001)

Gross:

$26,731 (USA) (5 January 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

D.M.S. Films, Time Magnetics

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

below average

This was the last KHILADI film The first was superhit KHILADI(1992), then SABSE BADA KHILADI(1996) and KHILADIYON KA KHILADI(1996) which worked and then disasters like MRS AND MRS KHILADI(1997) and INTERNATIONAL KHILADI(1999) followed

This film is a supposedly action based thriller on the shades of BAAZIGAR, DON but sadly comes across as a poor film

The film starts off badly with an out of shape Mahima running around playing with a kid and her prank with newcomer Sudanshu Pandey falls flat but as soon as Akki enters the frame things improve and the film keeps you on the edge till Alok Nath is murdered The entire Akshay- Mahima confrontation at the interval which leads to a murky twist is badly handled Also the second half follows the typical Hindi formula where romance and comedy dominates and the villains just pop in and out The court scenes are a put off and amateurish also the ending is too sudden

Direction by Neeraj Vohra is okay in parts only but has a long way to go Music is good

Akshay does well in a negative role after AFLATOON(where he played a dual role too) but tends to overdo it too often In the other role he is good but nothing great because he did it before Mahima shreiks and annoys with her voice and overactive acting Sudhanshu Pandey is adequate in a small role Mukesh Rishi is as usual Gulshan Grover, Sayaji Shinde pop in for one scene and then are forgotten Alok Nath is okay Antra Mali is decent