Khakee (2004)

A team of police force escorts an alleged terrorist from Chandangarh to Mumbai. However their trip turns into a deadly survival when an ex-cop tries to stop them to reach Mumbai.

Director:

Rajkumar Santoshi

Writers:

Shridhar Raghavan, Rajkumar Santoshi (dialogue)

Stars:

Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn

23 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amitabh Bachchan	...	DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastav
Akshay Kumar	...	Sr. Inspector Shekhar Verma
Ajay Devgn	...	Yashwant Angre, Former Police Officer
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Mahalaxshmi (as Aishwarya Rai)
Tusshar Kapoor	...	Sub Inspector Ashwin Gupte (as Tusshar)
Atul Kulkarni	...	Dr. Iqbal Ansari
Jaya Prada	...	Jaya Shrivastav (Special Appearance)
Firoz Ali	...	Amitabh Bacchan's student
Prakash Raj	...	ACP Naidu
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty	...	Minister Deodhar
D. Santosh	...	Constable Gajanan Mhatre
Kamlesh Sawant	...	Constable Kamlesh Sawant
Tanuja	...	Dr. Iqbal Ansari's mother
Radhika Menon
Ashwini Kalsekar	...	Kamlesh's wife

Storyline

DCP Anant Shrivastav (Amitabh Bachchan) has been assigned the mission to escort terrorist Iqbal Ansari (Atul Kulkarni) from Chandangarh to Mumbai. His terrorist organization are determined to obtain him again. The plan for this is led by Yashwant Angre (Ajay Devgan), a ruthless killer and a former police officer. Anant's team consists of Inspector Shekhar Sachdev (Akshay Kumar), rookie cop Ashwin Gupte (Tusshar Kapoor) and two more inspectors. Soon Mahalakshmi (Aishwarya Rai) joins them as she is the only witness to have seen Yashwant. The team are armed and ready to go but danger lurks everywhere as the terrorist organization are determined to make sure the officers do not make it to Mumbai. The trip turns into survival when the team are attacked at various times. Finally the team make it to an abandoned cottage in the forest but there is a shoot out and the team are heavily outnumbered. Shekhar tries to force an exchange but against Anant's and Ashwin's judgement. Finally Ansari, ...

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | police | witness | rifle | death | 

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Taglines:

From the director of Ghayal, Damini, Andaz Apna Apna, Barsaat, Ghatak, China Gate, Pukar, Lajja & The Legend of Bhagat Singh

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ram Sampath's first mainstream Hindi film as a music director.

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Goofs

While driving the jeep, Shekhar is holding a revolver (with his finger on the trigger) in close-ups. However in the wider shots he has no gun.

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Quotes

Yashwant Angre: Welcome... Welcome to Chandangarh.

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Connections

References Amistad (1997)

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Soundtracks

Wada Raha
Music by Ram Sampat
Lyrics by Sameer
Performed by Arnab Chakravarthy and Shreya Ghoshal

User Reviews

Amitabh v/s Ajay = A blast, terrific executed film

Khakee had big names to its credit Amitabh, Ajay D. Aishwarya R., Akshay Kum., Tusshar, and above all Rajkumar Santoshi. Santoshi is so consitent with making good movies and making his performers give career best performances. The movie is not a routine cop drama or to best of my knowledge its not stolen of any Hollywood movie, but one may have an idea earlier in the film that it kind of looks like Swat but its not like Swat at all. It is an example of what a nice action thriller should be, it doesn't give its audience time to blink while the movie is going on. It surprises at every new scene. The movie is also a prime example of why Amitabh is till date consider a legend in Bollywood. There were couple scenes that he shows his skillz but some were simply best for example when he reminds the police officer in the police station of his duty was just so text book, No wonder he is called Mr. Institution. Amitabh gives a glimpse of Old Amitabh "Angry young man" in this case "Angry Ol' man" at the climax point when he beats Ajay down. It is undisputed actor is one of the best in the buisness despite of his age, he can still make his fan following grow. The story, direction and screenplay was really hot. The best man in the film was Amitabh B. but other performers were surely upto Bachchan's calibre. Ajay D. in a negative role was smashing, I liked his name "ANGRE"! The sequences amongst Ajay and Amitabh was so hot and best part of the whole product. Ajay with great performances one after another, he is sure one of the best emerging actors in Hindi Cinema, if continued with such performances he will be called among the best of all times.(in Hindi Cinema) Akshay Kumar had a career performance in the movie. Tusshar was alright but Akshay Khanna would have been lot better in his shoes. Aishwarya Rai was simple gorgeous and she too was alright. Atul Kulkarni had very little to say but lot to tell. He was just right for the role. Overall, as on behalf of Hindi cinema viewers i would like to urge Mr. Rajkumar Santoshi to make films that's as crafty as this (entertaining). I really liked it because it was out of the norm yet very effective and with master performers giving good performances. I would recommend it to any one who likes Amitabh B. or even who is a fan of Ajay D. must see cinema!!! Yep Amitabh rules No competition matters when it comes to Amitabh B. Still standing Tall.

Details

Official Sites:

DMS Films [India] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu

Release Date:

23 January 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Khakee

Filming Locations:

Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$212,656, 25 January 2004

Gross USA:

$587,877

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$924,170

Company Credits

Production Co:

D.M.S. Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

174 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1