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Rajkumar
Santoshi's
"KHAKEE"
Pruducer: Keshu
Director:Rajkumar
Santoshi.
Music: Ram
Sampath.
Cinematography:K.V. Anand
Screenplay: Rajkumar Santoshi & Sridhar Raghavan.
Action Sequences: Tinu Verma
Dialogues:Rajkumar Santoshi
*ing:
Amitabh Bachchan,
Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Lara Dutta, Tusshar Kapoor,
Jaya Pradha,Tanuja.
For the first time in Indian cinema history, two Amitabh Bachchan films
released on the same Friday. 'Khakee', and Vikram Bhatt's 'Aetbaar'.
Clash like never before. Director Rajkumar Santoshi directed Big 'B' for
the first time. Keshu Ramsay's this film fits him into the far more heroic
mould of cop (a role he has played repeatedly since his first hit, 'Zanjeer')
transporting a hardened criminal (Ajay Devgan) to his nemesis.
Rajkumar Santoshi is going to change the present trend with this film
'Khakee'. Hindi cinema has habitually ridiculed the police and
misrepresented the noble profession. Rajkumar remined us that it is the
time to change all that. Every profession has its flock of black sheep
but they also have their white knights. By the end of the movie, it seems
that it isn't fair to generalise.
Story:
The story starts with a
routine mission of shifting an ISI terrorist Iqbal Ansari from Chandanghad
to Mumbai, ended as a nightmare. The first escort team of police officers
was ambushed midway, blown to bits. But a brave officer managed to ensure
that Ansari did not escape. Now another team was being sent to do this
job from Mumbai. This
crucial assignment was being given to DCP Anant Shrivastav "The Professor"
(Amitabh Bachchan), on the eve of his daughter's wedding. The officer,
in the winter of his career, was a failure in the eyes of the establishment
and more important in his own. This was his one last chance to do something
and prove himself. The third on the list was Sub-Inspector Ashwin Gupte
(Akshay Kumar), a young middle class rookie officer on his first serious
assignment. He was going to find out the hard way that there was a massive
difference between training school and the ground reality of the harsh,
corrupt and a violent world out there.These three officers accompanied
by two constables were now given the charge of escorting the dreaded terrorist
and a crucial witness in the case against him, from Chandanghad to Mumbai.
But someone out there didn't want them to get to Mumbai. A nameless, faceless
enemy who was always one step ahead of them and would do all he could…to
stop them. Thus a three-day assignment would become a never-ending nightmare.
An overnight journey would become a journey into a dark world of brutality,
corruption, conspiracies and terror. Street-smart, brave but rotten to
the core, Sr. Inspector Shekhar Sachdev (Ajay Devgan), for whom the lines
between good and bad, right and wrong had blurred a long time ago, was
also forced on this mission. . He didn't want to be a part of any suicide
mission, but had no choice. The
third on the list was Sub-Inspector Ashwin [Tusshar Kapoor], a young officer
on his first serious assignment. He was going to find out the hard way
that there was a massive difference between training school and the ground
reality of the harsh, corrupt and a violent world out there.These
three officers accompanied by two constables were now given the charge
of escorting the dreaded terrorist from Chandangadh to Mumbai. But someone
out there didn't want them to get to Mumbai. And the film moves towards
climax. If you want to know it, go and watch out the rare cop film, ever
made in Indian film history.
Performance:
As per performance is concerned, Amitabh Bachchan delivers one of his
best performance in his career. Sometimes, his gesture and tight-lipped
silence make understand the character's helplessness and many other complexes.
Akshay Kumar really performed his best. Ajay Devgan continued his good
acting, better to say award winning acting in this film also. Aishwarya
Rai proved her talent excellently. Tussar Kapoor played very small role
in this film, but left a positive impact, indeed. Lara Dutt looks sexy
and convincing in item number 'Aisa Jadoo'. Veteran Tanuja and Jaya Prada
justified adequately to their name and fame. Over all director RajKumar
Santoshi has extracted the best performances from all the cast.
Overall:
'Khakee' emphasises on the pressures cops endure in the course
of duty. It emphasises on the ruthlessness of life and the changing equations
in buureaucracy. The politician and the police force and subsequently,
between the police and the common man. It's a film of extraordinary team
work. Rajkumar Santoshi's this latest film is electrifying and explosive.
It is one of the most exhilarating thrillers to reach the screen in recent
memory. Everybody has done wonderful job in each and every aspects of
film making. This film has very high chance to be a blockbuster.
Ratings
: 5/10
Timings : 2Hrs.& 50 Min
Release date: 23/01/2004
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