Khakee
Khakee | |
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Directed by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
Written by | Rajkumar Santoshi Shridhar Raghavan |
Produced by | Keshu Ramsay |
Starring |
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Cinematography | K. V. Anand |
Edited by | Hussain M. Burmawalla |
Music by | Ram Sampath |
Production company | DMS Films Private Limited |
Distributed by | Eros International |
Release date | 23 January 2004 |
Running time | 180 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹20 crore[1] |
Box office | ₹50 crore[2] |
Khakee (transl. The Uniform) is a 2004 Indian
Khakee was released theatrically on 23 January 2004 to widespread critical acclaim with particular praise for its screenplay, execution, and the cast's performances. It was one of the highest budgeted films at that time, it became a critical and commercial success. The film was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2004, grossing ₹50 crore worldwide in its lifetime run.
Plot
Dr. Iqbal Ansari is an
A criminal, Yashwant Aangre tracks the team. The team proceeds to Chandangarh, and come across school teacher Mahalakshmi, who informs them about suspected terrorists who stayed incognito in her school premises. Soon, along with Ansari and Mahalakshmi, they leave for Mumbai by road. Angre distracts the team and tries to foil the mission repeatedly but fails.
On route, the van breaks down, and the team halts at a secluded bungalow. Anant calls Naidu to appraise him of the events and send a police team. Anant now remembers Aangre, a corrupt and ruthless ex-cop or ex-inspector, who was dismissed and imprisoned after Anant caught him killing five innocent men in a fake encounter during the bank robbery.
The team is soon attacked at the bungalow by Aangre and his men. Shekhar tries to surrender Ansari to Aangre, but Anant objects. At this point, the plot turns when Ansari tells them that the terrorists are there to kill him, not free him. He was a doctor in Chandangarh when journalist Bhaskar Joshi informed him that the communal riots were actually engineered by minister Deodhar, who killed a few social workers who had compiled evidence that would've jailed him. Bhaskar had the file containing the evidence and wanted the post-mortem reports from Ansari, to expose Deodhar but was killed, and when Ansari refused to cooperate with the wrongdoers, corrupt cops framed him as a terrorist.
Aangre and his men enter the house, but Shekhar and Ashwin cause an explosion, and the team manages to escape, but Aangre shoots Ansari. Anant then realizes that Naidu is a corrupt cop in hand with Deodhar and Aangre.
Ansari is taken to the hospital. Anant gives the others the option to leave the mission, but everyone stand by him. The team soon plan to get away on an empty train to Mumbai with the recovering Ansari. Aangre's gang arrive, but the team has taken precautions. Kamlesh drives away from the station in the police van as a decoy. Shekhar takes control of the train, and the team boards it. Kamlesh abandons the van and runs to catch the moving train, but is shot dead by Aangre.
Upon reaching Mumbai, Ansari dies. Deodhar tempts Anant to toe the line, but Anant refuses. The team finds the file through journalist Bhaskar's son. Shekhar and Mahalakshmi go to the General post office and recover the file, but Aangre ambushes them. Shekhar is lured into a stadium where it is revealed that Mahalakshmi is actually Aangre's girlfriend and was planted on the team by Aangre to track their location. Shekhar is killed in the stadium and dies but not before he places a call to Anant, letting him know that Mahalakshmi is a double agent.
Anant and Ashwin now attack Naidu and make him spill the beans; they locate Aangre by following Mahalakshmi. In a shootout, Aangre uses Mahalakshmi as a shield, and she dies. Anant chases Aangre and nabs him with a huge police force while Ashwin recovers the file.
With compelling evidence from the file, the court convicts Aangre, Deodhar and Naidu for life, much to the relief of Ansari's family, who is no longer branded a
Cast
- DCPAnant Kumar Srivastava
- Senior InspectorShekhar Verma
- Ajay Devgn as Yashwant Aangre
- Aishwarya Raias Mahalakshmi
- Tusshar Kapoor as Sub-Inspector Ashwin Gupte
- Atul Kulkarni as Dr. Iqbal Ansari
- Kamlesh Sawant as Constable Kamlesh Sawant
- D. Santosh as Constable Gajanan Mhatre
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Deodhar
- Additional Commissioner of PoliceShrikant Naidu (voice dubbed by Shailendra Pandey)
- Prasanna Ketkar as Constable Ghorpade
- Yusuf Hussain as Police Commissioner
- Tanuja as Dr. Iqbal Ansari's mother
- Jaya Prada as Jaya Shrivastav, Anant's wife
- Vivek Vaswani as a smuggler
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Kamlesh's wife in a special appearance
- Abir Goswami as a photographer
- Lara Dutta as an item dancer in "Aisa Jadoo"
- Firoz Ali as a Student in Police Academy
Production
The film's co-writer Sridhar Raghavan, knew Santoshi, who wanted to make a cop film with Amitabh Bachchan, through Anjum Rajabali. During their meet, Raghavan narrated a script to Santoshi about cops, which he liked. Raghavan said: "We kept that as a base and started working afresh, collaborating, writing, rewriting." They created a character for Bachchan, inspired by Zanjeer in the "21st century situation".[4]
Budget
Khakee was made with an estimated production budget of ₹25.77 crore (US$3.2 million) making it one of the most expensive Hindi films at that point.
Casting
Filming
The film was shot in various parts of Maharashtra, including
While filming in
Critical response
Since its release, Khakee met with critical acclaim, including for the performances of the lead actors.
The Hindu daily mentioned; "It's the director's show all the way. Khakee is great evidence of what smart writing can do to a film - the duo of Rajkumar Santoshi and Shridhar Raghavan, deserve all the credit for packing the punches the film delivers. A little pace is lost in the second half because of the dialogues, song and dance, but thanks to high production values and charismatic star appeal, you really don't feel the length - 2 hours and 54 minutes. An aging Amitabh Bachchan is the first rate with his trademark delivery. Akshay Kumar provides the comic relief with his 'I'm cool' flirtatious attempts to woo Aishwarya [Rai] and Tusshar [Kapoor] plays the foil to his seniors - a neat essay".[7]
Sukanya Verma from
Derek Elley from Variety magazine stated; "The testosterone's so high you can almost put a match to it in Khakee, a twist-filled, often very violent drama centered on some cops escorting a terrorist cross-country to Mumbai. Powerhouse casting, and equally powerhouse direction by Rajkumar Santoshi, makes this an above-average example of mainstream Bollywood thrillers, sans any stylistic flourishes. Given its paucity of musical numbers and romance, this one could have a career on ancillary among general action buffs".[10]
Box office
Khakee had a final worldwide gross of ₹49.89 crore (US$6.2 million) including ₹37.73 crore (US$4.7 million) in India and ₹12.16 crore (US$1.5 million) in abroad. The
Accolades
Nominated
- Best Director – Rajkumar Santoshi
- Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan
- Best Supporting Actor – Akshay Kumar
- Best Villain – Ajay Devgn
Nominated
Nominated
- Best Screenplay - Rajkumar Santoshi, Shridhar Raghavan
- Best Story - Shridhar Raghavan
- Best Dialogue - Rajkumar Santoshi
- Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Akshay Kumar
- Best Music Director - Ram Sampath
- Best Playback Singer (Male) - Arnab Chakravorty
- Best Playback Singer (Female) - Sunidhi Chauhan
- Best Action - Tinnu Verma
- Best Choreography - Ganesh Acharya
- Best Art Direction - Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Soundtrack
Khakee | |
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Feature film soundtrack | |
Label | T-Series |
The music is composed by
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Aisa Jadoo" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:23 |
2. | "Dil Dooba" | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 3:50 |
3. | "Mere Maula" | Richa Sharma, Kailash Kher | 4:50 |
4. | "Uppar Wale" | Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Kunal Ganjawala | 4:57 |
5. | "Wada Raha" (I) | Arnab Chakrabarty, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:41 |
6. | "Wada Raha" (II) | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:41 |
7. | "Wada Raha" (Sad) | Sonu Nigam | 5:59 |
8. | "Teri Baahon Mein Hum" | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 5:22 |
9. | "Aisa Jadoo" (Remix) | Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:19 |
10. | "Dil Dooba" (Remix) | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:17 |
References
- ^ "Khakee". boxofficeindia. BOI. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
Budget: 26,00,00,000
- ^ "Khakee". boxofficeindia. BOI. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
Worldwide Gross: 45,39,70,000
- ^ "Khakee". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 6 February 2004. Archived from the original on 22 April 2004.
- ^ Verma, Sukanya (23 January 2004). "A giant-sized cop hangover". Rediff.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Cop-out!". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 November 2003.
- ^ Saikia, Priyankee (3 May 2013). "10 Filming Accidents In Bollywood History". MensXP.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Khakee". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 6 February 2004. Archived from the original on 23 February 2004.
- ^ "Khakee is money's worth. What more do you want?". Rediff.com.
- ^ "Khakee (2004) | Movie Review, Trailers, Music Videos, Songs, Wallpapers". Bollywood Hungama. 23 January 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ Elley, Derek (31 January 2004). "Khakee". Variety.
- ^ "The man who doesn't matter in Khakee". Rediff.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008.
External links
- Khakee at IMDb
- Khakee at Box Office Mojo
- Khakee at Rotten Tomatoes