Khakee

Cast: Amitabh, Akshay Kumar, Ajay, Aishwarya, Tusshar, Jaya Pradha
Language: Hindi
Banner: D.M.S Films
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Producer: Keshu
Camera: K.V. Anand
Story: Rajkumar Santoshi
Screenplay: Sridhar Raghavan
Dialogue: Sridhar Raghavan
Lyrics: Sameer
Music: Ram Sampat
Year: 2004

D.C.P. Anant Srivastav (Amitabh Bachchan) a bold and dangerous cop, is already in the sunset of his career. Well known as ‘The Professor’ he is assigned the task to escort an ISI agent and terrorist Iqbal Ansari (Ajay Devgan) from Chandragadh to Mumbai. The D.C.P. considers this his most challenging assignment since he failed in this operation earlier. This time he has to prove himself to the department that he is indeed ‘The Professor’. To execute this operation he is accompanied with the street smart and brave Senior Inspector Shekhar Sachdev (Akshay Kumar) and young, middle class Sub Inspector Ashwini Gupte (Tusshar Kapoor) and two constables. ....

Shekhar, who is a corrupt officer reluctantly agrees to the operation and in contrast Ashwini who is on his first serious assignment is upright and raring to go, is about to find out the difference between training school and the ground reality. These three officers accompany Iqbal Ansari who is a witness to an important case. What they don’t know is that there is an unknown enemy who is stopping them from reaching their destination. Now this nameless, faceless enemy is always one step ahead of them. How the cops win over the enemy forms the story line.

Santoshi knows the art of extracting the best from his artistes. Amitabh Bachchan has given a wonderful performance, no doubt one of his best to date. Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan are master performers who have left a strong impression on you after the movie. Aishwarya Rai has done justice to her role once again proving her acting talent. The film also features Tanuja in an important role. Jayaprada makes an appearance after a long hibernation and has given a neat performance. Lara Dutta has sizzled in an item number "Aisa Jadoo" which is already topping the charts.

The Director Santoshi focuses on the working of the police system without portraying them negatively. The core of the movie is that the enemy is nameless and faceless and they attack you in all direction. The Khakee spider takes nearly 3 hours to spin its web with numerous twists and turns and the pre-climax catching you totally off guard . Santoshi keeps his audience glued to their seats with some explosive, fast moving frames. He has good control of all the frames. This is one of the best scripts Santoshi has handled so far. Sridhar Raghavan’s screenplay has a lot of punch and receives lot of applause from the audience. Cinematography by K.V. Anand is brilliant and Stunt sequences by Tinu Verma give wonderful support to the already strong storyline.

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