
Khakee
Khakee (English translation: The Uniform) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and written by Santoshi and Sridhar Raghavan. The story revolves around an Indian police team on a mission to escort an accused terrorist from a small town in Maharashtra to Mumbai. Khakee stars an ensemble cast consisting of Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, and Tushar Kapoor. It was theatrically released on 23 January 2004 to a widespread critical acclaim. the critical response was mostly positive, with praise towards the direction, performances, and story. Produced on a budget of , Khakee earned a total of at the worldwide box office, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing Bollywood films.
Plot
Additional Commissioner of Police, AD.CP Naidu (Prakash Raj) assembles a team of five police officers to bring Dr. Iqbal Ansari (Atul Kulkarni) a captured ISI agent, responsible for riots, safely from Chandangarh to Mumbai, consisting of DCP Anant Shrivastav (Amitabh Bachchan), Senior Inspector Shekhar Verma (Akshay Kumar); Sub-Inspector Ashwin Gupte (Tushar Kapoor) and constables Kamlesh Sawant and Gajanan Mhatre.
More details
author | Rajkumar Santoshi |
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contentLocation | Maharashtra |
director | Rajkumar Santoshi |
editor | Hussain M Burmawalla |
genre | action thriller |
keywords | ad.cp additional commissioner of police aishwarya rai bachchan attack atul kulkarni brand capture communal riots corrupt cop dcp deputy commissioner of police double agent frame inter-services intelligence isi jail kill move police force police officer post office school teacher seclude social worker suspected terrorist traitor trying to escape tushar kapoor want warn wound |
musicBy | Ram Sampath |
producer | Keshu Ramsay |
publisher | DMS Films Private Limited |
theme | neo-noir police |