Khakee - Das tödliche Gesetz Indiens

Khakee - Das tödliche Gesetz Indiens (2004)

ख़ाकी

Im Haus des muslimischen Arztes Dr. Iqbal Ansari (Atul Kulkarni) werden Waffen gefunden. Er wird als Terrorist verhaftet und soll von Chandangadh nach Mumbai gebracht werden. Doch der Gefangene wird angegriffen, es kommt zu einer Schießerei und es gibt Tote. Nun soll Anant Kumar Shrivastav (Amitabh Bachchan) und sein Team Ansari während des Transports bewachen. Mit dabei sind unter anderem der korrupte Senior Inspector Shekhar Verma (Akshay Kumar) und der gesetzestreue Frischling Sub-Inspector Ashwin Gupte (Tusshar Kapoor). Unterwegs erfahren sie, dass die schöne Sozialarbeiterin Mahalaxshmi (Aishwarya Rai) den Mann identifizieren kann, der den ersten Konvoi angegriffen hat. Deshalb muss sie mit den Cops nach Mumbai fahren, um vor Gericht auszusagen. Der der von ihr erkannte Verbrecher Angre (Ajay Devgan), der Anant noch aus seiner Vergangenheit kennt, verfolgt sie erbarmungslos.

Erscheinungsdatum
2004-01-23
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (89)
Laufzeit
2 Std. 52 Min.
Genres
Action
Regie
Rajkumar Santoshi

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Khakee is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Keshu Ramsay. The film revolves around an Indian police team on a mission to escort an accused terrorist from a small town in Maharashtra to Mumbai. It stars an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai and Tusshar Kapoor.

Production

The film's co-writer Shridhar 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".

Khakee was made with an estimated production budget of ₹25.77 crore (US$2.7 million) making it one of the most expensive Hindi films at that point.

Amitabh Bachchan was the first person to be cast in the film. Akshaye Khanna was supposed to play the role of Sub-Inspector Ashwin Gupte, and Ajay Devgn was offered the role of Senior Inspector Shekhar Verma. While Khanna walked out, Devgn was chosen to play the villain, Yashwant Aangre, making it his second film as an antagonist after the 2002 thriller Deewangee. Later, Tusshar Kapoor was signed for the role of Ashwin Gupte.

The film was shot in various parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai and Nashik. The fictional city of "Nairoli" shown in the film is actually the city of Apta near Panvel. The railway station of Apta was rechristened as Nairoli for the scene featuring the shoot-out at the station. Ram Sampath composed the music for the film, with lyrics by Sameer.

While filming in Nashik, Aishwarya Rai was hit by an out-of-control jeep and was thrown back into some bushes by the side of the road. She and Tusshar Kapoor were rehearsing a scene where the jeep was supposed to come and stop 20 feet away from them. However, the jeep driver lost control and did not brake. She suffered a fracture on her left foot and some bruises.

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