Kaante

Kaante (2002)

कांटे

Six honest intentions. One perfect betrayal.

Six men meet in a lock-up, where they've been wrongfully detained. Seeking revenge, they make the perfect plan to rob the very bank where police department's salaries are deposited

Date of release
2002-12-20
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (54)
Runtime
2h 32m
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Action
Director
Sanjay Gupta

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Los Angeles

Kaante is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language heist action-thriller film co-written and directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film stars an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Lucky Ali, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral, Rati Agnihotri, Rohit Roy, Isha Koppikar and Malaika Arora

Production

The film was to star Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kumar Gaurav, Akshaye Khanna, Shilpa Shetty and Lisa Ray initially. Akshaye Khanna opted out and was replaced by Lucky Ali, Malaika Arora stepped into Lisa Ray's shoes and Namrata Singh Gujral was cast opposite Kumar Gaurav in lieu of Shilpa Shetty. Sunny Deol was offered Kumar Gaurav's role at one point.

The film was the first Bollywood film to be completely shot in Los Angeles. The film's production team used Hollywood technicians. The filming was completed in 35 days. Namrata Singh Gujral was the only role cast in Hollywood from the principal cast. All other principals including Amitabh Bachchan were flown in from Mumbai for the Hollywood shoot.

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