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SHOOTOUT
AT LOKHANDWALA (2007)
Produced by : Sanjay Gupta, Shobha Kapoor Directed by
: Apoorva Lakhia
Starring : Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Arbaaz
Khan, Viveik Anand Oberoi, Tusshar Kapoor, Rohit Roy, Shabbir
Aluwalia, Aditya Lakhia, Amrita Singh, Diya Mirza, Neha Dhupia,
Aarti Chabria, Akhilendra Mishra, Daya Shankar Pandey, Sri
Vallabh Vyas
UK Release Date : 25 May 2007 |
From
director Apoorva Lakhia comes Shootout At Lokhandwala, a shocking,
hypnotic look at a real-life disaster. On a calm summer day in
1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including
Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286
policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around
their building. A gunfight ensued and the entire nation witnessed
the most talked about daylight encounter lasting 6 hours that
transformed suburban Mumbai into a virtual war zone.
Shootout
At Lokhandwala is the story of a seasoned cop, Khan, who chased
Khalistani extremists, handpicked cops like Inspector Kaviraj
Patil and Constable Javed Shaikh, and dared to engage trigger-happy
gangsters in a residential locality of Mumbai. Khans fight
went beyond the encounter as he faced inquisition from his own
department and legal charges of human rights violations.
Shootout
At Lokhandwala is the story of an upcoming underworld gangster,
Maya, and his highly skilled partner, Dilip. The two made extortion
the buzzword in the early 90s and dared to disobey the big bhai
of the underworld, drawing the attention of Khan and his newly
formed ATS squad. Both Khan and Maya were men obsessed, so devoted
to their professions that their personal lives were a disaster.
Shootout At Lokhandwala explores the personal obsessions and sacrifices
of the two protagonists with absorbing insight, with some of the
most riveting action sequences to be ever filmed.
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