Release date: 2007
Runtime: N/A
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Sunil Shetty, Arbaaz Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Rohit Roy,
Director: Apoorva Lakhia
Produced by: Sanjay Gupta, Sanjay Dutt
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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 gunfire 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. Khan's 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.
Tusshar Kapoor is convincing, while other actors like Rohit Roy , Shabbir Ahluwalia and Aditya Lakhia stay on the sidelines.
There are some emotional moments to lend a raw sentimentality to the flick.
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Screen International | 2008-01-15
Shootout At Lokhandwala has much riding on it, notably for its director, desperately in need of a hit, and for personable young actor Vivek Oberoi, whose flagging matinee-idol status stands to receive a boost from his featured bad-guy role.
Intertitles fill us on background events, sometimes to wrily humorous effect, as Dutt's legal troubles go on, and on, and on.
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gobollywood.com | 2008-05-05
The upbeat trend continued in his last releases and now when the baton has shifted to Apoorva Lakhia in SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA, there seems to be array of vivid musical talents clubbed together in a contemporary Bollywood format.
Its a messy soundtrack where bunch of dreaded bhai celebrate in intoxication and shows their cruel dominance in all sections of society (films, politics etc).
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Everyone has heard about the famous shootout at Lokhandwala.
Precisely what is needed for this film to do well.
Thats round one won for the makers of SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA.
SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA leaves you breathless as the credits roll.
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Daily News & Analysis, India | 2007-05-25
All this and more is revealed through an internal interrogation the cops have when a public outcry forces them to justify their actions, with their appointed lawyer, a cynical, headmaster type of dictatorial figure, played by Amitabh Bachchan.
Its not even stylishly told, something you have come to expect from Sanjay Guptas banner.
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Sanjay Gupta honed the spark and glint of internationally branded musical formats into his style of action potboilers with grand success. The upbeat trend continued in his last releases and now when the baton has shifted to Apoorva Lakhia in... ... Full Article
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Produced under the banner of Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Guptas White Feather Films, Shootout At Lokhandwala is based on one of the most long and drawn out encounters in the history of Mumbai police. ... Full Article
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 ... Full Article
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