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| Directed by | Umesh Mehra |
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| Written by | Umesh Mehra Ved Prakash Sharma |
| Produced by | Keshu Ramsay |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Twinkle Khanna |
| Cinematography | S. Pappu |
| Edited by | Kamal Saigal |
| Music by | Aadesh Shrivastava
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | Template:INRConvert[1]
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International Khiladi (Template:Translation) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Umesh Mehra starring Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna in the lead roles.[2] In an interview with Lehren Network, Khanna said that the film did not follow a conventional script while Kumar stated that the film had more romance than action.[3]
International Khiladi was released on 26 March 1999 and became a below average venture at the box office.[1]
Plot
Payal is a Journalist who along with her cameraman Focus have been assigned the task of interviewing the world's highest ranking gangster named Rahul alias Devraj. In the process, Payal and Devraj fall in love with each other much to the opposition of Devraj's guardian Bismillah, Lt.Colonel Amit and Payal's brother Ravi. Ravi is later killed with Devraj being framed and arrested. Payal testifies against him and Devraj is sentenced to be hanged. After learning about Bismillah's sudden death, Devraj escapes from custody and begins to plot vengeance against his enemies, including Payal and Ravi's real killer. It is revealed that Amit was the one who killed Bismillah and Ravi and also joined Thakral to frame Devraj, but Amit later betrays Thakral and kills him. Amit then takes Devraj on a flight where Devraj kills him and reunites with Payal.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Rahul / Devraj
- Twinkle Khanna as Payal, Ravi's sister.
- Rajat Bedi as Amit
- Vivek Shauq as Ravi, Payal's brother.
- Gulshan Grover as Thakral
- Mukesh Khanna as Bismillah, Devraj's guardian.
- Johnny Lever as Focus, Payal's Cameraman.
- Mahesh Anand as Naresh, Henchman of Thakral
- Asrani as Payal's boss
- Avtar Gill as Defence Lawyer D'souza
- Shahbaaz Khan as Police Commissioner Gautam
- Subbiraj as S.P. Sharma
- Ram Mohan as Prosecuting Lawyer Baburao
- Vivek Vaswani as Vivek Shrivastav
- Gajendra Chouhan as Suraj, Rahul's father
- Shagufta Ali as Smita, Rahul's mother
- Omkar Kapoor as Young Rahul
Production
The film was co-produced by Indian businessman Ajay Virmani. It was shot in Varanasi and Mumbai.[4]
Soundtrack
Rediff.com noted that the film's songs "seem to be good".[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Khiladi. Box Office India. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ↑ International Khiladi (1999). The New York Times(2015). Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Template:Cite AV mediaTemplate:Dead link
- ↑ Niagara calls(5 June 2000). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ The Star Test(9 January 1999). Retrieved 7 April 2020.