From director Apoorva Lakhia comes 'Shoot Out 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 [Viveik Oberoi] and Dilip [Tusshar Kapoor] were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan [Sanjay Dutt], 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.
'Shoot Out At Lokhandwala' is the story of a seasoned cop, Khan, who chased Khalistani extremists, handpicked cops like Inspector Kaviraj Patil [Suneil Shetty] and Constable Javed Shaikh [Arbaaz Khan], 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. 'Shoot Out 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.
'Shoot Out 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.
The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Suneil Shetty, Viveik Oberoi, Tusshar Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza, Rohit Roy, Aarti Chhabria and Rakhi Sawant in key roles and is releasing worldwide on 25th May.
