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10 out of 14 people found the following review useful: Not for the Faint Hearted, 28 May 2007 Author: danzs from India
By its very definition, a rumour is termed as hearsay or gossip. Shootout at Lokhandwala goes with the tag line - based on true rumours - which is quite humorous to begin with.But the humour ends here, since the plot revolves around the ATS (Anti Terrorist Squad) of Mumbai Police, headed by Shamsher Khan (Sanjay Dutt) and his lieutenants Kaviraj (Sunil Shetty) and Javed Shaikh (Arbaaz Khan). Their philosophy is simple: get rid of all the hoodlums in the Mumbai underworld and made it a safer place. They prefer to put a bullet in their brain rather than get involved with paperwork that follows an arrest.Their nemesis comes with the name Maya Bhai (Vivek Oberoi) and his cohorts Buva (Tusshar Kapoor), RC (Shabbir Ahluwalia), Fattu (Ronit Roy), and 2 others who I am not familiar with.So you could guess the rest with cops v/s robbers battling each other. Till finally the gang gets cornered at a flat in Lokhandwala and good prevails over evil.You have heard all this before than why watch the flick? To its credit, the movie spins a common script with slick editing, camera-work and pulsating background score. Sanjay Dutt puts in an honest performance while Vivek Oberoi plays the bad guy well. There is nothing else to write home about the rest. Songs are OK, and the 'Arre Ganpat,' with its catchy rap beat will definitely find its followers.What the movie lacks in soul, it makes up with its pace. For those who liked gangster flicks like Satya and Company, should watch this one since it will definitely appeal.For the rest who prefer drama, romance and comedy, steer away since the gore might make you lose your appetite.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Hard-hitting and generally effective, though flawed, 19 February 2009 Author: long-ford from India
This is a hard-hitting crime drama and generally works despite some flaws. Vivek Oberoi is impressive as a rising gangster with Sanjay Dutt the police officer who's after him. While initially appearing to be about police brutality and fake 'encounters', the story has a few twists. The denouement provided by Amitabh Bachchan is admittedly a touch simplistic. However, the action is gritty, and the film well-paced. There are a few discrepancies in the plot line. and some of the songs could have been cut. The climax is effective though it could have been better.Overall 6/10
Call this a movie?, 10 January 2009 Author: silvan-desouza from India
One of the most overrated piece of crapThere took a real incident of 1991 and made it a commercial film Oh god, all slow motion villain walking, larger then life cops and what not A confused Lawyer who acts like a judge moreGangsters who look like children and what notThe movie made me confused completelyThere just made up stories of Maya Dolas killing his dad whereas his dead died in 1997, and showed his mother like a GundiTusshar's character a bigger joke, first shown no- nonsense kind and then becomes a funny personAfter every killing, the gangsters have time to shake their booty with c grade item songsThe Ganpat song looks forced and out of contextThe drama scenes are funnier then the comic onesThe characters are jokersThe last climax is straight out of 80's Acting is alright to bad Sanjay plays his part with style, Amitabh just walks in and out with no much impact, his role is stupid Abhishek too just walks in and dies Vivek Oberoi overdoes and gets to the nerves, surprising he got so much praise, he is decent only in his introduction and in the American HISTORY X inspired scene Tusshar looks fake, this guy is a big misfit of BollywoodRohit Roy seems to have been having a blast, Afterall being a part of such a big film, he overdoes Shabbir Alluwalia is irritating too Suneil Shetty repeats his act, Arbaaz Khan is as usual
1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Excellent, Fantastic and Superb, 30 September 2008 Author: Liakot Ali from London
Shootout at Lokhandwala is a fantastic movie that is full of violence. The movie has many famous actors all in one movie. Amitabh Bachchan stars in a small role as the lawyer who is listening to what has happened. Abishek is in a 2 minute scene and both father son give a standard performance. Sanjay Dutt the main lead of this film gives a good performance as the Police officer. Sunil Shetty and Arbaaz Khan give decent performances as Police officers. Tusshar Kapoor is great as a gangster, and he even improves on his childish voice. The star of this movie has to be Vivek Oberoi who has delivers a Superb performance an Maya the deadly gangster. The film has many other actresses like Amrita Singh who did a good job as the hot headed mother. Aarti Chabria looks sexy in the song and I would like to play with that jism of hers like Tusshar does. Neha looks pretty kaash mein suhaag raat karta us ki saat.
1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Action movie?, 31 October 2007 Author: virindra from Netherlands
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Ik like movies of Vivek Oberoi. In this movie, there is a war between police officers (Sanjay Dutt, Arbaaz Khan and Sunil Shetty) and underworld gang members (Vivek Oberoi, Tusshar Kapoor). Amitabh Bachchan is the lawyer of the policemen, who made a shootout at Lokhandwala to get the gangsters.Sanjay Dutt is a magnificent actor. Vivek Oberoi was good, but a little over the top. And now comes the big disappointment of the movie; Tusshar Kapoor. What was this? A skinny guy, not convincingly at all, tries to be a crook. It was hilarious! I liked Jeetendra's movies in the past, but I don't like the acting of his son. In this movies Tusshar plays between the best actors of Bollywood, and even then it is not worth watching.Arbaaz Khan is not worth mentioning at all. He's just an average actor. The story wasn't great. It's same all we have seen before. It's supposed to be an exciting movie, with a lot of action, and now and then there is a song out of nothing. I did not like this movie, at all.
4 out of 8 people found the following review useful: A few things spoiled this movie for me!!!, 9 July 2007 Author: sat_89 from India
Before watching this movie i made sure i checked out IMDb as to what the other users feel about this movie.I found most of them unsatisfied..but i was confident i would not be.And i went ahead with the movie....i still don't understand whats my final say on Shootout!!!!At some places it was really good like fattu returning back to the hideout(u know wen) and the scene at the restaurant b/w sanjay dutt and obroi.But some others were like Oh-my-god-gimme-a-break!!! Has'not the slow walk shot been already shown numerous times,especially in Kaante???Then why use the same technique here,only god knows,or better the director knows.Another totally comic scene is when Buva says "teri maa ki"...i was on the floor clutching my tummy.Amitabh is pretty cool as the lawyer and so are vivek obroi & sanjay dutt!!!They keep this film from falling flat.And can someone explain why there is still 4-5 songs in movies like this??one or two songs are bearable.But the bhai's breaking into a jig then and there had me skipping the entire movie.The Verdict::: I gave 6 for Big B,Sanjai and Obroi alone..else it might have been 3 or 4!!!!
8 out of 16 people found the following review useful: Hell of a shootout, 4 June 2007 Author: springsunnywinter from United Kingdom
An amazing film that is based on true rumours although most films that are based on actual events are crap. Shootout at Lokhandwala was so well written & directed and had riveting performances from a first-rate cast, every actor did a fantastic job even Amitabh & Abhishek Bachchan in their special appearances. I never heard about the incident before and I don't know if it's true or not but the film is made so dark & sinister that gives the tensive mood also it is emotionally & psychologically thrilling, the whole movie is charged with pulse pounding suspense and seems like it's really happening. A Sanjay Gupta film but the director is Apoorva Lakhia the one who made Ek Ajnabee which was also good that's why I wanted to watch the movie because both of them are terrific filmmakers and the title is eye catching. Overall it is just great how they managed to make a film on a very simple story about five criminals in a flat surrounded by hundreds of policemen. Just a few more words about the cast:AMITABH BACHCHAN: Simply the number 1 in Bollywood.SANJAY DUTT: One of my favourite actors.SUNIEL SHETTY: No matter what role he doe's action or romantic it will suit him.ARBAAZ KHAN: Good actor but hardly appears in any film.VIVEIK OBEROI: Did really well as a bad guy after Company.TUSSHAR KAPOOR: Good to see him in action after so many romantic roles.DIA MIRZA: Soooooooooo beautiful that I don't need to say anything else about her.NEHA DHUPIA: Her best performance will always be in Qayamat.ABHISHEK BACHCHAN: Doing really well now keep up the good work.
8 out of 16 people found the following review useful: Based on True Tumors, 27 May 2007 Author: Brajeshwar from India
Directed by Apporva Lakhia, Shootout at Lokhandwala is another of those movies where the bad guys look good, and glorification of the villains are in bright limelight. The movie was fast paced and will keep you seated throughout the gun fires, blood baths and murderous killings. The only thing that dragged was the song sequences. The songs in themselves are good but I would have really wished they were not there at all. They should have done an Extended or Director's Uncut or Song Enhanced versions of DVDs. That way, people will still watch the movie and many will buy the DVDs, thus making more money for the film.On that fateful day of 1991, at one of the Mumbai's sprawling sub-urban place (Lokhandwala), 5 gangsters were relaxing and counting their extortion money. The gangsters were led by Maya Dolas who had begun to rebel against Dawood Ibahim. Informations of their hide-out reached the then ACP Aftab Ahmed Khan, who brought in a platoon of about 300 odd Mumbai Police force to squash them. What followed is one of the most memorable shootout that every happened in Mumbai. The police fired uncountable rounds of bullets and the Maya led gangsters retaliated too. Eventually, all the 5 gangsters were killed and few policemen were hurt.Vivek Oberoi in the role of Maya Dolas was frighteningly awesome. I don't really felt any importance given to the other 4 members of the gang. They seem to have been randomly picked to fill in the spots. Of course, Tushar Kapoor (who played the role of Dilip Buva) was there with the next important role after Vivek, thanks to his sister Ektaa Kapoor (the K lady of the idiot box). He tried his best, I guess, but his acting sucks like a monkey who just found some zoo visitors to entertain with its banana tricks. Why don't he moved in to his sister's serial, he can do much better job there and we don't have to really bear him in movies (at least for us who detest the TV serials). Tushar had never been good in any roles not only in his first negative role in this movie. His only slightly commendable role is playing the dumb guy in Golmaal: Fun Unlimited.The remaining 3 don't really remind you of anything unless you've been glued and try to remember each and every scenes. Yes, yes, the ghost-seeing thingy of Rc (Shabbir Ahluwalia) after he shot a family by mistake. The shooting incident of Fattu (Rohit Roy), the day he earned the named Fattu when he finally was able to do a bang-bang-kill-kill. And the others, I don't remember them to link to any typical characteristics.Seasoned Cop and counter terrorists specialist, Aftab Ahmed Khan (Sanjay Dutt) chased and encounter Khalistani extremists, handpicked cops Inspector Kaviraj Patil (Sunil Shetty) and Constable Javed Shaikh (Arbaaz Khan) to fight against the girth of many terrorists in Mumbai during his hay days. Khan and his team took care of the Maya gang when the gangsters made extortions a buzzword in the early 90's. The movies shows Khan and his trusted Anti Terrorists Squad (ATS) doing many daring encounters; so much involved in their activities that they jeopardise their personal and private life.Btw, the real Aftab Ahmed Khan appeared in a cameo in the movie, playing the role of S. Ramamurthy, his former boss and the then Police Commissioner.
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Thrilling & exciting, 8 June 2008 Author: sujitshetty786 from India
A brilliantly made movie from the White Feathers Films Production. A must watch for all action movie lovers. Based on the real incident of the 1992 firing at Lokhandwala Complex in Andheri in India. There were certain Factual Errors in the movie however it is a gr8 cinematic experience. All the stars have portrayed their characters brilliantly. Sanjay Dutt as Shamsher Singh & Vivek Oberoi as Maya Dolas are outstanding. Suniel as Kaviraj Patil & Tushar as Dilip Buwa gave a fantastic performance. The movie was highly under-rated due to excess violence which is not a regular in Hindi Movies There were certain parts which were included just to increase the length of the movie. However the exiting climax covered up all the flaws.................. All in all a brilliant movie.
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful: This one flew over the cuckoo's nest, 18 November 2007 Author: Sherazade from United States
In a nutshell, it was very nearly perfect but as with most Bollywood films somewhere in between, something went horribly wrong. The good thing about Shootout at Lokhandwala is that it is very engaging. It grips the audience from its very solemn beginning until the last bullet is fired at the very end. That plus the fact that there were some very memorable performances in the film. But before I dive into that, let me just give you a quick background regarding the film itself, which is basically that the film is a fictional account of a now very infamous shootout between Mumbai police (specifically the now defunct ATS - Anti Terrorist Squad which can be likened to America's SWAT team) and a pack of goons in 1991. The film is told from the perspective of the three main officers involved with the decision making on that now infamous day (characters played by Sanjay Dutt, Arbaaz Khan & Suneil Shetty) as they related their story to their lawyer (Amitabh Bachchan) who is about to defend them in court.Now onto the great performances starting with Vivek Oberoi. Now what can be said about this guy that hasn't already been said when he brought the house down with his breakout performance in Company? Here Oberoi takes it up a notch as the goon leader Maya Dolas, an outlaw since age nine when he saved his mother the grips of domestic violence by stabbing his abusive father to death. Oberoi has a penchant for playing bad guys and playing them to the very bone. In two words, Oberoi was "very good" in this film. Suniel Shetty and Amitabh Bachchan were almost too comfortable in their respective roles as officer as advocate but one cannot blame them too much as their roles were perhaps a tad-bit too basic considering the roles these two men have essayed in their impressive Bollywood careers. Amrita Singh shows that she is not to be forgotten with a most unforgettable role as Maya's feisty mother. While all the female roles in this film were severely underwritten, Singh managed to emblazon her character with such dynamic cinematic presence. I really enjoyed her performance as a force to be reckoned with. Blink and you'll miss Rakhi Sawant's cameo as herself, Abhishek Bachchan as a legendarily foolish cop, blink twice and you'll miss Dia Mirza's token pretty reporter role as well. The film is jammed packed with a who is who list of heavy hitters but somehow it still failed at the box office. Perhaps due to the strong language and gory violence, just take your pick. Very good as well is the film's soundtrack (a special applause goes out to the writers for fitting two item numbers into such an action packed drama) which would have been perfect except for the horribly unforgivable 'Ganpat' which has the pack of goons singing and dancing on tables bragging about their way of life and controlling the likes of Bipasha Basu and Aishwarya Rai. Now if that not only sounds wrong, I think someone should have asked the writers if they somehow forgot that this was based on real life events? Stick to the script and stop getting carried away. Aishwarya Rai wasn't even famous in 1991! She was a 17-year-old unknown model, hello! Anyway, let us be thankful that they didn't picturise the part of the song pertaining to "Aishwarya Rai" on Oberoi's character. Sheesh! Other great performances include Rohit Roy as Fattu, Sanjay Dutt as Shamsher Khan & Arbaaz Khan Javeen Shaikh. If you can take the sight of Bollywood style gore, bad language and a shaky script, then I recommend that you see this film. B-
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