Khiladi 420

First Half is superb just superb but after half you would like to walk off .... it could have been a great movie but failed as second half was handled worstfully ...

Khiladi 420 is the 7th installment in the Khiladi series. Like most of the previous Khiladi movies, Khiladi 420 is an Action- Thriller. It is directed by Neeraj Vora and stars Akshay Kumar, Akshay Kumar (double- role) and Mahima Choudhary.

The movie is about Dev (Akshay), who is a con- man and owes a lot of money to some gangsters. He hatches a plan to get all the money from Shyam Prasad (Alok Nath) and Ritu (Mahima). He manages to kill Shyam after he finds out Dev's true colors and tries to kill Ritu as well after she finds out the truth. Surprisingly, Dev has also written a suicide letter for himself. Ritu manages to kill Dev and run away. However, she later sees Dev again at home without any wounds and injuries.

The movie has some twists and turns which keep you glued to the movie. However, some of the scenes are dragged and get boring. The songs are OK. Direction by Neeraj is fine but can be better. The script is good. The camera- work is not that good.

Mahima Choudhary is fine. Alok Nath is good. The goons are fine. The main hero of the movie is Akshay Kumar. He performs both the negative and positive roles brilliantly. The other best thing about the movie is its stunts. Khiladi 420 has one of the best and most dangerous stunts ever seen in Bollywood. Keep your eyes open for the plan stunt.

This was the last KHILADI film The first was superhit KHILADI(1992), then SABSE BADA KHILADI(1996) and KHILADIYON KA KHILADI(1996) which worked and then disasters like MRS AND MRS KHILADI(1997) and INTERNATIONAL KHILADI(1999) followed

This film is a supposedly action based thriller on the shades of BAAZIGAR, DON but sadly comes across as a poor film

The film starts off badly with an out of shape Mahima running around playing with a kid and her prank with newcomer Sudanshu Pandey falls flat but as soon as Akki enters the frame things improve and the film keeps you on the edge till Alok Nath is murdered The entire Akshay- Mahima confrontation at the interval which leads to a murky twist is badly handled Also the second half follows the typical Hindi formula where romance and comedy dominates and the villains just pop in and out The court scenes are a put off and amateurish also the ending is too sudden

Direction by Neeraj Vohra is okay in parts only but has a long way to go Music is good

Akshay does well in a negative role after AFLATOON(where he played a dual role too) but tends to overdo it too often In the other role he is good but nothing great because he did it before Mahima shreiks and annoys with her voice and overactive acting Sudhanshu Pandey is adequate in a small role Mukesh Rishi is as usual Gulshan Grover, Sayaji Shinde pop in for one scene and then are forgotten Alok Nath is okay Antra Mali is decent