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{{Infobox film
| name = Shootout at Lokhandwala
| image = Shoot-Out-At-Lokhandwala-Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Apoorva Lakhia]]
| screenplay = [[Sanjay Gupta (Director)|Sanjay Gupta]] Suresh Nair Apoorva Lakhia
| story = Sanjay Gupta Suresh Nair Apoorva Lakhia
| producer = [[Balaji Telefilms]] Sanjay Gupta
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Suniel Shetty]] [[Vivek Oberoi]] [[Tushar Kapoor]] [[Arbaaz Khan]] [[Rohit Roy]] [[Abhishek Bachchan]] [[Aditya Lakhia]] [[Shabbir Ahluwalia]]
| cinematography = Gururaj R. Jois
| editing = Bunty Nagi
| music = [[Strings (band)|Strings]] [[Anand Raj Anand]] [[Mika Singh]] [[Biddu]] [[Euphoria (Indian band) |Euphoria]]
| distributor = White Feather Films Balaji Motion Pictures
| released = 25 May 2007
| runtime = 121 mins
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}18 crores<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=225|title=Shootout At Lokhandwala - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|46.04 crores}}<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=225|title=Shootout At Lokhandwala - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
}}

'''''Shootout at Lokhandwala''''' is a 2007 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film|action]] [[Gangster film|gangster]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Apoorva Lakhia]]. It is based on the [[1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout]], a real-life gun battle between gangsters and [[Bombay Police]].

==Overview==

[[Aftab Ahmed Khan|A.A. Khan]], head of the [[Anti Terrorist Squad (India)|ATS]], attacked the [[Lokhandwala Complex]] on 16 November 1991, with a force of around 400 armed policemen. Dreaded gangster [[Maya Dolas]] was hiding in the complex. The leading protagonists in the film have slightly different names than their real-life counterparts, and the film caption is "based on true rumors." The film was released on 25 May 2007.

==Plot==
The film opens with shots of brooms and dustpans cleaning dried blood, and cartridge casings in and around the Swati building at the [[Lokhandwala Complex]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The building where the shootout really happened|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/may/23look.htm|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=23 May 2007}}</ref> TVN reporter Meeta Matu ([[Dia Mirza]]) reports that some 3000 rounds of ammunition were discharged by a large police squad at a previously peaceful residential area.

The film moves to the offices of former chief justice turned private prosecutor Dhingra ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) where he interviews the three leading members of the [[Mumbai Encounter Squad|Bombay Encounter Squad]]: [[Additional Commissioner of Police]] Shamsher S. Khan (Addl.CP S.S. Khan) (referring to [[Aftab Ahmed Khan|A. A. Khan]], played by [[Sanjay Dutt]]), [[Inspector]] Kaviraj Patil ([[Sunil Shetty]]) and Police constable Javed Sheikh ([[Arbaaz Khan]]). The main film timeline is the extended interview of the three officers by Dhingra; as the officers answer Dhingra's questions, the film flashes back to show the incidents.

Dhingra asks about the Encounter Squad. Khan explains that he hand-picked 27 of Bombay police's best-enlisted men and officers. He borrowed the concept from the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] [[SWAT]] ([[Special Weapons And Tactics]]) team to help combat crime. The film flashes back to show Khan selecting his men and putting them through intensive physical and mental training to be "fast, efficient and deadly." Dhingra is hardly impressed: He points out that if Khan "shoots to kill," he is no different from the gangsters he seeks to destroy.

Dhingra asks why Khan felt he had to do this. Khan explains that following [[Operation Blue Star]] in 1984, several [[Sikh]] terrorists fled to Bombay and began establishing a base in the city. They engaged in violence, extortion, and other subversive tactics to grow their operations. The film flashes back to show Sub Inspector Mhatre ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), a very brave officer and disciple of Khan, pursuing and subsequently getting shot down by a group of Sikh terrorists. Khan is deeply frustrated when the Bombay police, mired in internal bureaucracy and corruption, fail to act. He obtains clearance from the police commissioner Krishnamurthy (played by the real [[Aftab Ahmed Khan|A. A. Khan]]) and sets out after the militants. Khan asks Meeta Matu ([[Diya Mirza]]) to cover the incident so as to deter future terrorists. True to Khan's words, he successfully "[[Encounter killings by police|encounters]]" (it indicates summarily gunning down criminals; [[extrajudicial killing]]s is the term accepted internationally) the terrorists who shot PSI Mhatre. As per [[Aftab Ahmed Khan]] the encounter with Khalistani Extremist was more dangerous and tough than ''Shootout at Lokhandwala''.

The film segues into the life of Maya (referring to Bombay gangster [[Maya Dolas|Mahindra Dolas]] though the film never mentions Dolas specifically; played by [[Vivek Oberoi]]). Maya is the second-in-command of the "big boss" in Dubai (a clear reference to [[Dawood Ibrahim]] though the film does not mention his name) and runs Dawood's criminal activities in Bombay. Maya recruits Bhua (referring to [[Dilip Buwa]], played by [[Tusshar Kapoor]]) after successfully hatching a plot to eliminate Bhua's old gang led by Ashok Joshi. At this point, Maya and Bhua are at the top of Bombay's underworld, reporting directly to the big boss in Dubai.

Things heat up when Khan recognizes, through his network of spies and informers, that Maya is responsible for several criminal and possibly terrorist activities. Around this time, Maya's ambitions, fuelled by his Aai's ([[Amrita Singh]]) insistence, grow to the point where he wishes to assert his independence from Dubai and take over Bombay himself.

Khan's ATS now focuses on eliminating Maya and Bhua, and begins a dangerous cat-and-mouse game where neither side shows any overt aggression but tries to disable the adversary by tactical maneuver. Khan launches "visits" to the criminals' families to try to "persuade" them to counsel the criminals to surrender. In turn, Maya and his men return the "visit" by approaching the cops in social situations. Maya visits Khan at a restaurant where Khan is having dinner with his family. Maya quietly tells Khan: "This is between your men and mine. Leave the families out of it." Khan retorts: "I did this to give you an opportunity to come clean. But now it appears that any resolution hangs off the barrel of a gun."

Maya's rage intensifies when he gets thrown out by prominent city builder Wadhwani (based on the real-life builder and politician [[Gopal Rajwani]], owner of the building that the movie was set in). Maya had demanded 4  million protection money; Wadhwani claimed to deal directly with Dubai. Maya kidnaps Wadhwani's sniveling, overweight kid. When Wadhwani complains, the big boss asks Maya to cut it out and return the child immediately. Maya quietly informs the boss that he has upped his demands and that he wants to reign supreme in Bombay.

The film also explores the personal lives of the protagonists. Khan's wife Rohini, played by ([[Neha Dhupia]]) is unable to bear the constant neglect of his family life. She files for divorce. Patil's divorce is nearly upon him, too. In the enemy camp, Buwa has shacked up with a bar dancer Tanu ([[Aarti Chhabria]]), and is unable to spend any quality time with her. Fellow criminals Phatu (estranged from his parents) and RC ([[Shabbir Ahluwalia]]) (plagued by ghost-like visions of an innocent family he gunned down) have similar troubles.

It all comes to a head in November 1991. The five criminals, including Maya and Buwa, secure themselves while holding Wadhwani's kid, in a flat at Swati building in Lokhandwala. Khan is tipped off of the location by an informant. (In Dhingra's questioning, Khan allegedly also received a call from the big boss in Dubai. Khan vehemently denies this.) Khan assembles a large squad of cops and lays siege to the location. He announces over the bullhorn that residents are advised to stay indoors and bolt their windows.

A long and devastating gun battle begins. The criminals launch rocket-propelled grenades from their flat and try to escape. But they are overwhelmed by police fire, and all five criminals are eventually slain. The battle lays waste to the building: Film shots show the staircases, hallways, and several civilian flats completely pulverized by gunfire. Reporter Meeta Matu covers the action live.

Up to this point, Dhingra has been negative and denigrating of Khan and his efforts with the ATS. He cites press reports and civilian complaints that condemn Khan (and the ATS) of unilateral and unwarranted excessive force in a residential locality. Charges are brought against Khan and the ATS. But when Dhingra rises to defend them as their appointed counsel, he, in a surprising twist, presents an unconventional argument as a defence.

The film ends with Khan and the ATS being acquitted.

==Cast==

* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Defence Lawyer Dhingra
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Shamsher Khan, [[Additional Commissioner of Police]]. The character is based on [[Aftab Ahmed Khan]].
* [[Sunil Shetty]] as Inspector Kaviraj "Kavi" Patil
* [[Vivek Oberoi]] as [[Maya Dolas|Mahindra "Maya" Dolas]] aka Mayabhai
* [[Tusshar Kapoor]] as [[Dilip Buwa]]
* [[Arbaaz Khan]] as Javed Shaikh, a head constable of police
* [[Rohit Roy]] as Fatim "Fattoo"
* [[Neha Dhupia]] as Rohini, Shamsher Khan's wife
* [[Shabbir Ahluwalia]] as RC
* [[Aditya Lakhia]] as Doubling
* [[Ravi Gossain]] as Aslam Kasai
* [[Akhilendra Mishra]] as JCP Tripathi
* [[Dia Mirza]] as Meeta Mattoo, news reporter
* [[Abhishek Bachchan]] as Inspector Abhishek Mhatre (Cameo appearance)
* [[Aarti Chabria]] as Tarrannum "Tannu", bar dancer friend to Maya Dolas's gang and Dilip Buwa's love interest
* [[Amrita Singh]] as "Aai", Maya Dolas's mother, Ratnaprabha Dolas
* [[Shri Vallabh Vyas]] as Wadhwani, builder, and associate of [[Dawood Ibrahim]]. The character is based on [[Gopal Rajwani]].
* [[Aftab Ahmed Khan]] as Commissioner S. Krishnamurthy
* [[Rakhi Sawant]] (special appearance as an unnamed actress)

==Production==
Many scenes were shot on actual locations at the Lokhandwala Complex in Mumbai. There was a chase sequence with [[Sunil Shetty]] and [[Arbaaz Khan]] playing cops, and Ravi Gosain (Aslam Kesai) through Lokhandwala. It would have been difficult to shoot this sequence with the public around. Hidden cameras were used at five places, and the two actors ran 200 meters at the real location to can the scene.

==Controversy==
The film sparked much controversy regarding the fictionalised portrayal of the incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movietonic.com/2007/05/16/shoot-out-at-lokhandwala-controversy/ |title=Shoot Out at Lokhandwala Controversy |publisher=Movie Tonic |date=16 May 2007 |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.sulekha.com/hindi/shootout-at-lokhandwala/reviews/47325.htm |title=Shootout at Lokhandwala Movie Review – Reviewed by Vox Media |publisher=Movies.sulekha.com |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref> Sikh groups complained about the wrongful portrayal of Sikhs as extremists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhpulse.com/news/16/ARTICLE/52/2007-06-21.html |title=hhpulse.com |publisher=hhpulse.com |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref> This led to Sikh groups wanting the film banned and "bitterly" opposing the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharatwaves.com/news/Sikh-groups-demand-ban-on-Shootout-at-Lokhandwala-7071.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120730135424/http://www.bharatwaves.com/news/Sikh-groups-demand-ban-on-Shootout-at-Lokhandwala-7071.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |title=Sikh groups demand ban on 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' – Bollywood News |publisher=Bharatwaves.com |access-date=29 November 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samaylive.com/news/sikh-groups-demand-ban-on-shootout-at-lokhandwala/77905.html |title=मोटापा बढ़ा तो बनोगे दिल के रोगी |publisher=Samaylive.com |date=8 April 2009 |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack for ''Shootout at Lokhandwala'' was released during April 2007 by T-Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=051407045832|title=Shootout At Lokhandwala - music review by Samir Dave - Planet Bollywood|website=www.planetbollywood.com}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! #
! Title
! Singer(s)
! Lyricist
! Composer
! Duration
|-
|1
|"Mere Yaar"
|[[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[Anand Raj Anand]]
|Dev Kohli
|Anand Raj Anand
|05:01
|-
|2
|"Aakhri Alvidaa"
|[[Strings (band)|Strings]]
|[[Anwar Maqsood]]
|Strings
|04:39
|-
|3
|"Ganpat"
|[[Mika Singh]]
|[[Mika Singh]]
|[[Mika Singh]]
|04:29
|-
|4
|"Unke Nashe Mein"
|Sukhwinder Singh, Anand Raj Anand, Mika Singh
|[[Sanjay Gupta (Director)]]
|Anand Raj Anand
|04:49
|-
|5
|"Live By The Gun"
|Biddu
|[[Biddu]]
|Biddu
|04:22
|-
|6
|"Sone De Maan"
|[[Palash Sen|Dr.Palash Sen]]
|Dr. Palash Sen
|[[Euphoria (Indian band)|Euphoria]]
|04:45
|-
|7
|"Ganpat (Rap)"
|[[Mika Singh]]
|Mika Singh, Virag Mishra
|Mika Singh
|05:47
|-
|8
|"Aakhri Alvidaa (Club Mix)"
|Strings
|Anwar Maqsood
|Strings
|06:24
|-
|9
|"Unke Nashe Mein (Club Mix)"
|[[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Anand Raj Anand]], [[Mika Singh]]
|[[Sanjay Gupta (Director)]]
|[[Anand Raj Anand]]
|05:25
|}

==Awards and nomination==

===Filmfare Awards===
* Nomination: [[Filmfare Best Villain Award]] – Vivek Oberoi

===Star Screen Awards===
* Nomination: [[Star Screen Award for Best Villain]] – Vivek Oberoi

===Zee Cine Awards===
* Nomination: [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role]] – Vivek Oberoi

===Stardust Awards===
* Nomination: Stardust Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Vivek Oberoi
* Won: Stardust Standout performance of the Year
* Nomination: Stardust Award for Best Music Director – Mika Singh (Mauja Mauja/Gupta)
* Nomination: Stardust Award for Best Playback Singer – Mika Singh

===IIFA Awards===
* Won: [[IIFA Best Action Award]] – [[Javed Sheikh]] and Ejaz
* Won: [[IIFA Best Villain Award]] – Vivek Oberoi

===AXN Action Awards===
* Won: [[AXN Action Award for Best Action film|Best Action film]] – White Feather Films
* Won: [[AXN Action Award for Best Action Actor|Best Action Actor]] – [[Sanjay Dutt]]
* Won: [[AXN Action Award for Best Action Actor in a Negative Rola|Best Action Actor in a Negative Role]] – [[Vivek Oberoi]]
* Won: [[AXN Action Award for Best Action Sequence|Best Action Sequence]] – Javed Sheikh and Ejaz

==Sequel==
{{main|Shootout at Wadala}}

Director [[Sanjay Gupta (Director)]] confirmed a sequel of the film. In early 2012, it was announced that the sequel [[Shootout at Wadala]] would star [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]], [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Kangana Ranaut]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]], [[Manoj Bajpayee]] and [[Sonu Sood]]. Abraham is featured as the lead protagonist gangster [[Manya Surve]]; Ranaut appears as his supportive girlfriend Vidhya Joshi, and Sood appears as [[Dawood Ibrahim]].

==See also==
* [[Maya Dolas]]
* [[Dawood Ibrahim]]
* [[Aftab Ahmed Khan]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0811066|Shootout at Lokhandwala}}

{{Balaji Telefilms}}

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