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Good movie Vivek Oberoi was too good as Maya Dollas ..All have done good job but end was predictable. Sanjay Dutt as a cop was good .e Ganpat song was catchy from Mika ,end could have been better.i watched it at least 5 times now i have became fan of Vivek Oberoi. award winning performance by him.Tushar Kapoor for the first time did a good job as a gangster (bhua). The best scene of the movie when Fattu returns.small role of Abhishek Bachchan but he did great job too. Amitabh Bachchan is always good.comparing with shootout at Wadala this movie was much better because of Vivek Oberoi. john Abraham's performance was average in that movie. I am waiting for more Vivek Oberoi's movies.

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.

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.

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.

This is superb and highly recommended for gangster movie lovers

Storyline is engaging screenplay is amusing editing is best direction leaves a impact

Songs are blockbuster

Sanjay dutt is amazing Vivek oberoi does a stellar performance as the main antagonist Tusshar is good arbaaz is superb Sunil steals the show Amitabh is superb abhishek is good in his guest appearance rohit does well other did excellent

8/10

This movie belongs to Vivek

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.

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.

I have watched this movie on its second night of release. Unlike other Sanjay Gupta films, i didn't think that this movie will be topnotch when compared to his previous films like Kaante (Brilliant), Musafir (Very Good), Zinda (Brilliant). The reasons being: The theme of the film did not quite appeal to me, making me think that the story would be told in a complete different way compared to Sanjay Gupta's storytelling. Hence, i still i was being optimistic because it is another Sanjay Gupta film, and has some of bollywood's prominent stars like Sanjay Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan and Suniel Shetty who act very well together in dark, violent films.

Until Shootout At Lokhandwala was launched, i was totally unaware of the real life encounter that shook the nation in November 1991 in Mumbai. Therefore i went to the cinemas to get an insight on what exactly happened and how the mission was accomplished. Although i knew that the film is based on true rumours, i was expecting to see some real life incidents and some fictional that can be combined together to provide an entertaining edge-of-the-seat movie.

A couple of reasons why i wanted to watch Shootout At Lokhandwala: 1. Sanjay Dutt is one of my favourite actors. This guy is just awesome when it comes to acting. I truly believe he is an all-rounder. Give him a gangster role, comedy role, romantic role, serious role - the guy does not let you down.

2. Sanjay Gupta is a brilliant director. This guy has not let me down in any of his movies (except Plan - which had a shoddy script). His Kaante was a magnificent movie, Musafir was also very good, Aatish, Hameshaa can also be added to the list.

3. Apoorva Lakhia's second movie, Ek Ajnabee, was very good (although it was an exact copy of Man On Fire). I feel that Apoorva Lakhia and Sanjay Gupta have similar interests on the types of films they choose, i.e. dark, violent thrillers - and therefore both Sanjay and Apoorva will work together to produce a quality product.

My response to Shootout At Lokhandwala is very positive, in fact i thought it was an excellent movie that can be ranked amongst Sanjay Gupta's previous topnotch products (Kaante, Musafir and Zinda). The action sequences in this film are realistic and kept me at the edge of my seat. The storytelling by Apoorva Lakhia was brilliant, as he kept me attached to the screen without any confusing plots. Although Sanjay Gupta produced this film rather than directing it, you can tell that this movie is a Sanjay Gupta film because of it's dark, violent theme.

Performance wise: Sanjay Dutt, as usual, is in complete form. If you thought he was excellent in Kaante, Zinda or Munnabhai MBBS, he is equally good in Shootout At Lokhandwala. He carries out an award winning performance, and you see him in a role which you have never seen him do before. No other actor could have replaced Sanjay Dutt. He is a guy that knows which films to sign for (especially the Sanjay Gupta ones) and acts to perfection.

Vivek Oberoi is another actor to look out for. He does an outstanding job in this film as a gangster (representing Maya Dolas). His role is an extension to the role he played in 'Company', and suits the role to perfection. To be honest Vivek Oberoi is better off doing serious/ gangster roles than romantic or comedy where he completely sucks.

Suniel Shetty is brilliant in this movie, working as Sanjay Dutt's sidekick police officer. His dialogues, humour, fight sequences and tough cop style suited him to perfection. Why don't't we see more of you in those type of roles, Suniel? The rest of the cast can be rated as: Amitabh Bachchan (Wonderful), Tusshar Kapoor (Very Good) - but he hasn't got the look of a gangster, someone else could have replaced him. Arbaaz Khan (Very Good), Amrita Singh (Wonderful), Dia Mirza (Good), Aarti Chhabria (looks pretty and does an able job), Neha Dhupia (Fair).

Overall, if you like Sanjay Gupta and Apoorva Lakhia films, this one is for you. Another great film from th stylish director and producer combo. This film is also a must for Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty and Vivek Oberoi fans.

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!!!!

The star-cast is awesome. Which is one major factor for the success of such movies. All the big and bad boys of Indian cinema with a background image of guns hurling "dirty harry" actalikes. Shoot to kill seems apt for a frequently used dialouge by Sanjay Dutt who appears absolutely stunning, specially to most women with that over masculine, overflowing testrostrone attitude of his and his typical walk with a swagger makes certain women feel week in the knees.

Abhishek though has a smaller role.. but doesn't diasppoint. Viviek (i guess thats how he spells it) could have done a little better with the same company attitude being copy pasted.

Rohit, shabbir, Tussher (or whatever the spelling is) have done a fair job. Shetty was at his best cop performance and Salmans brother should take body building as a profession than acting. Amitabh bachchan has a role... or does he? but i guess the big guy does a good job even at that little role he had in the movie as well...

He is the Big B... and he proves it again and again.

Overall a nice movie... lot of guns... lot of attitude... should watch once...

So they are making a sequel & I watched the prequel first to have that flow. I am impressed by Apoorva Lakhia & Sanjay Gupta for creating a very good thriller plot. Do not listen to these IMDb board members, they seriously despise Bollywood movies.

Set in the 90s, the drama involving gangsters & Mumbai Police is a very fine watch and when it reaches the crescendo, the enjoyment triples. Performances are great by the whole cast & specially by Vivek Oberoi. Music is chunky & screenplay is amazing with special mention to the scene where it all the gangsters are involved with different policemen. Simply superb!

If you are a die-hard action fan, go for it, because this one has cylinder explosions, gun fires & RPG.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NO

Profanity: Strong | Sex: No | Nudity: Mild | Violence: Infinity | Gore: Infinity | Smoking: Strong | Alcohol: Critical | Drugs: No | Vulgarity: Mild Traumatizing Factor: Critical

Based on True events leading to the famous encounters at lokhandwala in 1991, Shootout at lokhandwala is a gritty, macho & very commercial portrayal of events that took place leading to the encounters.

Sanjay Dutt plays ACP Shamsher Khan who was charged with working for Dawood Ebrahim, the movie lets you decide whether that indeed was the case, Sanju puts in a bravura performance, hes never been cooler. Vivek Oberoi as Gangster Maya Dolas is also fantastic, great to see the lad back in form, he reworks the magic of "chandu" from company. Suneil shetty & arbaaz khan are both also first rate as sanjus sidekicks.

The real weakness of the movie lies in the rest of the gangsters especially Tushar Kapoor, cmon no ones ever going to take him seriously as a Bhai?! There are 3 Mujra songs which further slow down proceedings, but having said that Shoout out at Lokhandwala is a fantastic Commercial thriller, i give it an 8.

Shoot Out at Lokhandwala (2007)

Director: Apoorva Lakhia Writers: Apoorva Lakhia

Suresh Nair

Shoot Out At Lokhandwala , directed by Apporva Lakhia , seems to be perfectly successful in :

a) Casting big names in Bollywood Film Industry(Amitab &Abhishek, duo, Sunil Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Neha Dhupia, Arbaz Khan, Tushar Kapoor, Vivek Oberio, Rohit Roy ….. IS ANY ONE STILL LEFT OUT in BOOLY WOOD after this???

b) Violence show c) Shoot out and police firing

Unfortunately what it missed out perhaps completely is

a) Any story base b) Music c) Character roles d) Simple movie making common sense & Logic e) Justification of any role to anyone

Its up to the pity audience what they prefer to see at last???

This film right from the beginning tries to project that entire story is based on some real fact, though its begin with the old Sikh Terrorism in Punjab, still the director completely missed out to carry the theme till the end…. From terrorism by Punjab extremist to cheap road side Mumbai Supari killing.. all seems to be mixed and jumbled out completely the Apporva Lakhia, perhaps he and his team of script writer really never read and re-checked their own script even once ! all the whole they may be too busy with the unsuccessful effort to bring all big stars together rather than making the movie of any sense at all. Its really funny when it between he tries to show the incident and their description with year and dates etc.. ! those useless details can easily be omitted and the story line may be made more worth .

Its crazy that Abhishek Bacchant tries to fight the AK47 carrying Sikh Terrorist with a single barrel pistol !!! and the poor chap gets killed! What the director wanted to prove??? And he does proves in the entire movie that in spite of full battalion of forces and police officers, with all the man-power and all, the ultimate decision is made again and again by the 1960 style hand to hand fighting !!!!!!! dam crazy nonsense !!

The DCP and ACP of police has to go all by themselves to the culprits and fight with their hand ! whats the rest of the police force doing then??? And Sanjay Dutt enters the hideout in the last scene to make the fight , as if he is going to meet his waiting girl-friend !! instead of re-checking his (again note) Pistol, he sets his hair OK ! and enters the hideout !!! Is that anything worst direction than these???

The Mumbai don who claims huge amounts as Supari from each business tycoons don't have even a cell phone??? Can you believe this,, so at the last scene the director makes each of the gang member to talk to their family using a land phone!!!! And that too the connection of the phone line is intact even when he showed about 5-10 minutes of severe shooting in that house by the Police just before that!!! Come-on Apoorva ! this is real kiddish!!!

And so on , one after another plots are all severely faulty with absolutely no logic and common sense. Underworld kingpin Vivek Oberoi mom is so poor(even though her son makes so much money from Supari) that she was shown in ragged and she need to go all the way to a public booth to call her son???

Amitabh was as usual over acted , and was really painful. Director in-between tried to justify the sentiments of the killers and tried to project them with humane value.. please if you don't know to direct films, that's your problems but please don't convey wrong message at all to the society. When Vivek Oberoi and Tushar Kapoor(Tussar was an absolute bogus selection for that role , he is too chocolate looking for that role!!) comes and threatens the colony peoples in one scene , then while going back they just for nothing , just like that shoots 2-3 innocent peoples , just for making some fear !! if that's is justified , what's the point in showing their sentiments at the end??

The movie in a nutshell is absolutely scrape, the name of Lokhandwala shooting is absolutely misnomer with the entire movie scenes. Police force in India are shown to carry old rifles ! not even a AK47 was shown by even one officers!! And hand to hand fighting seems to be the ultimate decisive factor for the game !! There is no script at all ! to comment , and music doesn't exist. Acting was just too ordinary and many a place useless and misfit. There is no need to show the rich Urdu verse spoken Arbazz Khan trying to make Sunil Shetty make understand to propose someone! It's NOT NEEDED at all.Macho man Sunil Shetty cannot able to overcome the slim and medium built Tushar Kappoor! Gangsters visit the home of the police officers and threaten their families and just go away even when they know that these same officers are behind them! DOES THAT HAPPENS IN REALITY !! what Apoorva wants to show! How novel and great at those underworld peoples!!

Anyway this film is an ideal example of " how worst can a film be made" which in spite of all great Bollywood actors and actress doesn't even has anything to give.. no message no lesson, no scene, no justification, no truth, no music and sure NO LOGIC and worst direction.

Please don't make movies like this, there are better job that can be done, and all you need is to THINK , of course using your BRAIN!!

the plot was poor, very predictable. the same old over abused story of gangsters trying to overpower the don with the hybrid of fake police encounters. what is the meaning of hundreds of policemen firing aimlessly at a building? and yes, the random shots managed to kill no one. the story was unclear on whether they want to show some petty criminals struggle become the mafia, or some devoted policemen's attempt to get rid of crime and criminals. poor hybrid of the 2 distinct plots made the story pathetic. the "petty criminals" were too petty to arouse any viewer interest, cause they danced and relaxed most of the time in the bar to pose any serious threat to the existing don or to really trouble the law and order of the city. the dignified policemen were just too naive in their approach, planning and execution that they deserved to die at the shootout instead of the criminals. but as said before, the "petty criminals" were too petty!!

overall, you should strongly recommend this movie to your friends, if you have wasted your time on this already. Why should they be spared of the torture :-)

This is an absolute waste of money. I was again fooled by the slick promos to go for the movie yesterday after work, thinking that I'll enjoy myself after a week's hard work. But to my disappointment it was a half baked venture and had nothing remotely interesting to offer. Coming to think of it, the movie had so much potential to become a path breaking one but fell flat along the way. It is inspired somewhat by the Hollywood flick SWAT as most of our films are. I have no qualms when our movies get inspired from Hollywood flicks but we except some finesse while doing so. The movie tries to glorify the underworld and tries to justify their position which is lame. The only redeeming factor of the movie is perhaps Vivek's role which was etched properly and he handled it well. But then we have already seen him in such roles before in Company and Dum. Amitabh and Sanjay looked jaded and seemed to have sleep walked through the movie. The less said about Sunil and Arbaaz the better. They are pathetic as they normally are, so that was expected and they did not disappoint me. The rest had little to perform and little did they perform. The movie was too lengthy and the out of place songs made it even more excruciating. The shootout sequences looked amateurish, which could have been handled better considering the fact that this is supposed to be based on a real life shootout incident. In fact the scene wherein Sanjay leads his men to nab or "Encounter" the Khalishtani insurgents was so unrealistic and funny; the police would have been sitting ducks had they handled it in such a manner. The only scene that was well orchestrated was the last face off between Sanjay and Vivek. I do not understand where in earth these people get money to finance such ventures. I must fore warn all please do not waste your time watching this flick. However if you are planning to go to the theatre to enjoy the air condition in this hot summer please do so but carry a pair of ear plugs to block the sounds and all the noise in the form of music this movie dishes out, expect for the last track by Strings.

Watched the first screening. Must say that the film has garnered a lot of curiosity because of excellent marketing, but it fails to impress. Vivek Oberoi, of course, is excellent. This genre works for him. But overall the film is very confused with no definite screenplay. The plot is paper thin and unnecessary songs, especially, the Arti Chhabria ones, just spoil the experience. I wish the film would have been tighter with a better screenplay. Apart from Vivek Oberoi, the performances are no good. Sanjay Dutt looks very conscious in front of the camera. Wonder what Abhishek was doing in less than a minute role!! Amitabh is wasted too.

Definitely not good cinema.

In some ways, "Shootout at Lokhandwala" is typical of many Bollywood films. Even thought it's about gangsters and terrorists, these killers take time out for huge song and dance numbers! I really don't think these worked very well considering the subject matter in this film. However, in another way the movie is very unusual. It is one of the most violent Indian films I have seen--with a few particularly grisly deaths (such as seeing a close up of a woman being run over). In this sense, it certainly isn't typical!

The film is based on actual real life events--so to some degree it had to be violent. After all, the thugs were horrible and violent people--there's no denying that. And, the ultimate showdown between them and the police DID result in a long standoff during which more than 1500 shots were fired! So, making it non-violent wouldn't have worked...though the film doesn't shy away from violence in the least. It's not a film to show small kids, that's for sure.

As for the quality of the film, it's quite nice. The acting is fine and it was unusual to see Amitabh Bachchan playing a cop who is at times difficult to like. But the film, despite being exciting and well acted does occasionally degenerate into macho theatrics-- especially during the big finale--though I must admit that the cigarette scene and the coat rack was amazingly cool. Overall, it's a film best for folks who want a lot of action and killing. It might seem a strange film to folks outside India, as its end justifying the means angle is unusual to say the least.

It's a fast gripping movie with brilliant performances.

Both Sanjay Dutt and Vivek Oberoi slip into their roles perfectly as if they were born for it.Loved Sanjay's style.

The last 30 to 40 minutes of the movie is the soul of the movie. It is very well executed. You find yourself in dilemma of with who your sympathies lie, good guys or bad guys, and for me that is well achieved result for the director.

What I absolutely hated in the movie are songs, they are just boring with a capital B. However the screenplay and every actors performances make up for it.

I am absolutely giving the extra 1 point for Amitabh. He has a very little role but very impactful. I simply loved his attitude, confidence, sarcasm and authority he interrogated the policemen with.

Its gritty, realistic but completely pointless. I hate being misled or ripped off and this feeling was highly prominent as I was walking out of the cinema hall.

The name should've been 'all shoot-outs in Mumbai' or 'every encounter in Mumbai from 1990-93'. The opening scene shows a PYT somberly telling us about the shoot-out at Lokhandwala – how 3000 rounds were fired, 112 people endangered, 6 gangsters killed etc. Bunkum, Bakwaas ! We witnessed about 5000 rounds being fired, about 20 chase sequences through the slums of Mumbai, about 50 quick deaths and 20 really gruesome ones. And you know what ? I felt nothing for anyone, for any character on the screen. I felt no sympathy or trepidation or any other emotion as I watched one human being kill or maim each other. Because no character is developed, even for the main characters, we have no clue what they are like, what drives them, what makes them do the things they do. The movie just stumbles from one killing / one incident to another with item numbers (4 very boring tuneless songs) used in place of punctuation marks.

There is no story in the first place – and whatever little is there is completely ruined by the directors choice of narrative style – which is flashbacks intermingled with the present day scenario. This takes the suspense out completely (as you know how it ends / who lives and who dies etc) and also makes the story very disjointed / fragmented – you struggle to follow one sub-plot before the other one kicks off. We're told about the set-up of the ATS (anti-terrorist squad) led by Sanjay Dutt (and how he recruited only the best of the best etc, based on the Los Angeles SWAT teams) and how they became a judge, jury and executioner (or in Page 3 terms, encounter specialists). We first see them battle Sikh terrorists and then move on to the Mumbai underworld without warning (why would the underworld be in the domain of ATS beggars belief, but then I think the director assumed a brainless audience). Through 80% of the movie we follow the ATS chase an underworld gang led by Vivek Oberoi, who used to be a trusty lieutenant of you-know-who (he lives in Dubai, has a moustache and wears goggles all the time) but is now trying to establish his own gang. This gang kills / robs / kidnaps just for fun. Plus they act terribly – Vivek Oberoi and Tusshar Kapoor have yet to learn that to be menacing, you don't have to scowl fiercely or look constipated, you can do this quite naturally. Yet when the time comes, we're expected to weep for them / forgive them ? Abhishek is present only in a blink and you miss him role and Amitabh in a five minute longer version of the same.

There is not one new thought or narrative style in the film and you struggle to the see point of it all. Why was it made ? What was the director / script-writer trying to say ? Why did they subject us to 3 hours of torture ? And why did good actors (the Bachchan's, Sanjay baba, Suneil Shetty etc) agree to act in this movie. I guess some things, like the Bermuda Triangle or women's love for shopping are never meant to be answered. Avoid this one like the plague !

Gun totting gangsters, blood oozing out of dead bodies, Mayhem, death, destruction, welcome to another cops vs. gangster saga. Loosely based on famous encounter case of 1991 at Lokhandwala complex, Andheri, Mumbai, this film could fall in the category of gripping, realistic cinema only if the sensibilities of makers were in place. But here both Producer and Director stick to their respective track record. Therefore, what one finally gets to see is a shoddy, tacky, noisy, very bollywood caricature stereo typed stuff that looks like a patch on the realistic cinema. If that is not all, you are subjected to not one, not two, but three item numbers. The glorification of gangsters, their colorful lifestyle and violence reached its peak here, thanks to the amateurish, irresponsible, insensitive unapologetic treatment of the subject. When will these film-makers learn that there is a large section of society which directly gets influenced. There is even melodrama in the subplots of all gangsters. The strange histrionics of mother of a gangster just take you by surprise. There is ample mockery at the way an ATS functions as well as responds to an inquiry conducted on them. If we leave aside the good work of stunt co-ordinators Javed-Ejaz, throughout the film through repetitive scenes we see a ritual sticking by textbook on realistic cinema viz. ever moving hand held camera, Loose frames, Grainy Picture, Sepia toned picture, Extreme Close Ups applied mechanically depicting expletives for no reason, stupid one-liners by almost all characters, Dance Bars, Over-acting…the list is endless. Are established film-makers learning any lessons from the recent successes of films like Black Friday or Bheja Fry? Am I analyzing this film or ripping it apart? I am very consciously doing the later. It rightly deserves and I don't care.

The overall movie I feel is good, but could have been a lot lot better, only if the director would have stopped to make an effort to make the movie more entertainer. What I mean by this is some scenes, almost all songs, and Abhishek Bachhan are not only unnecessary, but they also kill the mood.

Let me start with the good points. The movie shows the battle between cops and shooters. The plot is very good, the movie has a good pace. Sometimes you feel cops are right and sometimes you think the underworld gang should survive. It is this part which makes you switch your side, made the movie watchable. Also it has given exactly the same weight to family matters as it is needed.

The next comes the actors Sanjay Dutt and Vivek-Anand Oberoi. The entire story revolves around the characters they have played, viz. ACP Samsher Khan, and Maya Dallas. All care have been taken to make an impression about these two characters. Showing them walking in slow motion, walking around without caring about the bullets being fired around, the punch lines, and the dialogs. Watching these two on screens doing the stuffs in their style is a good experience.

Apart from story line and these two actors, all other things are ordinary. But fortunately they doesn't make the movie bad. Other actors Sunil Shetty, Arbaz Khan, Rohit Roy fits in their characters, and have done good, at least no harm to their characters. Just that I feel that those hi-fi conversation between Arbaaz and Sunil could have been removed. It hurts the characters and purely unnecessary.

Now the bad part. First I will mention Tushhar Kapoor. Though his outfit is changed to suit as an "don't care" shooter, his acting is very pathetic. One can clearly tell that he is trying hard to get into character, but he can not. Also his character Buwa also misbehaves differently in movie. In the beginning it feels that he is a serious thinker, and not of type "just do it". But later in the movie he is shown just shooting the people unnecessary, laughing at unnecessary points, and making unnecessary comments. I feel that if this character could have been portrait better, it would have done a lot better for the movie. Watching Tushhar Kapoor on screen is just a terrible punishment.

The songs as mentioned by many, is a total useless addition. Though they are good to listen and watch, they harm a lot to the story line. In fact, it is this part, which makes the movie unrealistic. The songs are to be blamed major for not having this movie in the quality of Vaastav or Satya. I will just say that, if you haven't watched the movie, go and watch it. But just don't put much expectations. This is based on true rumors, and exactly has got nothing to do with reality.

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.

I would like the director of this movie to read this, because its for him. Dude do you know in your wildest dream what exactly you were trying to make, or its just by fluke this happened? Gawd !!! if i start then i would need a complete register to mark out all the flaws in this movie. To begin with, the movie was made only for star cast. nothing else !!! The only reason the movie is running is only due to the star cast !! man what a waste of time and talent. and the sheer motive of the movie is not cleared at all. And why the hell the Rock music as the background score???? The slo-mo walking of the goons, Rap song, meaningless Bar songs thrown in between to stretch the movie, and there is no creativity in the director at all, the direction falls flat throughout the movie, example the News reporter shown in the TV, without the channel logo, looks like the TV was directly connected to a VCD player, atlest something could have been shown as if it would have looked like a news channel, the ending was the worst part, constables shooting at the building without any reasons, and if u notice, it was like a typical cheap masala bollywood flick as all the heroes got there share of the goons, that is Suniel shetty getting Tushhar, Suni getting Vivek, Arbaaz getting Rohit, i mean what exactly the was suppose to mean, that was absolute bullshit!!! vivek and sunil throwing pistol and engaging in wrestling sort of fight instead of guns, arbaaz killing the guy with knife copied from Saving Private Ryan, and it goes on and on and on.......

Direction : 2.5 out of 10 Acting : 4 out of 10 Overall : 1.5 out of 10

Such a good and exciting topic was ruined by amateur director boasting only of star cast, nothing else, RGV would have done umpteen times better than this blindfolded !!!! watch company, Shiva and satya to learn whats Gangsta filmaking instead!!!

This is by far the worst ADAPTATION movie of a true story. It was a struggle to understand what was the focus of the movie? Was it the gangsters or the police force of the incident itself? The casting of the gangsters is as bad as the performance by established actors like Sanjay Dutt or Suniel Shetty.

After watching classic gangster movies made by noted director like Ram Gopal Verma who has given a realistic touch to his movies like Company or Satya, Shootout at lokhandwala is clearly a disaster. To make matters worst the gangsters RAP in English in one of the songs, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!! The four stars rating out of five given by TIMES OF India is a joke. I clearly wasted my Rs.130 for this movie. My suggestion : Do not watch it.

The star cast is huge. The director is decent. The production house is creative. The claim is that it is based on true rumors. All these appeals to audiences, and I too was! The story is based on so called true events that lead to a broad day light shootout in a residential area flat named Lokhandwala of Bombay; of underworld mafia by Bombay police lead by Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS). The movie is clearly divided into two halves. The first half showcases the emergences and development of all key characters and their past through several flashbacks and recollections. The second half is more engaging with the actual shoot-out taking place in the last 40 minutes.

The ATS squad is lead by Shamsher Khan (Sanjay Dutt) who selects several officers for the task (Suniel Shetty and Arbas Khan are the key two). The underworld mafia is remotely controlled by Dawood Ibrahim from Dubai through a small gang led by Maya Dolas (Viviek Oberio) of four other members (one of them is Tushshar Kapoor). The character of Lawyer Dhingra is played by Amitabh Bachchan who cross examines the ATS squad (that leads to several flashbacks) and finally wins the case for them.

As the movie is based on research the directors have tried to show all the sides of the story and the key one is of Shamsher Khan getting the tip off of the mafia hide out from Dawood or a local informer – both the events are shown for the audience to judge the truth.

The movie is too loud and noisy with continuous action scenes, chases and gun-fire. Apart from that there are too many song and dance sequences that are specially made for the front benchers. The first half of the movie is boring, whereas the second half holds good attention. Three songs before interval are lousy and one song after the interval (Ganpat Chai La) is excellent – music and choreography are good.

All the actors have performed well. Amitabh overacts a lot during cross examination. The movie belongs to Sanjay Dutt. He performs the role of Shamsher Khan to the hilt – the personality, the emotions and the sway of his walk steals our heart. Daringly his counter part role has been performed brilliantly by Viviek Oberio, who puts his heart and soul into this black role of Maya Dolas. After Company, Viviek would be remembered again for this portrayal for a long time. Viviek is ably supported by Tushshar Kapoor who too has acted well.

There is too much of guns and violence. The camera angle is journalistic and at times jarring. The music is over the top and loud. The overall direction is not up to the mark. The Director – Apoorva Lakhia could have done a wonderful job with this volcanic subject. But there are no second chances! (Stars 5 out of 10)