Khakee

Khakee
Poster
Directed byRajkumar Santoshi
Written byRajkumar Santoshi
Shridhar Raghavan
Produced byKeshu Ramsay
Starring
CinematographyK. V. Anand
Edited byHussain M. Burmawalla
Music byRam Sampath
Production
company
DMS Films Private Limited
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)
Running time
180 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹26 crore[1]
Box office₹45.4 crore[2]

Khakee (transl. The Uniform) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and written by Santoshi and Sridhar Raghavan around an Indian police team on a mission to escort an accused terrorist from a small town in Maharashtra to Mumbai.[3] The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai and Tusshar Kapoor. It was produced by Keshu Ramsay and distributed by Eros International, with cinematography handled by K. V. Anand.

Khakee was released theatrically on 23 January 2004 to widespread critical acclaim with particular praise for its screenplay, execution, and the cast's performances. It was one of the highest budgeted films at that time, it became a critical and commercial success. The film was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2004, grossing 50 crore worldwide in its lifetime run.

  1. ^ "Khakee". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017. Budget: 26,00,00,000
  2. ^ "Khakee". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2017. Worldwide Gross: 45,39,70,000
  3. ^ "Khakee". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 6 February 2004. Archived from the original on 22 April 2004.