In the tradition of the Khiladi series Keshu Ramsay brings us yet another ´gem´ from his Khiladi market to end the year off! of the story out, there is an element of surprise, which I don’t want to reveal.
Ritu Bhardwaj (Mahima Chaudhary) is the daughter of the rich industrialist Shyam Parsad Bhardwaj (Alok Nath), who lives in a big house with her blind grandmother, and niece. Ritu has men fighting over her and vying for her affection (what´s a girl to do?). One of them is Rahul (Sudhanshu Pandey) a childhood friend who has just re-entered her life as a police officer! The other is Dev Kumar (Akshay Kumar) whom she recently met in Canada. While Ritu doesn´t really intend on marrying either of them, they already seem to have plans to get together with her (quelle surprise!)! Dev (who is also a rich hotel manager) comes to India after his father’s death and decides to settle there. Shyam Parsad takes him under his wing and gets him a very prestigious position in his company. With this doorway open Dev attempts to get closer to Ritu, and she slowly accepts him, but only as a friend. What she doesn´t know is that Dev along with his girlfriend Monica (Antra Mali) has hatched a plan to kill Ritu and get hold of her money. Meanwhile Shyam Parsad discovers Dev´s true identity and is killed (by whom...well I´m not telling!). Performances in this flick are actually pretty good! Akshay gets to do a different role (at least for his image). His performance is reminiscent of Shah Rukh´s in Baazigaar. He is challenged more in the role of Dev as opposed to Anand. Akshay comes off as very menacing and terrifying especially in the wedding night sequence. This one will be a feather in his cap. Mahima is, has been and pretty much will always be a good in whatever role she has. She suits the character and does a good job in handling her character, plus she looks great in the film which is an added bonus. I think I need to stop or no one would watch this movie…..