Khalnayak

Original title: Khal Nayak

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Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt, and Jackie Shroff in Khalnayak (1993)

A prison guard goes undercover as a dancer to try and recapture an escaped criminal and restore her police inspector boyfriend's reputation.A prison guard goes undercover as a dancer to try and recapture an escaped criminal and restore her police inspector boyfriend's reputation.A prison guard goes undercover as a dancer to try and recapture an escaped criminal and restore her police inspector boyfriend's reputation.

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7.1/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations

Trivia
Subhash Ghai was making Devaa with Amitabh Bachchan which was shelved. It was said that Devaa was made as Khal-Nayak, with a new starcast, new a tittle and some script changes. Amitabh Bachchan, his role, was played by Sanjay Dutt, which was the second film with Subhash Ghai, the first was Vidhaata. The were also to work in Hero but then a newcomer, Dev Anand's discovery, Jackie Shroff did the role.

Goofs
The police track the villain from an MS Word document screen.

Quotes
Ballu: I want to be the biggest villain.

Connections
Featured in Bally Sagoo: Choli Ke Peeche Remix (1994)

Soundtracks
Nayak Nahin Khalnayak

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Review

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Wonderful

I watched this film because it got one vote for Sight and Sound's once-a-decade list of the best films ever made, probably the only mainstream Bollywood movie ever to have achieved that distinction (though Satyajit Ray's works receive a number of votes). I wouldn't put it on my top 10 list of all time, as that one critic did, but I do think the film is wonderful.

It's not sophisticated. I'm pretty new to Bollywood films, having only watched a few highly-regarded ones so far, but my impression of them is that they are primarily about basic emotions (family, love) deeply felt. Broadly drawn emotions, no subtlety here. But these films seem to get to me, and this one did more than any of the others I've watched.

The sound effects are bad, and there's a small amount of broad humor that I think detracts from the film. The musical parts are pretty good. I think the lead was wonderfully cast, and the women are beautiful, as they invariably are in Indian films.