Special 26

Original title: Special Chabbis

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8.0/10

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Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, and Jimmy Shergill in Special 26 (2013)

Based on true incidents during 1980s, a group of men who pull off robberies posing as government officials are trailed by actual government agents as they plan their biggest heist yet.

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Heist Period Drama True Crime Crime Drama History Thriller

A gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.A gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.A gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

60K

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Awards
- 13 nominations total

Ranveer Singh
(as Jimmy Sheirgill)

Kajal Aggarwal

Priya

Divya Dutta

Shanti Ji

Kishore Kadam

Iqbal

Rajesh Sharma

Joginder

Deepraj Rana

Rahul

Vipin Sharma

ACP (Fake)

Sukhwinder Chahal

Mr. Gupta (Minister)
(as Sukhvinder Chahal)

Abha Parmar

Mrs. Gupta (Minister's wife)

Mukesh S. Bhatt

Minister's PA
(as Mukesh Bhatt)

Ujjwal Chopra

Solanki

Tiku Talsania

Magandas
(as Tiku C. Talsania)

Paritosh Sand

Additional Director CBI

Aparna Ghoshal

Iqbal's Wife Malti

Sumeet

Iqbal's Son Rahul

Director
- Neeraj Pandey
Writer
- Neeraj Pandey
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Actor Anupam Kher who plays a vital role in this movie also played role of a con artist in another movie Khel (1992), which has a sequence that is based on the 1987 Zaveri Bazaar con job, the same incident that inspired this film.

Goofs
Towards the climax of the movie, we see a red Maruti 1000. Although the movie is set in 1987, the 1000 was launched only in 1990.

Connections
Referenced in Dhoom 3 (2013)

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Featured review

9/10

worth watching more than once !

Finally 2013 has its first Awesome movie. Its been an year with all crappy movies so far. Special 26 steals the show easily.

The characters and actors have been so well chosen. Each actor has got the perfect character. The casting could not have been better than this. The direction is superb. So is the Art Direction. The story does not lag anywhere. So its a superb story with some really good editing.

Talking about actors -

Akshay Kumar - comes out of his day to day roles of khiladi and joker stuff. This is serious cinema which makes him a complete actor.

Anupam Kher - reminds everyone that he is still very much the same awesome actor as the one in 90s.

Jimmy Sheirgill - chooses the right kind of role finally. He perfectly fits the role of SI Ranvir Singh and also fits well in the 1987 plot.

Manoj Bajpai - as good as ever. Special 26 ka CBI inspector Waseem Khan is as good as Wasseypur ka Sardar Khan.

Kavya - hardly any role for her. Shes in the movie for songs only.

Divya Dutta - standard supportive role. does well.

Others - very well done.

Art direction for Delhi steals the show. the 1987 Delhi has been brought alive. details have been worked out well. 1987 Mumbai disappointed. I guess it was very tough to recreate that so the director and the VFX team chose the green screen. Thats the shoddiest part of the movie and hence i gave the 9/10 and not a full tenner.

Verdict : The movie can definitely been seen more than once at a theater if you get the tickets. It is gonna be a houseful for some days.