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International Khiladi
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Wikipedia article
'International Khiladi' is a 1999 Indian action drama film directed by Umesh Mehra starring Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna in the lead roles. In an interview with Lehren Network, Khanna said that the film didn't follow a conventional script while Kumar stated that the film had more of romance than action. Indian film trade website Box Office India gave the film a "Below Average" rating.
Plot
News Reporter Payal (Twinkle Khanna) and her camera-man have been assigned the task of interviewing the world's highest ranking criminal don, Rahul alias Devraj (Akshay Kumar), which they accept. In the process, Payal and Devraj fall in love with each other, much to the opposition of Bismillah (Mukesh Khanna), Devraj's guardian on the one hand, and Police Inspector Amit (Rajat Bedi), and Payal's brother Ravi (Vivek Shauq) on the other. What results is that Ravi is killed, with Devraj being blamed and arrested. Payal testifies against him, and Devraj is sentenced to be hanged. When Bismillah finds about this plot, he tracks them down, but Amit kills him to save himself and Payal. But Devraj escapes from custody, and begins to plot vengeance against his enemies, including Payal, as well as the real killer of Ravi. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that Amit was the one who killed Ravi and joined Thakral (Gulshan Grover) to frame Devraj for it. But Amit betrays Thakral and kills him. He then takes Devraj on a flight where Devraj tracks him down and kills him. The story ends with Payal and Devraj getting married.
Cast
*Akshay Kumar as Devraj / Rahul
*Rajat Bedi as Amit
*Twinkle Khanna as Payal, Ravi's sister.
*Vivek Shauq as Ravi, Payal's brother.
*Gulshan Grover as Thakral
*Mukesh Khanna as Bismillah, Devraj's guardian.
*Johnny Lever as Focus, Payal's Cameraman.
*Lester Speight as henchman of Gulshan Grover
*Asrani as Payal's boss
*Avtar Gill as Defence Lawyer
*Shahbaaz Khan as Police Commissioner
*Subbiraj as S.P. Sharma
*Ram Mohan as Prosecuting Lawyer
*Vivek Vaswani as Vivek Shrivastav
*Gajendra Chouhan as Rahul's father
*Shagufta Ali as Rahul's mother
*Omkar Kapoor as Young Rahul
Production
The film was co-produced by Canadian businessman Ajay Virmani. It was shot in Calgary and Toronto.
Soundtrack
Rediff.com noted that the film's songs "seem to be good".
References
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