The main film timeline is the extended interview of the three officers by Dhingra as the officers answer Dhingra's questions, the film flashes back to show the incidents.ĭhingra asks about the Encounter Squad. The film moves to the offices of former chief justice turned private prosecutor Dhingra ( Amitabh Bachchan) where he interviews the three leading members of the Mumbai Police Encounter Squad, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shamsher Khan (referring to A A Khan, played by Sanjay Dutt), Inspector Kaviraj Patil ( Sunil Shetty) and Sub-Inspector Javed Sheikh ( Arbaaz Khan). TVN reporter Meeta Matu ( Diya Mirza) reports that some 3000 rounds of ammunition were discharged by a large Police squad at a previously peaceful residential locality. The film opens with shots of brooms and dustpans cleaning dried blood and bullet casings in and around Swati building at Lokhandwala Complex.

The leading protagonists in the film have slightly different names than their real-life counterparts and the film caption is 'based on true rumours'.' The film was released on May 25, 2007. Dreaded gangster Maya Dolas was hiding in the complex. It is based upon the real-life gunbattle between gangsters and Mumbai Police.Īdditional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Aftab Ahmed Khan Head of the ATS attacked the Lokhandwala Complex on Novem, with a force of around 100 armed Policemen. (in Hindi)Indian news report on the shootout, on youtube.Website = 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' is a 2007 Hindi feature film directed by Apoorva Lakhia.^ When Bachchans and Viveik came together –, IndiaFM News Bureau.^ Sena leader Gopal Rajwani shot deadArchived 9 September 2012 at Archive.today – 25 January 2000, Rediff.^ a b Meet the man behind the Lokhandwala shootout –, Rediff.Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. ^ How Dawood killed Ashok JoshiArchived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine – 2 August 2003, Express India.Archived from the original on 4 June 2007. ' 'Mr Controversy' seeks a clean ticket'. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k ' '450 rounds were fired.like bullets were doing the talking ''.

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The film makers were unable to film the shootout scene in the real Swati building, a set worth 5 million was constructed in Film City which consisted of seven buildings and roads and trees and made it look exactly like how Swati building was in 1991. He stated that he would take it to the film's producer Sanjay Gupta, although when questioned, Gupta refused to pass any comment. In a May 2007 interview, he told the Times of India newspaper that the encounter was fake, while the film sought to depict it as an actual event. The film was however, criticised by underworld don Chotta Rajan on grounds that it grossly distorted the facts.

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