Based on "true rumours", Shootout is based on the 6 hour firefight between the officers of Mumbai's ATS and Maya Dolas and his gangsters in the early nineties in Mumbai's posh Lokhandwaala complex. As an impressionable 11 year old kid, I vividly remember reading about the shootout.. although the details are blurry.
The movie is a treat for action and thrill lovers. Fast paced, great background scores, and some exciting action sequences - it will grip you from the first scene right to the end, and leave you wanting more.
Sanjay Dutt is fantastic as the quiet but mean ACP "Shamsher" Khan, who led the ATS. Sunil Shetty and Arbaaz Khan are very likeable, and do a great job being his seconds in command. Vivek does a good job being Maya, while Tusshar tries hard to be a good Buwa. Amitabh plays a great cameo role as the lawyer defending the ATS after the shootout, and his argument to the court is powerful and simple: "If you have a family at home, and a man with a gun outside, who would you want it to be? Maya, Buwa, or ACP Shamsher Khan?" And the surprise package, Abhishek in a special appearance as the police officer shot down by gangsters in broad daylight - looks sexy, and will surely be a treat for his female fans.
The script is fantastic - sets the stage for the shoot out beautifully, tracing the history of the gang, and the rise of the ATS, till the final clash. It is also non judgemental and leaves the decision of who was right and who was wrong to the audience - at times, you want the gangsters to be destroyed, at other times, you hate the high handedness of the police officers.
Would love to catch it a second time...
2 comments:
Interestingly, the real A A Khan himself plays a part in the movie as the Commissioner of Police...
Another news item reports that the encounter went on, not for 6, but 14 hours!
I liked the movie.. Strangely though, my family and most of my friends haven't really liked it!
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