Khakee is a 2004 Bollywood action drama film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and written by Rajkumar Santoshi and Shridhar Raghavan about an accused Inter-Services Intelligence agent, the state of affairs, corruption and law and order in India. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan as Deputy Commissioner of Police Anant Kumar Shrivastav, Akshay Kumar as Senior Inspector Shekhar Verma, Ajay Devgan as a former police officer Yashwant Angre, Atul Kulkarni as Dr. Iqbal Ansari, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Tusshar Kapoor, Tanuja and Jayapradha. Lara Dutta appears in an item number during the song "Aisa... Jadoo." The film released on January 23, 2004 to positive reviews and went on to became the fifth highest-grossing film of the year 2004.The film remade in southern India as Satyameva Jeyathe. Eight police officers who are supposed to bring accused Muslim Islamic terrorist Dr. Iqbal Ansari back to from Chandangarh to Mumbai, are shot dead in cold blood by an unknown gang, assumed to be Islamic terrorists. The gang seems determined to free Dr. Iqbal Ansari from the government custody.
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| Release date: | January 23, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Runtime: | 193 Minutes |
| Music by: | Ram Sampath |
| Cinematography: | K. V. Anand |
| Genre: | Musical |