Hindi Movie Review Shootout at Lokhandwala - Cast & Crew

Neha Dhupia is a Bollywood actress who began her career in modeling. She later appeared in a theatre too called Graffiti. And went to debut on the television series ‘Rajdhani’ in 2002. She appeared in a very few film, and she credits the acting craft with building her confidence and helped her overcome the confidence that the character that she played on screen. 

Dia Mirza’s original name is Dia Handrich. Dia Mirza is an actress from India, and also a Model and Director cum Producer (recently). She was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Telangana). Her father Frank Handrich, a German interior designer and mother Deepa, a Bengali Hindu interior designer. She completed her schooling from Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls (based on the teachings of philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti) and Nasr School. Both the schools have located in Hyderabad. She also attended Stanley Junior College, Hyderabad, and got the bachelor’s degree in arts from Andhra Pradesh Open University. At the age of nine, her father died. Then, her mother got married to Ahmed Mirza. Later, she adopted her last step-father name as her last name.

A well-known film director and writer, Apoorva Lakhia was born and raised in Ahmedabad. He attended New York University for a filmmaking course but eventually dropped out of it to assist Mira Nair with a film she was making. He had the chance to also be on set of various Hollywood films such as Addicted to Love and A Perfect Murder as an assistant.

Apoorva got his break in Bollywood as an assistant director to Ashutosh Gowariker for the super hit Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. Farhan Akhtar recommended him to Aamir Khan for the movie due to his experience in Hollywood. 

Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost was his debut film as a director in 2002. He followed that up with Ek Ajnabee in 2005, which was a remake of Denzel Washington’s Hollywood hit Man on Fire. The action packed thriller received mixed reviews and starred Bollywood’s legend Amitabh Bachchan. He then directed the multi-star cast, Shootout at Lokhandwala, which was based on the real incident that occurred at Lokhandwala involving gangsters Dilip Buwa and Maya Dolas. His close friendship with Sanjay Dutt prompted him to cast Dutt in the movie. In 2013 he made his first Telugu film, Thoofan.

Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, India. Bachchan's father was a prestigious Hindi poet Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh socialite. Being his parents’ first born, he has a junior male sibling resembling to his name Ajitabh. Bachchan went to Sherwood College before enlisting in Delhi University to complete his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) degree. He became a cargo dealer in Calcutta after completing his graduation. Amitabh Bachchan married to Jaya Bhaduri and has one son named Abhishek and one daughter named Shweta. Bachchan's father passed on in 2003 and his mother in 2007.

In 1969, Bachchan made his film debut in Saat Hindustani a film administered by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas which won him the National Film Award for Best Newcomer. By the early 1970s, Bachchan had collected fame in crowds as the "Angry Young Man" in an arrangement of successful Hindi gimmick movies. His featuring part in Zanjeer was especially instrumental in propelling him to fame as an action-movie film legend. Amitabh didn’t stopped gaining fame and popularity and soon he delivered another successful movie Anand in 1971. Anand was followed by movies like Reshma Aur Shera and Parwana in the same year.

Being family friend with Rajiv Gandhi, he got an opportunity to choose to run for seat in the Congress from the place where he grew up. He challenged Allahabad's seat of eighth Lok Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna, previous Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by one of the highest victory margins in history (68.2% of the vote). His political life, on the other hand, was fleeting in view of debates especially after Rajiv and he were embroiled in the now scandalous "Bofors" case alongside the U.K. based Hinduja Brothers.

In 1997, Bachchan endeavored to make his acting comeback with the film Mrityudata, produced by ABCL. However, the film was a disappointment both fiscally and basically. His vocation was spared with a successful film “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998)”. In 2000, Bachchan facilitated the first season of “Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)”. Likewise in that year Amitabh Bachchan showed up in Yash Chopra's film industry hit “Mohabbatein” directed by Aditya Chopra. Different hits emulated, with Bachchan showing up as a more established family patriarch in Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (2001), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) and Baghban (2003). Bachchan is also well known for his profound, baritone voice. He has been a storyteller, a playback artist, and moderator for various projects.

Despite a couple of film industry disappointments in the 1990s and the 2000s ruined his career yet, Bachchan climbed his way back up to as a topnotch Bollywood actor, gaining Filmfare and International Film Awards for his work on movies like Baghban (2003), Khakee (2004) and Paa (2009). His hard work guaranteed his prosperity and now he is known as the "King of Bollywood".

July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of cinema Sunil Dutt and Nargis gave birth to the ‘Munna Bhai’ of Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt in Bombay. Almost all are aware that Sanjay Dutt’s life is like a roller coaster ride with so many ups and downs in his personal as well as professional life. But this man has never lost hope and is still struggling to get into a normal life as he is behind the bars since 2013 because of the TADA case. He went to Lawrence School, Sanawar in Himachal Pradesh. In his teenage years, due to peer pressure, he started taking drugs. For almost nine years he took heroin and cocaine as drug intakes and after a long period he realized that he should quit it all and wished to live a normal life.

Born in a family that has strong ties in the film industry, it wasn’t too long before Arbaaz Khan jumped into Bollywood. Born in 1967, he started his career as an actor and then decided to switch to the production aspect of films later on.

Arbaaz had big shoes to fill with his older brother, Salman Khan, being a superstar actor. He has held many leading and supporting roles in movies throughout his acting career. He is well known for his supporting roles in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na in which he appeared with his brother Sohail Khan and Dabangg 1 and 2 in which he worked with his other brother Salman Khan. He is currently working on a comedy film, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karu, alongside Kapil Sharma from Comedy Nights with Kapil.

2010 was a great year for Arbaaz as he ventured into production and established his own production house, Arbaaz Khan Productions. This led to the creation of the blockbuster Dabangg. The movie grossed over US 34 million dollars and won various awards at Filmfare, IIFA, and Zee Cine Awards. This prompted the production of Dabangg 2 which also received a warm welcome in the box office throughout the world.

Arbaaz has a son, Arhaan, with his wife Malaika Arora Khan. Malaika is also an actress and famous for her item numbers most notably for her performance in Dabangg’s “Muni Badnaam Hui”. The two met at a coffee ad shoot and got married in 1998. Arbaaz has two brothers, Salman and Sohail, and two sisters, Arpita and Alvira.

Vivek Anand Oberoi's birth was on 3rd September 1976 (age-39) in Hyderabad, Telangana to father Suresh Oberoi and mother Yashodhara Oberoi. He also has a nickname named 'Rockstar'. Vivek did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad and Mayo College, Ajmer. After school, he studied at Mithibai College,Juhu. He often used to take a public bus to his college. He has a Master's Degree from New York University for Film acting, USA. Before coming to the acting career, he worked as a scriptwriter and bought his first car with the money he made from that, but his first car was a Jeep gifted to him by his father.He made his debut with Ram Gopal Verma's Company in 2002 and backed two Filmfare awards for Best Debut Male and Best Supporting Actor. Though Ram Gopal Verma considered him too cute to play a gangster's role and was in second thoughts Vivek went to the slums of Mumbai and did his homework and after a couple of weeks he barged into Verma's office dressed as Chandu the Gangster, swung his feet up on the table and landed the contract which turned out to be a remarkable debut.

Suniel Shetty, a renowned Bollywood actor, was born in August, 1961 in Mulki, India. His relatives and close friends know him by the name ‘Anna’. He is an actor, producer and a TV presenter. He is well known for his action films. His first film was ‘Balwaan’ which established him as an action hero. He became popular with his film ‘Mohra’ where he played the character of Vishal in this action packed film. Some of his noted films are: Dilwale (1994), an action film, ‘Border’ (1997), a film about the India-Pakistan war in 1971, ‘Hera Pheri’ (2000), a comedy and ‘Dhadkan’ (2000), a romantic drama. He acted in a Tamil movie also. He also appeared in the English movie ‘Don’t Stop Dreaming’ in 2007.

Son of a legendary Filmstar Jeetendra Kapoor and brother of Balaji Production Owner Ekta Kapoor. He completed his Masters from Ross School of Business (Michigan). He  wanted to opt IFS (Indian Foreign Services) as his career but destiny and family genes for movies turned him into Bollywood. He made his first debut in ‘Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai’ in 2001. It was a big hit and Tusshar got Filmfare award for best male debut for movie. After having flop movies like Jeena Sirf Mere Liye, Yeh Dil & few more, He tasted first critically acclaimed success with his comic role in Rohit Shetty’s Golmal.He got IIFA award for the same movie (2006).He also gained rave review from critics for his powerful performance in Khaki with Big B, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan.  Tusshar has done about 28 movies and in most of them Tusshar showed versatility of his acting. A comedian in Golmal, a shooter in Shootout At Wadala or, serious guy in Dirty Picture or, Shor In The City. All the movies show his capability to carry different role with full devotion and entertainment. His upcoming movies are Kya Kool Hai Hum part 3 and many more to come.

Abhishek Bachchan, or Abhishek Srivastava, is a very well known famous celebrity in the Indian film industry. He is the son of Bollywood’s biggest iconic stars, Amitabh Bachchan, who made more than 100 films in his acting career and won over 30 awards. Abhishek is also known by the name Junior B. He was born on February 5th, 1976, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Born on 5th April, 1968, Rohit Roy is an extremely prominent face among TV industry. He is considered as a senior performer and has been included in this industry for various years now He is considered as a senior actor and has been involved in this industry for various years now. He comes from Ahmadabad, Gujarat.

He has so far appeared in a lot of serials, some of them being Desh Mai Nikla Hoga Chand and Swabhiman. Besides working in the television industry, Rohit has additionally showed up in a number of Bollywood movies like plan and Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina.

Recently he turned up for the role of “Phattu” in the Bollywood Super hit movie Shootout at Lokhandwala. He played the role of one of the gang members. Though he has so far played cameo roles only yet has been widely appraised for his roles. He also tried his luck as a director and has directed a short film named “Rice Plate”. It was the part of the film Dus Kahaniyan.

In his earlier days, he wanted to go to USA for his MBA but was denied the student visa. In those days, he was offered with the role of Rishabh Malhotra, the lead protagonist of the daily soap Swabhiman. Swabhiman was directed by famous Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt and was well written by Shobha Dey. The serial went ahead to make history as one of the most popular daily soap shows. His character name Rishabh Malhotra soon became very much popular among viewers. He tied the knot with Manasi Joshi. Manasi Joshi played the female lead in the Bollywood movie Saaya. She is the sister of Bollywood actor, Sharman Joshi. They have a daughter. His brother, Rohit Roy is likewise an extremely famous face among TV industry and Bollywood.

Bose Roy Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Aditya Lakhia is an Indian actor with education from Mayo College, Ajmer. He began his career in 1988 with small roles. In ‘Akele Hum Akele Tum’, he worked as an assistant director.

Shabbir Ahluwalia is an Indian television and film actor, host, and producer. Born on 10th August 1979 in Mumbai, he studied at St. Xavier’s High School and the University of Maryland.

He began his acting career by debuting in Hip Hip Hurray. This was followed by his roles as Aniket in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Shashank in Kahin To Milenge, and Soumil Dixit in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, where he steadily built a name for himself. However, he’s most famous for portraying Rishi Garewal in the hit soap opera Kahiin To Hoga, and Milind Mishra in Kayamath. He also appeared on Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat, Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa, as Vansh in KKavyanjali, as Sandeep Sikand in Kasamh Se, as Omi in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, and as Dutta Bhau in Laagi Tujhse Lagan. He currently plays the lead role of Abhishek Mehra opposite Sriti Jha in Zee TV’s drama serial Kumkum Bhagya, which is loosely based on Sense and Sensibility, a novel by Jane Austen.

He has hosted many shows such as Nach Baliye seasons 1 and 2, Dancing Queen, Meethi Churi No. 1, and Guinness World Record Ab India Todega. He also participated in Dhamaal Express and Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3, which he went on to win.

He made his big screen debut in Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) and also featured in Mission Istaanbul (2008), before becoming a producer of running Flying Turtles, his production company.

He works out a lot and plays badminton and squash. In November 2011, he married Kanchi Kaul, and the couple is rumored to be expecting their first child. He says he would love to have a daughter. He finds anchoring as challenging as acting and thoroughly enjoys doing both. He claims that he is a very hard actor to please.