Akayla

Akayla is a 1991 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by the Mushir - Riaz duo. It featured an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Aditya Pancholi, Kiran Juneja, Keith Stevenson (in his debut) as the primary antagonist in a dual role, and Shashi Kapoor in a extended special appearance. It was the fourth and final collaboration between Bachchan and Ramesh Sippy after Sholay (1975), Shaan (1980) and Shakti (1982). It also marked the former's last onscreen collaboration with Sheshadri and Kapoor and his first one with Shroff, they would later work together in films like Eklavya (2007) and Sarkar 3 (2017). Also, it was the second time Singh and Sheshadri featured together, the first film being Toofan (1989) which also starred Bachchan in the lead role. It was loosely based on Dirty Harry (1971). Akayla released worldwide on 8th November 1991. Upon release, the film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise for Bachchan and Singh's performances, but criticism for the predictable plot and Stevenson's performance. Commercially, the film was an average grosser and the 7th highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1991. Plot CID Inspector Vijay Verma is a lonely cop. His only family is a younger brother Ajay Verma, who is studying abroad. He also has two good friends Shekhar and Seema. Vijay sacrifices his love for Seema for his friend Shekhar, unaware that Seema too was interested in him. One day when he arrests the criminal mastermind Tony Briganza, he is shocked when Tony is released from police custody because his corrupt lawyer shows the court a videotape showing him at a completely different place, which suggests he couldn't have committed the crime. From that day on, they become enemies and Vijay is hot on Tony's trail every time he commits a crime. Vijay eventually meets nightclub dancer Sapna, and the two eventually become very close to each other.