International Khiladi (transl. International Player) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Umesh Mehra starring Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna in the lead roles. In an interview with Lehren Network, Khanna said that the film did not follow a conventional script while Kumar stated that the film had more romance than action.
International Khiladi was released on 26 March 1999 and became a below average venture at the box office.
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Plot
Payal is a Journalist who along with her cameraman Focus have been assigned the task of interviewing the world's highest ranking gangster named Rahul alias Devraj. In the process, Payal and Devraj fall in love with each other much to the opposition of Devraj's guardian Bismillah, Lt.Colonel Amit and Payal's brother Ravi. Ravi is later killed with Devraj being framed and arrested. Payal testifies against him and Devraj is sentenced to be hanged. After learning about Bismillah's sudden death, Devraj escapes from custody and begins to plot vengeance against his enemies, including Payal and Ravi's real killer. It is revealed that Amit was the one who killed Bismillah and Ravi and also joined Thakral to frame Devraj, but Amit later betrays Thakral and kills him. Amit then takes Devraj on a flight where Devraj kills him and reunites with Payal.
Cast
Akshay Kumar as Rahul / Devraj
Twinkle Khanna as Payal, Ravi's sister.
Rajat Bedi as Amit
Vivek Shauq as Ravi, Payal's brother.
Gulshan Grover as Thakral
Mukesh Khanna as Bismillah, Devraj's guardian.
Johnny Lever as Focus, Payal's Cameraman.
Mahesh Anand as Naresh, Henchman of Thakral
Asrani as Payal's boss
Avtar Gill as Defence Lawyer D'souza
Shahbaaz Khan as Police Commissioner Gautam
Subbiraj as S.P. Sharma
Ram Mohan as Prosecuting Lawyer Baburao
Vivek Vaswani as Vivek Shrivastav
Gajendra Chouhan as Suraj, Rahul's father
Shagufta Ali as Smita, Rahul's mother
Omkar Kapoor as Young Rahul
Production
The film was co-produced by Indian businessman Ajay Virmani. It was shot in Varanasi and Mumbai.
Soundtrack
Rediff.com noted that the film's songs "seem to be good".