After reveling in his devilish avtar in Aflatoon, a poor take-off on Luc Bresson's Leon, The Professional, Akshay tries to replay the Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde act in Khiladi 420 too.
One's a god fearing NRI. The other's an unscrupulous absconder from bhai. One wants to be the do- gooder to a dad and daughter (Alok Nath and Mahima Chaudhary) duo. The others wants to steal their millions, and their lives too. It's a no-brainer story that never really takes off. Not when Mahima believes in unleashing her special brand of histrionics - an ungainly mix of whiplash dialogues and hysterical dribbling. The woman spends almost an hour shrieking her lungs out in a sequence where the cold chill of fear might have worked better.?
Strangely, Akshay Kumar as Mr. Hyde outshines the neat, clean, well-oiled, well-mannered Dr Jekyll. There's a certain demoniac glee, which lights up his evil bits, a nervous twitch, and an invisible crick.... Naturally, the nice parts are a pale shadow. A new career option in the offing, Akshay? Specially since the Khiladi is fast
The Movie story deals with Shyam Prasad Bhardwaj is a multi-millionaire industrialist, and his business is spread worldwide. He has a daughter, Ritu, who is of marriageable age. He hires Dev Kumar to work for him, and is impressed with the way Dev handles himself. Shyam would like Ritu and Dev to get married. But days after the engagement, Shyam finds that Dev is a con man after his money, since he has taken debt from a criminal. Dev kills Shyam to bury the secret but Ritu’s younger sister Riya sees this. The girl goes in a deep shock & since Dev is constantly watching her the secret cannot come out. Dev plans to kill her as well but Ritu gets an inkling of the truth somehow. Dev tries to kill Ritu on the night of their honeymoon, but Ritu manages to kill him. An afraid Ritu decides to hide Dev’s body. After hiding Dev’s body, Ritu comes home. She gets the shock of her life to see Dev alive – and without a scratch on his body. Dev behaves as if nothing happened. Everyone in the home believes him to be Dev. Finally, when she is alone with him, Ritu confronts this new Dev. He tells that he is indeed Dev’s twin brother Anand. Anand explains that Dev had crooked ways, something which Anand disliked. The brothers separated. Dev called Anand just a week ago to tell that he has mended his ways & is going to get married. Dev came there meet Ritu. Dev had given all the information about Ritu & her family to Anand.
Movie:- Khiladi 420 (2000)
Starcast:- Akshay Kumar, Mahima Chaudhry, Gulshan Grover, Alok Nath, Dilip Joshi, Razak Khan, Viju Khote
Directed By:- Neeraj Vora
Music Director:- Sanjeev-Darshan