Rajkuma
Sa toshi’s
2004
eo- oi
actio
th ille
‘Khakee’
featu es
o e
of
the
most
memo able
twists
i
Hi di
ci ema
of
the
mille ium.
The
film
takes
audie ces
by
su p ise
whe
Aishwa ya
Rai’s
cha acte ,
Mahalakshmi,
bet ays
he
police
colleagues
a d
chooses
to
side
with
he
love ,
Ajay
Devg ’s
Yashwa t
A g e.
I te esti gly,
Sa toshi
has
ow
evealed
that
he
delibe ately
kept
Aishwa ya
u awa e
of
he
cha acte ’s
complete
a c
fo
a
majo
pa t
of
the
shoot.Although
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
was
“a
ve y
good
family
f ie d”
of
the
filmmake ,
Sa toshi
admitted
that
he
i itially
chose
ot
to
disclose
the
full
t ajecto y
of
he
cha acte
i
‘Khakee’.Sa toshi
explai ed
that
egative
cha acte s
a e
ge e ally
give
a
backsto y
to
justify
thei
actio s.
“Whe eve
a
lead
cha acte
is
po t ayi g
a
egative
ole,
they
always
have
a
backsto y
justifyi g
them.
Like
thei
mothe
was
c uel.”
Howeve ,
he
delibe ately
took
a
diffe e t
app oach
with
Mahalakshmi.
“The e’s
o
justificatio .
She
(Aishwa ya’s
cha acte
Mahalakshmi)
is
bad.
Pe iod,”
he
said
i
a
i te view
with
Galatta
Plus.Sa toshi
fu the
evealed
that
eve
Amitabh
Bachcha ,
Ajay
Devg
a d
Akshay
Kuma
we e
kept
i
the
da k
about
Mahalakshmi’s
eal
i te tio s
u til
the
shoot
was
al eady
halfway
th ough.
“Halfway
th ough
the
shoot,
I
had
a
a atio
of
that
with
Amit
ji
(Amitabh
Bachcha ),
Ajay,
a d
Akshay
(Kuma ).
That
time,
I
told
them
about
he
a c.
They
we e
shocked!
‘How
did
Aishwa ya
ag ee
to
do
this
ole?’
I
said,
‘She
does ’t
k ow.
I
did ’t
tell
he .’
They
we e
like,
‘What
o se se!
The
film
would
get
shelved!
Aishwa ya
would
efuse
to
do
the
film.”Despite
thei
co ce s,
Sa toshi
was
co vi ced
that
Aishwa ya
would
still
commit
to
the
p oject
o ce
she
lea ed
about
the
twist.
His
oppo tu ity
to
eveal
the
e ti e
a c
came
afte
the
act ess
i ju ed
he
leg
i
a
accide t
o
the
sets.
The
filmmake
visited
he
at
he
pa e ts’
eside ce,
whe e
he
fi ally
a ated
the
complete
sto y
i
f o t
of
he
family.“I
met
he
pa e ts,
who
a e
ve y
ice
people.
They
like
me
a
lot.
So,
I
a ated
the
film
i
f o t
of
eve yo e.
That
time,
I
told
he
the
whole
a c
i
f o t
of
he
pa e ts,”
ecalled
Sa toshi.Rathe
tha
objecti g
to
the
u expected
tu ,
Aishwa ya’s
pa e ts
epo tedly
fou d
the
idea
“i te esti g”
a d
“diffe e t”,
especially
co side i g
the
ki d
of
oles
he oi es
we e
usually
offe ed
i
the
ea ly
2000s.“I
told
he ,
‘Why
I
did ’t
tell
you
i itially
is
because
I
felt
it’d
stay
i
you
mi d
subco sciously
a d
you’d
give
it
away.’
It
was
such
a
big
shocki g
poi t
that
obody
could’ve
expected
it.
Eve
she
did ’t
k ow
she’d
bet ay
the
team
because
she
always
thought
she’s
a
pa t
of
the
team,”
Sa toshi
explai ed.Aishwa ya
eve tually
emb aced
the
ole
a d
we t
ahead
with
‘Khakee’,
with
Mahalakshmi’s
bet ayal
becomi g
a guably
the
film’s
biggest
su p ise.Co-w itte
by
Rajkuma
Sa toshi
a d
Sh idha
Raghava ,
‘Khakee’
follows
a
police
team
tasked
with
t a spo ti g
a
accused
te o ist,
played
by
Atul
Kulka i,
f om
a
small
tow
i
Maha asht a
to
Mumbai.The
team
is
led
by
DCP
A a t
Kuma
Sh ivastav
(Amitabh
Bachcha )
a d
i cludes
Se io
I specto
Shekha
Va ma
(Akshay
Kuma ),
fo me
i specto
Yashwa t
A ga e
(Ajay
Devg )
a d
Sub
I specto
Ashwi
Gupte
(Tussha
Kapoo ),
amo g
othe s.
The
film
also
featu ed
Jaya
P ada,
P akash
Raj,
Ta uja
a d
Ashwi i
Kalseka ,
while
La a
Dutta
made
a
guest
appea a ce
i
the
popula
so g
“Aisa
Jadoo.”