Two friends wage bets for money and fun. There comes a time where they race to win the biggest bet, for they know that their lives depend on it. Four friends Raj Malhotra, Boney, Neelam Chaudhary and Sheetal decide to play a practical joke on Sheetal's dad Kailash Nath. They telephone Kailash and tell him that his daughter has been kidnapped and demand a ransom of Rs. 200,000. Things seem to go according to plan until the police headed by Raj's elder brother Suresh Malhotra have been informed by Nath's servant. They manage to elude the police only to return and find that Sheetal has been stabbed to death with all the evidence pointing towards them. Khiladi was a hit suspense film when it was released, directed by Abbas Mustan. The film is well directed and acting is decent, especially by Akshay Kumar(rest are just average).The film's starting 1 hour is mainly concentrated upon college romance and slapstick comedy. The suspense element comes in rather late in the film. As usual with the films of that era, the songs are poorly choreographed(not that they are any good to listen to). The story, howsoever late is starts, is good and the suspense element is kept upto the last. All in all, a decent flick that could be watched for the sake of Akshay's performance and the gripping storyline. Akshay Kumar debuted from the flop Saugandh, he then moved to disaster Mr.Bond and flop Deedar. Akki was desperately in need of a good film which did happen.Khiladi(1992 Player) was Akki's first successful film. It went on to become a super hit at the box office. The story is something new for a movie during the 90's. The director duo Abbas-Mustan is famous for making thrillers and movies with twists. The story is extremely well told. Akki enters the movie with a comedy scene where he plays a prank on a normal citizen and his brother catches him. He is then seen in college and all those scenes in the first half reminds you of the fantastic college type scenes during the start to interval of the movie. But, before the interval happens the friend dies and the police is hot on trail of whoever was the killer. The direction is top class and the screenplay is good. The killer is successfully hidden until the end where he is caught. The movie is more of a romantic drama with bits of comedy and bits of action. Overall, its a masala movie with all genres except horror. The acting is good, Khiladi Kumar proves he can act after his earlier craps. Deepak Tijori is average, the heroines are good. The villain is good, the others are all good. Overall, Khiladi is another successful and entertaining flick which worked in those days and it will not disappoint today's people. It can be seen a million times for fans and others. It is definitely worth a watch more than 10 times.<br/><br/>Final Verdict: 9/10 not full because of Deepak Tijori(no offence he can't act)
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