Khal Nayak (1993) on Netflix
NR19933h 10mActionAdventureCrimeDramaThriller
Balram 'Ballu' Prasad is a wanted hitman working for the crime lord Roshan Da. After Ballu escapes custody, Inspector Ram takes the blame, and his fiancée Ganga goes undercover to lure him.
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Plot summary
Inspector Ram has spent his career trying to catch Balram 'Ballu' Prasad, a hitman who works for the crime lord Roshan Da. Ram finally arrests Ballu, but the criminal refuses to give up his mentor and escapes custody with help from his associates. The escape brings media outrage down on the police, and Ram takes the blame. His fiancée Ganga, a police officer, disguises herself as a nomadic street dancer to clear his name, hoping to draw Ballu in while he stays on the run. She gains his trust and sees for herself the poverty and circumstances that pushed him into crime.
Cast
- Pramod Muthuas Roshi Mahanta
- Mangal Dhillonas Iqbal
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Khal Nayak (1993)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- During filming of Khal Nayak, its star Sanjay Dutt, who played the criminal Ballu, was arrested and imprisoned in connection with the 1993 Bombay bombings.
- The Khal Nayak song "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" ("What's Behind the Choli") generated controversy because of its suggestive lyrics.
- Anil Kapoor wanted to play the criminal Ballu in Khal Nayak, but director Subhash Ghai judged him unsuited to the role and said casting him could jeopardise the film's success, so Sanjay Dutt was cast instead.
- Subhash Ghai first conceived Khal Nayak as an art film starring Nana Patekar, tracing a protagonist's journey from Pune to Mumbai, before a screenwriter's suggestion steered it towards the action genre.
- Subhash Ghai objected at the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association to Khal-Naaikaa, a similarly titled film set for the same release date, but the association ruled against him and both films opened on 6 August 1993.
