Vivek Oberoi made negative role debut with 'Shootout at Lokhandwala'; Read trivia

Shootout at Lokhandwala is a crime drama film released in 2007. Directed by Apoorva Lakhia, it is produced by Ekta Kapoor and Sanjay Gupta under ir Balaji Telefilms and White Fear Films banner. film has an ensemble cast of Vivek Oberoi, Sanjay Dutt, Arbaaz Khan, Suniel Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor, Rohit Roy, Shabbir Ahluwalia, itya Lakhia, Aarti Chabria, Amrita Singh, Dia Mirza, Neha Dhupia and Amitabh Bachchan.

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Shootout at Lokhandwala Trivia

• In a scene, Sanjay Dutt’s character h to say an abusive slang dialogue to Amitabh Bachchan’s character. Sanjay was unable to deliver dialogue out of respect for Amitabh, despite being encourd by him. After a few failed attempts, dialogue was changed.
• Shootout at Lokhandwala is based on a real-life gun battle between Mumbai Police and gangster. It took place on vember 16, 1991, at Lokhandwala Complex. four-hour-long shootout was called as India’s “first daylight encounter” which was video graphed and carried out in public.

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• Arjun Rampal was to play character of Inspector Kaviraj Patil. actor walked out of role for an unkwn reason. n, Suniel Shetty stepped in to portray character.
• Aftab Ahmed Khan, ditional Commissioner of Police at that time, me a cameo appearance in film. He was seen as a senior to Sanjay Dutt, who actually plays A. A. Khan in movie. He led Anti-Terrorism Squ (ATS) in shootout.
• Vivek Oberoi played character of Mahindra Dolas, kwn as Maya Bhai. It was his first negative role in his career. He previously played a gangster in Company (2002). Vivek received many praises for his performance.

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• Aftab Shivdasani, Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Saif Ali Khan were considered to play role of Maya. However, it eventually went o Vivek Oberoi. Six years later, John Abraham portrayed negative character in Shootout at Wala, second instalment in series.
• Amitabh Bachchan plays a small role as Defence Lawyer Dhingra. He surprised movie crew by recording 23 scenes in just five hours. t many actors have achieved this feat.
• movie marks debut of Shabbir Ahluwalia. He essayed role of gangster RC in Shootout at Lokhandwala. actor was kwn for his appearance in television series.

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• Tusshar Kapoor initially declined role in film saying that character did t suit him. Director Apoorva Lakhia pushed actor to play a negative role. Similar, Amrita Singh was t keen on essaying Maya’s mor, but filmmaker convinced her.
• chase sequences with Suniel Shetty and Arbaaz Khan’s characters was difficult to shoot as filming took place through Lokhandwala with public around. Hidden cameras were installed at five places. two actors ran around 200 meters at real-location to complete scene.