Sabse Bada Khiladi by Umesh Mehra

Category: Hindi

This is the third in the "Khiladi" series and is definitely one of the finer Khiladi movies in which Akshay Kumar has acted in. If it wasn't for Akshay Kumar's stunts the wafer thin plot would have collapsed under the weight of it's stupidity.

But Akshay Kumar, his presence and timing backed up with dialogues like, "Yeh Kotha hain, Kasai thana nahi", propel this film into the entertaining cateogry. There's a plot somewhere about murder, revenge and familial ties but I'll leave that for you to discover. The film also stars Mamta Kulkarni, Gulshan Grover as Kekda and a few other regulars including Mohinish Behl who in my opinion re-invented the spoilt brat for Indian cinema, in a brilliant way.

Recomendation level: 2/5 for non-Akshay fans & 5/5 for Akshan Kumar (yes, an original) fans. This movie is really available anywhere but you should get it if you want some fights, funny songs and funnier dialogues.

Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi by Umesh Mehra

Category: Hindi

I was pretty pumped to watch this movie, after seeing a little of it and hearing about it for many years as a toddler I was really excited to catch the movie.

The basic premise is Akshay Kumar's brother played by Inder Kumar is held hostage by Rekha's character in USA. Akshan Kumar (I hereby lay claim to this new nickname for him) heads there and settles things Akki Style.

Loads of action and brain dead scenes and jumping from continents to continents, I have seen almost all his movies from that era and this is by far one of the most entertaining. There's Raveena Tandon & Gulshan Grover also thrown in for good measure.

Recomendation level: 4/5 (Only if you like Akshay Kumar) , otherwise its a 2/5 rating. I guess this movie is available almost anywhere in Mumbai but you will need to really dig deep into the VCD stacks.



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I personally was pumped to see Crush and Undertaker duke it out in a Hindi movie until I found out that the Undertaker we see (barring from a few scenes) is a fake and it's played by someone else, a close friend of UnderTaker in real life. I felt gutted, really gutted, oh well the Crush in the movie is the real deal but who ever cheered for Crush?