Khel – No Ordinary Game

Khel – No Ordinary Game, shortly called Khel is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Yusuf Khan. It stars Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Celina Jaitly in the lead roles. Former Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja made his Bollywood debut with this film.^[1][2] It was released on 3 October 2003.^[3]

Khel
DVD cover
Directed by	Yusuf Khan
Written by	Dilip Shukla
Story by	Yusuf Khan
Produced by	Sunil Shetty Galaxy Entertainments
Starring	Sunny Deol Sunil Shetty Celina Jaitly
Cinematography	Soori Manoj Gupta
Edited by	Yusuf Khan
Music by	Babbu Mann Daboo Malik Dudes Music Company
Production companies	Popcorn Motion Pictures Galaxy Entertainment
Release date	3 October 2003 (2003-10-03)
Running time	174 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

A corrupt multimillionaire industrialist businessman, Dev Maliya, takes a personal interest in an attractive interior designer, Sanjh Batra, and wants to marry her. He starts by hiring her to redo the interior of his palatial home. He makes it a point to be pleasant to her and her mom, Mrs. Kiran Batra. One day, Dev finds out that Sanjh has some feelings for his friend, Rohan Potdar and this knowledge makes him insecure. Shortly after, Rohan is arrested for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. This news breaks Saanjh's heart, and she eventually consents to marry Dev Mallya. All is perfect in Dev's world, until Assistant Commissioner of Police Officer Rajveer Sindhia announces the re-opening of the case against Rohan Potdar, as he is convinced that Rohan is the victim of a conspiracy.

Cast

• Sunny Deol as ACP Rajveer Sindhia
• Sunil Shetty as Dev Maliya
• Celina Jaitly as Sanjh Batra
• Ajay Jadeja as Rohan Potdar
• Gulshan Grover as Inspector Khushwant Chadhha
• Suhasini Mulay as Daadi
• Vivek Shauq as Girish Mathur
• Supriya Karnik as Kiran Batra

Music

Khel – No Ordinary Game
Soundtrack album by Daboo Malik Babbu Maan Dudes Music Company
Released	19 August 2003
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Times Music

Music by Daboo Malik, Babbu Mann and Dudes Music Company.^[4]

1. "Kiya Hai Jadu Iss Kadar - Shaan, Shailendra Kumar, S. P. Sailaja
2. "Sharrata" — Sukhwinder Singh, Babbu Maan
3. "Chori Chori Mere Dil Ko" - Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan
4. "Jadu Sa Mujhpe Chal Raha" - Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy
5. "Moment Of Love" - S. P. Sailaja
6. "Tumko Kitna Hai Mujhse Pyar" - Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan
7. "Moment of Passion" - Kumar Sanu

Critical response

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 2 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, KHEL is a fair entertainer its target audience being the masses, not critics or multiplex-going audience. At the box-office, the holiday period will help the film take a good start and eventually, it will find patronage in the interiors.″^[5] Anjum N of Rediff.com wrote ″Editor-turned-director Yusuf Khan does a fair job, but is handicapped by a story that has no suspense, twists or unpredictable, manipulative characters. But, having written the story himself, he cannot blame anyone else if his 'ultimate game' fails to take off.″^[6] Manish Gajjar of BBC.com wrote ″In this film, we see Suniel Shetty playing a different character. Its nice to see him in a subdued nature as compared to his usual macho rambo self. Sunny Deol and Ajay Devgan are their usual selves whilst Ajay Jedeja gives a natural performance considering that he is a newcomer. Overall Khel is good escapist cinema which will appeal to the younger generation.″^[7]

References

1. Gajjar, Manish (June 2003). "BBC - Shropshire - Bollywood - Khel Preview". BBC.co.uk. BBC Online. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
2. Rebello, Maleeva (18 May 2017). "From David Beckham to Ajay Jadeja, these sports stars made not-so-memorable acting debuts". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
3. Murari, Rohit (3 October 2003). "Khel review: Khel (Hindi)". Fullhyderabad.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
4. "Khel (New) - music review by Rakesh Budhu - Planet Bollywood". Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
5. Adarsh, Taran (3 October 2003). "Khel Review 2/5". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
6. N, Anjum (2 October 2003). "The game that never began". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
7. Gajjar, Manish (3 October 2003). "BBC - Shropshire - Bollywood - Khel". BBC.co.uk. BBC Online. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

External links

• Khel at IMDb