The Killer (2006 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Killer


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imdb_id = 0833484
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starring = Irfan Khan,
Emraan Hashmi,
Nisha Kothari,
Zakir Hussain
director = Hasnain Hyderabadwala,
Raksha Mistry
producer = Mukesh Bhatt
distributor = Vishesh Films
released = July 21, 2006
runtime = 120 min.
language = Hindi | music = Sajid; Wajid;
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"The Killer" is a 2006 Bollywood movie starring Emraan Hashmi and Irrfan Khan. Nisha Kothari is playing the role of heroine opposite Emraan. Emraan stars as a taxi driver in this movie while Irrfan Khan stars as a hitman who uses him to drive around places where he has to kill off his targets. The film is copied from the Michael Mann thriller "Collateral".

ynopsis

Some moments when lived through, will change you forever. Nikhil Joshi (Emraan Hashmi) is a young Indian who has gone to Dubai, and dreams of making it big out there. At present however, he is a taxi driver, and is madly in love with a bar girl Ria (Nisha Kothari). So smitten is he, that he is willing to do anything for his love – even DIE.

However, life has other plans for him when one night, a suave businessman Vikram (Irrfan Khan), hails his cab. Joshi discovers that this pleasant passenger has an agenda of his own and a rather sinister one at that. Vikram holds Joshi hostage in a bizarre plot to bump off various people who would testify against the dreaded don Jabbar, who is at risk of being deported to India to face charges against him.

As Nikhil helplessly becomes witness to one killing after another, he finds his life and dreams crumbling around him. Faced with the prospect of losing everything he has been working towards, he finally takes control of the steering wheel of his life. He stops dreaming and starts acting, as he begins to pit his wits against the assassin.

Cast

* Irrfan Khan ... Vikram (Killer)
* Emraan Hashmi ... Nikhil Joshi (Taxi driver)
* Nisha Kothari ... Ria (bar dancer)
* Zakir Hussain ... Jabbar
* Bharti Achrekar
* Avtar Gill
* Prithvi Zutshi
* Anupam Bhattacharya

External links

*imdb title|id=0833484|title=The Killer