Khaali Peeli Movie Review

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Khaali Peeli Movie is a 2020 Indian Bollywood masala film directer is Maqbool Khan and jointly produced by Ali Abbas Zafar, Zee Studios, Himanshu Kishan Mehra and Yash Miglani. The films stars Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Pandey with Jaideep Ahlawat.

The Film Shooting Starte commenced on 11 September 2019, but was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was premiered on Zee Plex and ZEE5 on 2 October 2020, it will have simultaneous premiere at drive-in theatres of Gurugram and Bengaluru.

Critic's Rating : 3.0/5

Avg. Users' Rating : 4.0/5

Khaali Peeli Movie Review : 

Back in the day, in their native village of Shivpur, when Vijay Chauhan aka Blackie was at the ripe age of 10, his Babuji (Anup Soni) was notorious for being an absolute phattu. But, by pure luck, his son is born with a mean streak and is also an ardent hustler in the making. So, perhaps to prove a point to the villagers and themselves, the father-son duo embarks on a journey of crime that is doomed from the start, again, thanks to Chauhan senior’s namby-pamby ways. Cut to 10 years later, Vijay – now earning the moniker Blackie because of his swindling schemes – is on the run and has settled in Mumbai as a local kaali peeli (hence the name, get it?) driver. But in the current day, the city is fuming with anger as the taxi association calls for a strike for an indefinite period of time until the government meets their demands. Not Blackie though. He refuses to adhere to the directives and looks at it as a window of opportunity to mint money and extract as much as he can from the needy… talk about being morally bankrupt! In comes the salwar-clad ticking time bomb Pooja, who’s clearly on the run from some dangerous people and has a bag full of money and jewels. Her safety, he is not worried about but the hefty moolah, he definitely is. The story of ‘Khaali Peeli’ navigates many a dark alley of Kamathipura (Mumbai’s red-light district) and finds itself back to its place of origin – Uttar Pradesh. What transpires over a period of two days – with a distinct overlap of past and future – is what this dramedy encapsulates.

Flicking the back of his collar while lighting a borrowed cigarette in a Rajinikathesque fashion, Blackie makes an open declaration about his persona to the camera.He doesn’t compromise on two aspects of his vagabond-ish life – tashan and ‘emosan’. The opening shot is evidence enough to predict that the rest of the tour is an out-and-out Bollywood masala flick. And director Maqbool Khan delivers on various accounts. There are creepy hooligans with creepier names (sample this: Yusuf Chikna!), there’s the eternal sacrifice constituting the central theme of the narrative, there is an inspector called Tawde and bullets flying all around the hero, who, well, escapes unhurt! And speaking of the pace of the film, the first 30-40 minutes are absolutely packed with quirky dialogues and has an amount of visual excitement that’s appreciable.

Sure, Vishal-Shekhar music gets you grooving but the three songs that are planted in the movie are just there for the heck of it. Lyricists Rakesh Kumaar and Raj Shekhar have interesting and edgy words to offer in the three tracks that they anchor but, like we said, the songs are a bit out of place.

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Khaali Peeli Movie Trailer :

• Directer :Maqbool Khan
• Produced :Ali Abbas Zafar,Himanshu Mehra
• Writer :Yash-Seema
• Story :Rahul Sankrityan
• Star Cast :Ishaan Khatter,Ananya Panday
• Music :Vishal-Shekhar
• Cinematography :Adil Afsar
• Editor :Rameshwar S. Bhagat
• Production Design : Durgaprasad Mahapatra
• Art Direction : Vishal Gyan Chandani , RajuKumar Sahani
• Costume Design : Natascha Charak ,Nikita Mohanty
• Production Management : Arvind Kashyap,Sarita Ray
• Assistant Director : Anil J. Chauhan, Khyati Kachroo , Aditi Karwa , Zulkarnain Khan, Anshul Kumar Sharma , Vaisakh Vijayan
• Art Department : Venkatesh V. (Head painter)
• Action Director : Parvez Shaikh- India
• Production company:Zee Studios,AAZ Films,Offside Entertainment
• Distributor : Zeeplex
• Genres : Romance, Action-Drama
• Release date :12 June 2020
• Country :India
• Language :Hindi

Khaali Peeli Movie Star Cast Poster

Khaali Peeli Movie Star Cast :

• Ananya Panday as Pooja
• Ishaan Khattar as Blackie
• Jaideep Ahlawat as Yusuf Chikna
• Satish Kaushik as Inspector Bhim
• Kabir Duhan Singh
• Anup Soni as Babuji
• Manoj Tiwari
• Zakir Hussain as Inspector Tavde
• Swanand Kirkire as Choksi Seth
• Suyash Tilak as Mangya
• Rrahul Sudhir
• Aloke Singh as Promoter
• Saket Saurav
• Deshna Dugad as Young Pooja
• Ranjit Punia as Goon
• Vedant Desai as Young Blackie

Story of the film :

On a fateful night, local cabbie Blackie (Ishaan Khattar) stumbles upon this pretty – also mouthy and hot-headed – girl Pooja (Ananya Panday). There are goons involved and apparently there’s this history between them, and Pooja, the runaway, seems to be carrying a ton of cash and jewellery. Why does this ‘Aafat’ (by Blackie’s own admission) fall into his lap after all these years and what’s the mayhem all about?‘Khaali Peeli’ is one eventful ride towards redemption, reconnection and, of course, romance!

Khaali Peeli Movie Songs / Music :

The film's music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, while lyrics were written by Kumaar and Raj Shekhar.

The song "Beyonce Sharma Jaayegi" was criticised online for lyrics that some found racist. The song has been contrasted with Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl", as Rolling Stone India pointed out how on one hand, Beyoncé is working towards the racial empowerment through her song, but the Bollywood song, names her, and says she will be "embarrassed of fairskined Ananya Panday's dancing skills".HuffPost India wrote "What's a bit of racism sprinkled over the regular dose of sexism". News18 India said "It seems despite the Black Lives Matter movement, the hashtags and the social media outrage, Bollywood hasn't learned much about racism". After receiving heavy backlash online, the director Maqbool Khan apologised. On 13 September, the producers changed the spelling of the title, from "Beyoncé" to "Beyonse".News18 India reported that Jay-Z trademarked and protected the name "Beyoncé" and it therefore cannot be used without their permission.The title was subsequently changed again, to "Duniya Sharma Jayegi".The video received 1 million dislikes within its first week on YouTube.

1. "Duniya Sharma Jaayegi" - Nakash Aziz, Neeti Mohan  
2. "Tehas Nehas" - Shekhar Ravjiani, Prakriti Kakar 
3. "Shana Dil" - Divya Kumar

"Tehas Nehas" Full Video Song :

• Song - Tehas Nehas
• Music - Vishal And Shekhar
• Singers - Shekhar Ravjiani & Prakriti Kakar
• Lyrics - Kumaar

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