Shootout at Lokhandwala

Shootout at Lokhandwala
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Apoorva Lakhia
Produced by	Balaji Telefilms
Screenplay by	Sanjay Gupta Suresh Nair Apoorva Lakhia
Story by	Sanjay Gupta Suresh Nair Apoorva Lakhia
Starring	Vivek Oberoi Sanjay Dutt Sunil Shetty Amitabh Bachchan Tushar Kapoor Arbaaz Khan
Music by	Strings (band) Anand Raj Anand Mika Singh Biddu
Cinematography	Gururaj R. Jois
Edited by	Bunty Nagi
Distributed by	White Feather Films Balaji Motion Pictures
Release date	25 May 2007
Running time	121 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Shootout at Lokhandwala is a 2007 Indian action crime film directed by Apoorva Lakhia. It is based upon the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout, a real-life gun battle between gangsters and Mumbai Police.

A.A. Khan, head of the ATS, attacked the Lokhandwala Complex on 16 November 1991, with a force of around 400 armed policemen. Dreaded gangster Maya Dolas was hiding in the complex. The leading protagonists in the film have slightly different names than their real-life counterparts and the film caption is "based on true rumors." The film was released on 25 May 2007.

The film opens with shots of brooms and dustpans cleaning dried blood and cartridge casings in and around Swati building at the Lokhandwala Complex. TVN reporter Meeta Matu (Diya Mirza) reports that some 3000 rounds of ammunition were discharged by a large police squad at a previously peaceful residential area.

The film moves to the offices of former chief justice turned private prosecutor Dhingra (Amitabh Bachchan) where he interviews the three leading members of the Mumbai Encounter Squad: Additional Commissioner of Police Shamsher S. Khan (Addl.CP S.S. Khan) (referring to A. A. Khan, played by Sanjay Dutt), Inspector Kaviraj Patil (Sunil Shetty) and Police constable Javed Sheikh (Arbaaz Khan). The main film timeline is the extended interview of the three officers by Dhingra; as the officers answer Dhingra's questions, the film flashes back to show the incidents.