Special 26
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| Directed by | Neeraj Pandey |
| Produced by | Shital Bhatia Kumar Mangat |
| Written by | Neeraj Pandey |
| Based on | 1987 Opera House heist |
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| Music by |
Songs: M. M. Kreem Himesh Reshammiya Background Score: Surinder Sodhi |
| Cinematography | Bobby Singh |
| Edited by | Shree Narayan Singh |
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| Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
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Running time
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144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹42 crore |
| Box office | ₹103 crore |
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| Bollywood Hungama |   |
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| Soundtrack album by M. M. Kreem and Himesh Reshammiya | |||||||||||||
| Released | January 10, 2013 | ||||||||||||
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Prasad Film Laboratories Hyderabad, India Spectral Harmony Mumbai, India |
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| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | ||||||||||||
| Length | 25:28 | ||||||||||||
| Label | T-Series | ||||||||||||
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Special 26, also known as Special Chabbis, is a 2013 Indian heist crime thriller film directed by Neeraj Pandey. It stars Akshay Kumar in the lead protagonist role with Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal, Jimmy Shergill and Divya Dutta in supporting roles. The film is inspired by the 1987 Opera House heist where a group posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers executed an income tax raid on the jeweler in Mumbai. Special 26 released on February 5, 2013 to widespread critical acclaim and was regarded as one of the best films of 2013.
The story opens on 18 March 1987, where a walk-in CBI interview is taking place, held by the characters of Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher. The film then goes into flashback.
Ajay Singh (Akshay Kumar) calls a local police station to obtain more manpower for a CBI raid. He speaks to SI Ranveer Singh (Jimmy Shergill) who agrees to send the required number of support officers. Ajay, with accomplices P.K. Sharma (Anupam Kher), Joginder (Rajesh Sharma), and Iqbal (Kishor Kadam), meet the support officers and conduct the raid.
Following the successful raid at a minister's house, it's revealed that Ajay and Sharma are fake CBI officers, along with their two accomplices. They then move to different parts of the country where they belong to and merge into their everyday lifestyles. Ajay's love interest, Priya (Kajal Aggarwal), an about-to-be-married teacher, is introduced here. The crew meets again in Chandigarh at the behest of Sharma for his daughter's wedding.
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