The Killer (2006)
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| Directed by | Hasnain Hyderabadwala Raksha Mistry |
| Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Written by | Sanjay Masoom (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Mahendra Lakhan |
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Emraan Hashmi Nisha Kothari Irfan Khan |
| Music by | Sajid-Wajid |
| Cinematography | Sanjay Malkar |
| Edited by | Akiv Ali |
| Distributed by | Vishesh Films |
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120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The Killer is a 2006 Indian Hindi crime thriller film directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry, and starring Emraan Hashmi, Irrfan Khan and Nisha Kothari in the lead roles. The story is based on an Indian taxi driver in Dubai, who seats a hitman in his taxi unknowingly and now he must face the consequences by doing everything The Killer tells him to do, may it be a ride or a murder. The film released on 21 July 2006 managed to do moderately well at the box office. It is an unofficial remake of the Michael Mann's thriller, Collateral.
The story follows one serial killer who uses the help of innocent taxi drivers to murder his targets. When The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India, has been made aware of a killer cab-driver in Malaysia who killed several people in a matter of hours and then crashed his taxi and killed himself. The same thing happened again, this time in Hong Kong, several people were killed by another cab-driver, who also ended up being killed. Now, this time in Dubai, it is the turn of taxi driver Nikhil Joshi (Emraan Hashmi). Nikhil is an Indian living in Dubai for a good life and is madly in love with a cabaret dancer named Rhea (Nisha Kothari). He is willing to do anything for Rhea and so is she. However, life has other plans for him when one night, a suave businessman named Vikram (Irrfan Khan) hails his cab.
Nikhil discovers that this pleasant passenger has an agenda of his own and a rather sinister one at that. Vikram holds Nikhil hostage in a bizarre plot to bump off various people who would testify against the dreaded don Jabbar (Zakir Hussain), 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. He repeatedly pleads Vikram to spare him and hire another taxi but fails. 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 dangerous assassin.
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