Keemat – They Are Back
1998 film
Keemat – They Are Back (transl. The Price) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sameer Malkan based on a story by Sayed Sultan and produced by brothers Ganesh and Ramesh Jain. It stars Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon and Sonali Bendre, with Ravi Kishen and Anupam Kher in supporting roles. This was the fourth collaboration between Kumar and Khan after hits like Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Yeh Dillagi and Tu Chor Main Sipahi.
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Dev and Ajay are brothers, thieves and con men by profession. Sharmili is also a thief who meets Dev and Ajay in a pub, steals their wallets and runs away. Some goons attack her on the way, but Dev and Ajay rescue her. Sharmili is impressed with Dev's fighting skills and believes he is a good human being, so she falls in love with him. Then, Dev and Ajay accidentally kill a young man named Mohan Tripathi. This weighs heavily on their minds, so they find the address of the deceased and travel to his village called Badlapur. They learn that Mohan went to Mumbai to pursue his studies and become a doctor.
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