Khakee

Khakee
Poster
Directed by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Written by	Rajkumar Santoshi Shridhar Raghavan
Produced by	Keshu Ramsay
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Akshay Kumar Ajay Devgn Aishwarya Rai Tusshar Kapoor Atul Kulkarni
Cinematography	K. V. Anand
Edited by	Hussain M. Burmawalla
Music by	Ram Sampath
Production company	DMS Films Private Limited
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)
Running time	180 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹26 crore[1]
Box office	₹45.4 crore[2]

Khakee (transl. The Uniform) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and written by Santoshi and Sridhar Raghavan around an Indian police team on a mission to escort an accused terrorist from a small town in Maharashtra to Mumbai.^[3] The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai and Tusshar Kapoor. It was produced by Keshu Ramsay and distributed by Eros International, with cinematography handled by K. V. Anand.

Khakee was released theatrically on 23 January 2004 to widespread critical acclaim with particular praise for its screenplay, execution, and the cast's performances. It was one of the highest budgeted films at that time, it became a critical and commercial success. The film was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2004, grossing ₹50 crore worldwide in its lifetime run.