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Kaaboo(2002)
Hindi135 mins
Kaaboo (2002) is a 135-minute Hindi film directed by Vicky Ranawat. Starring Vicky Ranawat and Faisal Hussain Khan. With an audience rating of 4.5/10, Kaaboo stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 2002.
Director:Vicky Ranawat
Mood:
darkemotionalsuspenseful
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 2002
- Director
- Vicky Ranawat
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- GudVibe Rating
- 4.5/10
Storyline
Raja is a carefree college student whose older brother Shankar works as a hitman for a crime boss. After Shankar is betrayed and murdered, Raja leaves his life behind to find the killers. He gets caught in a power struggle between criminals and politicians, forcing him into a deadly confrontation with the police, including a former friend.
“A brother's revenge turns him into a target.”
Film Details
4.5Rating
135Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date1 January 2002
Release Typetheatrical
Parental Guide
Violence
Moderate
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Moderate
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionalsuspenseful
Themes
revengefamilycorruptionjustice
Tonegritty
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemass
Best Withfriends
Violence4
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability3
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Trivia
- The film was originally titled 'Kaalia' but was changed to 'Kaaboo' to avoid confusion with the 1981 Amitabh Bachchan film.
- Director Vicky Ranawat was primarily known as a cinematographer, and this was his only directorial venture in Hindi cinema.
- Actor Sharat Saxena, who played the villain Kaalia Abdul, was a former national-level bodybuilder before entering films.
- The movie's soundtrack featured a song composed by Anand Raj Anand, who was a prominent music director in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- Despite its action genre, the film had a limited theatrical release and is not widely remembered in mainstream Bollywood history.
- The plot involves a character named Anna, a title for elder brother in South India, reflecting a common trope for crime bosses in Indian films of that era.