Kaaboo(2002)
Kaaboo is a 2002 Hindi-language action film directed by Sanjay Khanna. The cast includes Faisal Khan, Rajat Bedi, Shakti Kapoor, and Rati Agnihotri. The story follows Raja, a college student whose elder brother Shankar is killed by a local gang. Raja transforms into a vigilante to avenge his brother's death. The film explores themes of family loyalty, revenge, and the loss of innocence. It was released on October 4, 2002, with a runtime of 130 minutes. Kaaboo performed poorly at the box office, earning only ₹20 lakh in its opening weekend across 30 screens.
Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 2002
- Director
- Vicky Ranawat
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rating
- 3.9/10
Storyline
Raja is a happy college student living with his family. His brother Shankar gets involved with a dangerous gang. When the gang murders Shankar, Raja vows to destroy them. He trains himself to fight and hunts down the killers. But his quest for revenge comes at a terrible cost.
“Revenge has a price.”
Film Details
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Cast & Crew
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.