Akhiyon Se Goli Maare

About the film

Akhiyon Se Goli Maare (transl. Shoots with the Eyes) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language comedy film, directed by Harmesh Malhotra, starring Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Asrani and Johnny Lever. The film was released on 2 August 2002. The name of the film is taken from the song of the same name from the 1998 movie Dulhe Raja, also starring the same cast.

Plot

Akhilender aka Bhangari Dada has a shop at Chor Bazaar, which he runs illegally. He lives with his wife and only daughter, Kiran. Bhangari wants his daughter to be married to a gangster, so he begins his search. He finds Shakti Dada and wants him to be married to Kiran, but Kiran already loves Raj, a wealthy man who has no links to crime. But to satisfy her dad, she persuades Raj to pose as a gangster for the time being. For this, they search for a trainer called Subramaniam, who teaches Raj to act as a gangster. Finally, Raj becomes successful in posing as a gangster, but Bhangari's dad somehow appears and doesn't want Kiran to marry a gangster. Will Raj be able to clean up his image?

Soundtrack

Music composed by Anand-Milind, Daboo Malik and Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen.

Box office

The movie was a box-office bomb, collecting only 3.1 crores.

Reception

Sify gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 calling it "a very average film" with no department of filmmaking standing out, except for some funny dialogues. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama said, "Harmesh Malhotra's Akhiyon Se Goli Maare falls in the genre of light entertainers", giving it a 1.5 out of 5 stars. The Times of India says, "While provision has to be made for suspension of disbelief in popular entertainment, this one stretches beyond belief and endurance too".

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