Arvind Chauhan and Lakhsmi are in love with each other. Lakhsmi's dad, a senior police inspector, hates Arvind, and so Arvind and Lakshmi decide to elope
Acting
Manoj Bajpayee's unhinged Babu — pure predatory charisma.
Direction
Rajat Mukherjee turns Rajasthan highways into hell.
Score
Sandesh Shandilya's music haunts long after credits.
Director
Rajat Mukherjee
Vivek Oberoi
Arvind Chauhan
Antara Mali
Lakshmi
Manoj Bajpayee
Babu
Makrand Deshpande
Inderpal
Sayaji Shinde
Inspector Singh
Rajpal Yadav
Bhanwar Singh
Raj Zutshi
Kishan Bhai
Ganesh Yadav
Bungalow Watchman
Snehal Dabi
Traveller
Vijay Raaz
Mad Villager
Mithilesh Chaturvedi
Old Man
Koena Mitra
Item Number in "Khullam Khulla" Song
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Manoj Bajpayee based Babu's twitchy physicality on studying actual highway bandits in Rajasthan. The crew thought he was method acting; he was literally doing research.
Road bombed in 2002 because audiences wanted family entertainers post-9/11. It found its cult audience years later as India's answer to Natural Born Killers and The Hitcher.
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