He's not starred in too many multistarrers nor been known to walk away with the thunder from his co-stars. Rajkumar Santoshi's cop drama, Khakeechanged all that.
Santoshi's crisply-written character of a rotten cop who has a change of heart challenged Akshay to shed his inhibitions and get under the skin of his wisecracking, dishonorable reel avatar.
The actor delivered a hard-hitting performance, which oozed confidence and conviction, stealing the show from the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai and Atul Kulkarni.
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