| Special 26 |  |
| Casting | Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Sherigil, Kajal Aggarwal, Divya Dutta |
| Director | Neeraj Pandey |
| Producer | Shital Bhatia, Kumar Mangat Pathak |
| Lyrics | Irshad Kamil, Shabbir Ahmed |
| Music | M M Kareem |
| Singer | M M kareem, K.K, Bhappi Lahiri, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, |
| Box-Office Result | Special 26, is not only doing good business at the domestic box office windows, but as well as at the International ground. |
| Hit / Flop | Running in Theaters |
| Business Done | 26.5 Crores
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| Description
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In this movie four aggressive man are posing as CBI team and after them one real CBI officer is on prowl for nabbing fake CBI team.
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| Synopsis | Special 26 is action/drama movie based on a robbery incident that takes place in Mumbai on 19th march 1987, where unknown man  pose as a fake officer of CBI and he make a team of 26 men to execute a raid on Opera House Branch of Tribhovan Das Bhimji Zaveri and during the conducting of raid the escape with jewelry worth lakhs. In this movie leading role is played by Akshay Kumar who is playing a role of Fake CBI officer, and real CBI officer Role is Played by Manoj Bajpai. In this movie team of 26 con man conduct raids on famous businessman’s premises posing as CBI or Income Tax Officer for collecting black money. |
ere an unknown man Mon Singh posing as a CBI officer has recruited 26 men and executed a day light raid on Opera House branch of Tribhovan Das Bhimji Zaveri and disappeared jewellry worth lakhs. There is a great expectation from this movie as it is going to be another drama heist after the movie A Wednesday which was much appreciated among the audience.
The screen name of Akshay Kumar has been unveiled as “Mr.Ajay Singh” who is playing as a lead role among the 26 men who will raid at the Opera House according to the story of the movie. Another interesting thing in the whole movie is that it has only one female character in the whole story who will play a role of Mon Singh’s love interet. Manoj Bajpai is playing a role of an actual CBI officer in the film.
ovie Review: Ready for a fake ‘Foursome’, with some ‘real’ stuff. Here it goes. With cool conmen, cops, chases, mind, matter and maal. But first, meet the members of the con-club. The asli khiladi Ajay (Akshay), quick-witted, daring and strong-willed – he’s the master-planner. Sharmaji (Kher), a wee-bit weak-hearted, but the real ‘loin of Punjab’ (with 8 bachchas and going strong). Add in, Iqbal (Kishore Kadam) and Joginder (Rajesh Sharma) – who add muscle to the master-mind. In the late 1980’s these conmen pose as CBI officers and raid malaamal matris, business magnates and jewellers.
With no records or FIRs – they escape after every heist with a clean (white) conscience and loads of black money. A (real) CBI inspector, Waseem (Manoj) along with sub-inspector Ranveer (Jimmy) get on a deadly chase to nab them while they’re faking it. Well, if you want to figure out con-asli, con-nakli, go ahead, wear Sherlock’s (Holmes) suit and crack this one.
With an ingeniously layered role and a brilliant act, Anupam Kher truly ‘steals’ the show. Akshay hits hard, with pure, unadulterated acting, minus action. Manoj is always in command, fiery and fantastic. Jimmy lends strong support; Kajal Aggarwal (Ajay’s love-interest) flashes smiles in interludes, and Divya Dutta throws in laughs.
Inspired by a real incident, Neeraj Pandey cuts to the chor-police chase and weaves an intelligent, mind-racing thriller, keeping you tightly strapped to your seats. It captures the 80’s era beautifully; and the cinematography ( Bobby Singh) is a cut above (special mention: scenes in Connaught Place, Delhi, and Kolkata streets). The powerful background score enthuses the pace. The only place he loses momentum is the romantic track and dance number, kinda unwarranted, we must say.
Interestingly, this con-job story is not superbly-stylish or stealthily serious. It doesn’t stun you with a social message like Pandey’s ‘A Wednesday’, but it grips, excites and ahh…climaxes too! And no … you can’t fake this one! Catch it for pure cinematic orgasm.