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Rajkumar Santoshi reveals hiding Aishwarya Rai's villainous twist in Khakee

Rajkumar Santoshi reveals hiding Aishwarya Rai's villainous twist in Khakee

A Hindi movie called Khakee was made in 2004.

The director was Rajkumar Santoshi.

In the movie, an actress named Aishwarya Rai plays a character called Mahalakshmi.

At one point, Mahalakshmi turns against the police officers she was working with and helps the person she loves instead.

That was a big surprise twist for the audience.

The director kept this secret from Aishwarya for a very long time while they were filming.

He did not tell her the whole story of her character.

The director said that usually movie villains have sad backstories that explain why they are bad.

But in Khakee, he said, Mahalakshmi is simply bad, with no excuses.

So the twist stayed a secret until the audience watched the movie.

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