Special 26 (2013)

i loved this movie its my favorite of all time the story is brilliant the acting performances of each actor are the best i loved it because of my two favorite superstar in Bollywood cinema and in Punjabi cinema they are akshay and jimmy they done fantastic in their roles other did well in their performances the music and songs are good there was so much comedy which was superb good suspense thriller good crime scenes and my rating 10/10

This movie is one of the classics by neeraj pandey.. There are lots of goofs caught in the movie. One particular was that while checking the security, Manoj Bajpaye ask constable to check the cctv camera working or not in last robbery scene at Tribhovan jewllers. But at era of 1987 cctv was not discovered yet.. :) Yet this was much exciting and edge of the seat thriller movie by Neeraj Pandey and all actors are superb.. Complete entertainer. And the main part of story is that the person on whose life this stroy is based is still not caught by police. He is mohan lal and he made the robbery as per last scene in real at opera house Mumbai with help of 26 CBI candidates. Which were recruited by himself with fake interview. Even these candidate didn't know that they have been fooled and unknowingly help this man in robbery.. Hatsoff to this brain

Neeraj Pandey has directed 3 movies as of 2015 and all of them have been thrillers. Special 26 is no exception and it is based on a real life robbery that took place in Opera House, Mumbai in 1987. A trademark of Neeraj Pandey's movies is the brilliant cinematography which makes the visuals exceptional. As the movie is set in 1987, the filmmakers have made a lot of effort to recreate that era and it can be seen in the production design. The movie tends to veer towards the direction of typical Bollywood movies but for the most part it is a taut thriller with solid acting performances. Manoj Bajpayee is the pick of the actors and he is authoritative as the CBI officer. My overall impression of the movie is positive and it is definitely recommended.

This movie could have been a lot better. It supposedly based on a true story, and had potential to be a unique, gritty and thoroughly enjoyable thriller. However, the movie is bogged down in unnecessary romantic angle,silly cons and no character development. This con movie has songs, dances, silly jokes all it is missing is smart characters that are required to carry out such cons and their interesting lives. The movie spend very little time on 3 out of 4 con-men, so we have very little window in their lives or back story about their initiation into such high risk business. Most of the con seems too easy and exaggerated. It is sad commentary on Hindi cinema where such mediocre movie is considered - unique, epic, grand and exciting.