Knock
Out
is
a
fast-paced
thriller
that
happens
in
real
time.
In
just
two
hours-
11am
to
1pm
-
an
enigmatic
vigilante
pulls
off
an
incredible,
mind-blowing
coup
and
a
new
chapter
of
Indian
history
is
written.
Sanjay
Dutt
plays
a
new
age
lone
ranger
who
has
the
latest
weapons
and
gadgets
at
his
fingertips,
and
is
a
man
who
trusts
and
depends
on
no
one.
Working
alone,
he
effortlessly
uses
his
wit,
his
skills
at
hand-to-hand
combat,
and
his
love
for
stealth
technology,
to
manipulate
and
trap
his
elusive
target.
The
target,
played
by
Irrfan,
is
a
street-smart
investment
banker
who
has
made
his
way
to
the
upper
echelons
of
power.
A
man
who
unwittingly
holds
the
key
to
India's
destiny,
Irrfan
is
a
man
consumed
by
his
own
obsessions,
an
extremely
clever
and
unstoppable
foe.
Through
a
brilliant
play
of
truth
and
pretense,
Sanjay
strips
Irrfan
of
his
arrogance
and
attitude,
opens
his
heart
and
confounds
his
brain,
locking
him
in
a
tangle
beyond
redemption...
a
tangle
which
can
only
be
unraveled
one
way...
leading
to
the
biggest
'counter-heist'
in
the
history
of
this
nation.
Hot
on
the
trail
of
these
two
men
is
a
hardnosed
television
journalist,
played
by
Kangana
Ranaut.
She
will
stop
at
nothing...
or
so
she
believes,
till
she
is
faced
with
the
ultimate
call
of
conscience.
Choosing
between
another
man's
life
and
herself...
Choosing
between
the
country
and
her.
And
each
time
she
rises
to
the
occasion,
showing
that
the
new
India
has
its
heart
in
the
right
place,
its
soul
intact.
As
the
film
reaches
its
action-packed
climax,
every
citizen
of
this
country
becomes
a
witness
to
the
live
action
that
unfolds
before
television
cameras.
For
a
nation
that
has
endured
political
thieves
for
six
decades,
this
counter-heist
of
a
massive
scale
wakes
them
up
in
a
way
nothing
has
ever
done
before.
The
film
ends
in
a
huge
wave
of
euphoria.
The
mysterious
vigilante
fights
and
wins
an
impossible
battle,
a
battle
that
raged
not
just
in
the
streets
of
Mumbai
but
also
in
the
minds
of
the
whole
nation.
True
to
style,
he
manages
to
walk
off
into
the
celebrating
multitudes,
his
identity
forever
hidden...
maybe
to
strike
another
day...
and
India
awakens
to
a
new
beginning.
Director:
Mani
Shankar
Cast:
Sanjay
Dutt,
Kangana
Ranaut,
Irrfan
Khan,
Gulshan
Grover,
Rukhsar,
Apoorva
Lakhia,
Sushant
Singh
Story first published: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 17:47 [IST]