Khaali Peeli is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language is super flop odd masala film directed by Maqbool Khan, written by Yash Keswani & Sima Agarwal and produced by Ali Abbas Zafar, Zee Studios and Offside Entertainment.
[6] Set in 2007, the story is about two childhood sweethearts Pooja (Ananya Panday) and Blackie (Ishaan Khatter) who get separated due to certain circumstances when they were kids.
Blackie, born Vijay, has a criminal mind since childhood when he planned a jewellery heist with his father, but was caught by the police.
Pooja, who is a prostitute (& is to be married to a long term client of hers, Choksi Seth (Swanand Kirkire) who has fallen in love with her), decides to escape the brothel on turning 18, with a bag full of stolen money.
Khala (Vaishali Thakkar) is Pooja's madam and is in a soup with don Yusuf Chikna (Jaideep Ahlawat) who owns the brothel.
Ten years ago Yusuf had taken Blackie under his wing and he first met Pooja (when she was still a child) at the brothel.
He was named Blackie as he used to sell cinema tickets in black for Yusuf as his start in the criminal underworld.
In the car he gets info on a taxi driver who stabbed a union leader and a girl who robbed a jewellery store.
Pooja runs into them and hides while a customer calls the police, which goes to the station where Bhim Singh is in charge.
Blackie knows he is dead in every scenario, so he calls Tawde for a meeting and agrees to get him Yusuf in exchange for his and Pooja's freedom.
[13] News18 India said "It seems despite the Black Lives Matter movement, the hashtags and the social media outrage, Bollywood hasn't learned much about racism".
Devansh Sharma from Firstpost wrote, "After Beyond The Clouds and Dhadak, Khatter puts on display yet another side of his multifaceted personality.
But rather than mimicking his idols, Khatter invents his style in conformity with a Mumbai taxi driver on a steady diet of Bollywood films for years — and makes a meal of it.
"[23] Soumya Srivastava from Hindustan Times stated, "Khaali Peeli is a concoction that can only be brewed in the belly of Bollywood.
With one chase sequence following on the tails of another, director Maqbool Khan ensures not a single moment is without its adrenaline dialled up to an 11.
"[24] Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express said, "Khaali Peeli knows that it needs to refresh the tropes it is up against, and manages to do so only some of the time in its two-hour duration.
"[25] Uma Ramasubramanian from Mid-Day wrote, "Khaali Peeli is the perfect package for Khatter, who gets to showcase his dancing skills, action, drama, romance, comedy and biceps.
[15] News18 India said, "It seems despite the Black Lives Matter movement, the hashtags and the social media outrage, Bollywood hasn't learned much about racism".