Villain) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action crime film written, directed and produced by Subhash Ghai under Mukta Arts Ltd.

The plot focuses on the escape and attempted capture of criminal Ballu (Dutt) by sub-Inspector Ram (Shroff) and his cop girlfriend Ganga (Dixit).

Khal Nayak is known for its music, especially the controversial song "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai", sung by Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun.

At the 39th Filmfare Awards, Khal Nayak received a leading 11 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Ghai), Best Actor (Dutt), Best Actress (Dixit) and Best Supporting Actor (Shroff), and won 2 awards – Best Female Playback Singer (Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun) and Best Choreography (Saroj Khan), both for the song "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai".

In an attempt to restore Ram's reputation, Ganga goes undercover as a street-girl, and realizes that Ballu is a kind-hearted person, who turned to crime due to his circumstances.

Following Roshan Da's death, Ballu proclaims himself the new boss, but his girlfriend informs him that Ganga is about to go on trial for aiding him.

Background The movie's director, Subhash Ghai wanted to make an art film with Nana Patekar.

Anil Kapoor was keen to play the antagonist's character, but Ghai told him, you will not suit it and the film will fail.

According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 35,00,000 units sold the soundtrack became the third highest-selling album of the year.