Khal Nayak () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action crime film written, directed and produced by Subhash Ghai under Mukta Arts Ltd. The film stars Sanjay Dutt (as antihero), Madhuri Dixit and Jackie Shroff. The plot focuses on the escape and attempted capture of criminal Ballu (Dutt) by Inspector Ram (Shroff) and his cop girlfriend Ganga (Dixit). Khal Nayak is known for its music, especially the song "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai", sung by Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun. The Khal Nayak soundtrack album sold 10million copies, making it one of the year's best-selling Bollywood soundtrack albums, along with Baazigar. Khal Nayak released on 6 August 1993, and became the second highest grossing Hindi film of 1993, surpassed only by Aankhen. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its screenplay, soundtrack and performances of the cast. 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". Plot Balram "Ballu" Prasad, a gangster gets arrested by Inspector Ram, who shows compassion to Ballu while trying to receive information that would lead to the capture of Ballu's mentor Roshida. However, Ballu doesn't speak and later promises to escape from prison. While visiting his officer girlfriend Ganga, Ram learns that Ballu has escaped from prison and his reputation is in tatters as the media portrays him as an duty-neglected officer. 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 business due to poverty and circumstances, and tries to rehabilitate him while on the run. Meanwhile, Ballu begins to fall in love with Ganga, but becomes enraged when he finds out she doesn't love him and is a cop. Ganga continues to help Ballu as she has seen good in him. Meanwhile, Ram approaches Ballu's mother for help and realises that Ballu is actually his childhood friend. Ballu's mother and Ballu reveals that Roshan Da used their poverty to corrupt Ballu and had killed Ballu's sister where he placed the blame on the cops. Enraged, Ballu kills the officer thus gets spiraled into a life of crime. Afraid that