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Special 26 is a cracker of a film. Con movies are difficult to make, especially when we have seen almost every kind of con on celluloid already. Ocean’s Eleven (2001), The Sting (1973), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Nine Queens (2002) you name it. For the first hour or so I was enjoying it but not quite loving it. It had two thrilling sequences but the rest of it didn’t soar, not to mention the wafer-thin characterization. During the interval, I wished the film would get better. I wanted to know these people more. I wanted to get wowed. Probably even wanted to get fooled. (A good con movie is always one step ahead of us). How many films these days actually do get better? How many films have a strong third act? Special 26 delivers exactly what I wished for. Neeraj Pandey made a strong debut with A Wednesday (2008). A film unanimously loved by everyone and for good reason. I’m guessing the same feat would be repeated as Special 26 shows Pandey was not a one hit wonder. Sure it doesn...

Producer Bhushan Kumar has plans of releasing the first promo of the film Nautanki Saala with the screening of Akshay Kumar's upcoming film Special 26. Bhushan and Akshay have been friends and have a very good relationship for years. Since Bhushan is very excited about Nautanki Saala and ithas been a project which is close to his heart, he had talks with Akshay Kumar to release the promo of Nautanki Saala with Special 26. Bhushan is all set to promote his film in a big way and feels that Special 26 is the right film to release the promos of Nautanki Saala. Producer Bhushan says "Akshay Kumar is a good friend and we have worked a lot before. We decided to attach our first films theatrical trailer with Special 26 as it's massy and very entertaining. T-Series has closely worked with Viacom 18 and Akshay Kumar; they gave an immediate go ahead for this collaboration." A buddy comedy, the film directed by Rohan Sippy, stars Kunal Roy Kapur, Ayushmann Khurrana, Po...

 'Special 26' is based on the Opera House heist in 1987 when men posing as Central Bureau of Investigation officers on a raid walked away with jewellery worth millions of rupees. Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the movie stars Akshay Kumar, Kajal Aggarwal, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill, Rajesh Sharma and Divya Dutta.

 Kajal Aggarwal aka Kajju is one of the fastest rising stars in south India. The Mumbai-based model, who began her acting career with the Vivek Oberoi starrer, 'Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na', found her luck down South. She struck B.O gold with 'Magadheera' and has been riding the high wave since. Kajal has an aura of innocent charm that has brought Tollywood and Kollywood under her spell. Here is a pictorial fact file on the five-feet-six sizzler, whose 'Special 26' will hit screens on Feb 8.

  Actor- producer Akshay Kumar who was famously seen rapping alongside Snoop Dogg for his film Singh Is Kinng has done it again. This time however, Akki will be seen crooning for Neeraj Pandey’s Special 26. In fact Akshay has rendered the romantic song titled ‘Mujhme Tu’ for the film.Apparently, the track ‘Mujhme Tu’ is a very energetic song. To get his vocals right, Akki rehearsed the song for 15 days and recorded it in less than an hour’s time. However, Akshay’s rendition of the track has not yet been added to the album which was launched yesterday. Special 26 which also stars Kajal Aggarwal, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher and Jimmy Sheirgill is slated for release this February.