The Dev of cop films is back

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="27.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/730304.cms" alt="/photo/730304.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Bachchan in </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Dev</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal">This month is a virtual Amitabh Bachchan fest, with four of his films hitting the screens in as many weeks.<br /><br />Next week, Farhan Akhtar’s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Lakshya </span>will see him as an army officer, the week after that will have Bachchan as a prisoner of war in Milan Luthria’s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Deewar</span>. <br /><br />The week after, Bachchan shares screen space with Aishwarya Rai and Vivek Oberoi in Sameer Karnik’s comedy <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kyun?...Ho Gaya Na</span>. <br /><br />And opening this Friday is Govind Nihalani’s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Dev</span>, which sees Bachchan in doing what he does best – play a police official. <br /><br />Unlike the testosterone-packed two cop films – <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Police Force</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Aan</span> -- which opened one after the other in the previous two weeks, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Dev </span>centres more on the internal conflict in the lives of policemen, played by Om Puri and Bachchan. <br /><br />Bachchan plays DCP Dev who is ideologically at loggerheads with his best friend Tej (Puri). <br /><br />Fardeen Khan is a young man whose life, along with that of his girlfriend (Kareena Kapoor), changes after he loses his father to violence. When his actions unwittingly lead to chaos, Dev and Tej are divided over how to tackle the problem. <br /><br />After <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Thakshak</span> (1999), this is Nihalani’s first attempt at mainstream cinema.<br /><br />He last directed the futuristic drama <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Deham</span> (2002), based on Manjula Padmanabhan’s play <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Harvest</span>.</div> </div>