Starring <strong>Naseeruddin Shah, Sonu Sood, Neha Dhupia, Amit Sadh, Vinay Pathak</strong> Written & Directed by <strong>Kabeer Kaushik</strong> Rating: <strong>*** ?</strong> With a kind of brisk businesslike immediacy and the least amount of fuss <em>Maximum</em> takes us into the world of encounter killings and the internecine war in Mumbai’s police department which threatens to destroy the very institution built to mend the wounds and fissures in the social fabric.

Though there have been whispers galore of encounter-cop Pradeep Sharma being the hero of the new cop film <em>Maximum</em>, we now have it from a source extremely close to the film that Sonu Sood’s character is based completely on Sharma and that in fact, Sood and the <em>Maximum</em> director Kabir Kaushik have taken Sharma fully into confidence to get the details from the real-life ‘encounter’ cop’s story right.

Beautiful and gorgeous Neha Dhupia is super excited about her role in the upcoming movie, <em>Maximum</em>. “I play a de-glam housewife (Supriya) married to an encounter specialist cop Pratap (Sonu Sood). Full credit to Kabir for visualizing me for the role; most people prefer to cast me in some other light roles like <em>Julie</em> and <em>Sheesha</em>,” she shared with <em>Tellychakkar.com</em>.