Lokhandwala Complex

Lokhandwala Complex, also known as Lokhandwala, is a large, upmarket, and affluent residential and commercial neighborhood in Andheri West suburb in Mumbai, India. It is approximately 5 km from Andheri station. The name "Lokhandwala" comes from the name of the developer, with the construction firm being Lokhandwala Constructions Pvt. Ltd. It was the primary developer of the suburb of Versova, which was previously a marshland. It is also the starting point of Line 6 of the city's metro system.

Lokhandwala
Neighbourhood
Lokhandwala
Coordinates: 19.130815°N 72.82927°E / 19.130815; 72.82927
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
City	Mumbai
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	400053
Area code	022
Vehicle registration	MH-02

Lokhandwala Complex shootout

Main article: 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout

Lokhandwala Complex featured in the news headlines when on 16 November 1991, then Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Aftab Ahmed Khan, head of the ATS led a force of 100 police and ATS officers and engaged in a firefight with seven gangsters who were present in the Swati building within the complex. In the ensuing shootout which lasted four hours, 450 rounds were exchanged and all seven gangsters were killed, including Maya Dolas, Dilip Buwa and Anil Pawar.

This event was the basis for the 2007 Hindi film Shootout at Lokhandwala.^[1] The movie was starring Sanjay Dutt as ACP Aftab Ahmed Khan, Vivek Oberoi as Maya Dolas, Tushar Kapoor as Dilip Buwa and Amrita Singh as Maya's mother Ratnaprabha Dolas. The movie also featured the real-life former ACP Aftab Ahmed Khan in a cameo role as his superior, the police commissioner S. Ramamurthy.^[2]