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Image
An Icon
& Brand
Mumbai Police Force is an Icon by value, it is quickly adopted by may be different from what really
itself. An Icon of bravery and sacrifice Bollywood as its own. The bond is happened because of the cinematic
as the 26/11 terrorist attack proved. almost umbilical. Films are a strong liberties that the scriptwriters and
You couldn't have asked for more as medium that have helped create an directors take.
a citizen. Sixteen of its men laid down
their lives. So that we may live in
peace in future.
Mumbai Police is also an Icon of
investigation. There's something
Bulldoggish about its relentless
pursuit of criminals. Ask Inspector
Zhende, or for more solid proof, ask
Charles Shobhraj.
image for the Mumbai policeman
and vice versa. Leave aside the old
classics like 'Zanjeer' and 'Deewar'.
The recent police flicks like Shootout
at Lokhandwala, 'Black Friday',
'Sehar,' 'Company', 'Ab Tak 56',
'Kagaar' and 'Satya' are more or less
based on real-life policemen or reallife
incidents. Although a number of
films officially or unofficially take the
The tough, honest young ACPs Vijay,
Vikram, Rahul or Patnayak they all
belong to Mumbai Police. Every star,
from Amitabh Bachchan to Akshay
Kumar loved to play the cop's role.
When it comes to the Commissioner
of Police, every great actor, from
Dillip Kumar to Paresh Rawal, slid
comfortably into the top cop's
Because of its iconic and brand help of policemen, the end-result starched uniform. Why, they all -
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