Khiladi (english: player) is a 1992 bollywood suspense thriller film directed by abbas mustan. the film was akshay kumar's breakthrough role and also stars ayesha jhulka, deepak tijori, sabeeha. while prem chopra, shakti kapoor, anant mahadevan and johnny lever played supporting roles. khiladi was the first installment in the khiladi (film series) which had khiladi in the title and akshay kumar in the leading role.