‘Race’ is a comedy, thriller and action film directed by Abbas-Mustan. It is loosely based on the 1998 Hollywood movie Goodbye Lover. The film became the fourth highest grossing Bollywood film of the year 2008. The film was dubbed into Tamil as ‘Panthayam’ and in Telugu as ‘Race Telugu’. The director duo is directing the sequel ‘Race 2’ set to release in 2011. The film starred Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, and Katrina Kaif in pivotal roles.