Aks (2001)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Rakesh Omprakash Mehra

Writers:

Renzil D'Silva (story)
Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 July 2001 (India)

Genre:

Thriller | Mystery

Tagline:

There is a stranger in your mirror

Plot:

Raghavan Ghatge, a psychotic terrorist, and Manu Verma, the cop who tracks him down, shoot each other simultaneously, the result being that Raghavan's soul is transferred into Verma's body...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Reflection | Mirror | Film With Ambiguous Title | Dark

Awards:

9 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Insp. Manu Verma
Raveena Tandon	...	Neeta
Manoj Bajpai	...	Raghavan Ghatge
Nandita Das	...	Supriya Verma
K.K. Raina	...	Mahadevan Ghatge
Kamal Chopra	...	ACP Pradhan
Tanvi Azmi	...	Madhu Pradhan
Vineeth Kumar	...	Narang
Pramod Muthu	...	Justice Balwant Chaudhry
Salim Ghouse	...	Blind Guru
Veerendra Saxena	...	Hanif Kasai (as Virendra Saxena)
Vijay Raaz	...	Yeda Yakub
Vrajesh Hirjee	...	Raw Officer 1
Gajraj Rao	...	Raw Officer 2
Mithilesh Chaturvedi	...	PM's Aide

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | India:A

Filming Locations:

Royal Castle, Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (A.B.C.L.)

Trivia:

Amol Palekar did the film for purely emotional reasons as scriptwriter Kamlesh Pandey was a good friend of the actor. Kamlesh started his career as a screenplay writer with Palekar's Ankahee (1985).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Yeda Yakub can be seen blinking in the sauna, after Raghavan kills him.

Quotes:

Insp. Manu Verma: Listen, you are not a bad man. You are a demon!

Movie Connections:

References Justice Chowdhary (1982)

nice debut from Rakesh Omprakash Mehra

this movie was pretty good delivers a somewhat different feel. watch this movie it's good and has a good climax the actors director and the music were brilliant a definite listen for your ears basically i liked one song the way it was sung was really great nice thrilling feel to it and especially that weird laugh that the scriptwriters engineered good movie. watch it also i can say that the way the characters were built are good this movie was made by a director who has also made a small clip with the main character who plays Amitabh Bhachchan and this was different but somehow it's good form the other bollywood crap that you see nowadays enjoy this movie worth the watch.