Rakht (2004)

A young widow named Drishti lives in a small remote village. She has the gift of reading tarot cards and seeing into the future and so she decides to run a small business telling fortunes. ... See full summary »

Director:

Mahesh Manjrekar

Writers:

Deepak Kulkarni (dialogue), Deepak Kulkarni (story),

Stars:

Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Bipasha Basu

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sanjay Dutt	...	Rahul
Sunil Shetty	...	Mohit (as Suniel Shetty)
Bipasha Basu	...	Dhristi
Dino Morea	...	Sunil Trehan 'Sunny'
Himanshu Malik	...	Abhigyan Gupta
Amrita Arora	...	Natasha Singh
Neha Dhupia	...	Mrs. Rhea Trehan
Rajat Bedi	...	ACP Ranbir Singh
Payal Rohatgi	...	Tanya
Sharat Saxena	...	Mayor Raja Bahadur
Sachin Khedekar	...	Defending Lawyer
Shivaji Satam	...	Dhristi's Father
Yana Gupta	...	Dancer (song "Oh! What a Babe!")
Atul Kale
Shashikala	...	Dhristi's Grandmother (as Shasikala)

Storyline

A young widow named Drishti lives in a small remote village. She has the gift of reading tarot cards and seeing into the future and so she decides to run a small business telling fortunes. People who come for her help include Riya, who is abused by her husband, Sunny. But when Drishti advises Riya to leave him, Sunny begins to threaten her. Then there is Natasha. She is engaged to Rahul, who happens to be the headmaster of the school that Drishti's eight year old son attends. But one day, a shocked Drishti catches Natasha with another man during a party. A few days later, Natasha goes missing. The police are unable to find her. So Rahul turns to Drishti for help. Drishti, however, has a vision of her dead body, and a lake. She is scoffed upon by the local Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ranbir Singh, nevertheless the police do drag the lake at Natasha's dad insistence and recover Natasha's dead body. The primary suspect is "Sunny", who is arrested, tried in court, found guilty, and ...

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Plot Keywords:

dead body | widow | tarot card | blood | psychic | 

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Taglines:

What if you know the future?

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Popcorn Motion Pictures [in] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

September 2004 (India)

Box Office

Budget:

INR 11,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cine Blitz Productions, Popcorn Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of The Gift (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Kya Maine Socha"
Written by Shaan
Composed by Blue
Performed by Shaan and Blue
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

So what if it's a remake?

I don't understand why so many people get bent over if a movie is a remake or not. If the movie just remake everything right then it'll be enjoyable.

Sure the movie is a remake of Hollywood's The Gift. So what! Even Hollywood movies had been remade before. No big deal.

While watching the film, flashback of the original movie The Gift kept popping in my mind. It didn't bother me. I just like to see how Bollywood would pull this off.

I loved Rakht. Bips is a natural and is the best. Everyone in the film fitted perfectly. Some argued that Suniel's character was strange but not me. He was awesome. The only person I was disappointed in is Yana Gupta! Yes, she's there for an item number but I felt her item number was overrated. Give me "One Love" any day!

This is a Bollywood style movie so that's why it has a "happy" ending.