Story of movie Aks 2001 Film :
Aks (English: Reflection) is a 2001 Indian Hindi supernatural thriller film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra starring Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon and Manoj Bajpayee in the lead roles. Although the film won critical acclaim, it failed to perform at the box office. Bachchan received his first Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance.
| Aks | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra |
| Produced by | Amitabh Bachchan Jhamu Sughand |
| Written by | Rensil D'Silva Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Kamlesh Pandey |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Raveena Tandon Manoj Bajpayee Nandita Das |
| Music by | Anu Malik Ranjit Barot |
| Cinematography | Kiran Deohans |
| Edited by | P.S. Bharthi |
| Distributed by | Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited |
Release date |
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Running time | 184 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Screenplay
Aks is a supernatural thriller centering on two characters — Manu Verma, the cop, and Raghavan, the shadowy killer.
Raghavan is caught and, as he is about to be executed by hanging, his spirit goes into Manu Verma's body and starts to manipulate the cop into performing acts that Raghavan wanted to perform. But he couldn't save himself. He goes to another town but is not able to find peace.
Eventually, Raghavan's spirit leaves Manu's body. Everything seems to be normal. Manu & his family go on vacation. Unfortunately, Raghavan's spirit is still alive to conquer Manu's friend's body.
- Amitabh Bachchan ... Insp. Manu Verma
- Raveena Tandon ... Neeta
- Manoj Bajpayee ... Raghavan Ghatge
- Nandita Das ... Supriya Verma
- K.K. Raina ... Mahadevan Ghatge
- Kamal Chopra ... ACP Pradhan
- Tanvi Azmi ... Madhu Pradhan
- Vineet Kumar ... Narang
- Pramod Moutho ... 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
- Amol Palekar ... Minister
Aks is the directorial debut of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Amitabh Bachchan sported a French beard to portray his character.
| Aks | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Anu Malik | |
| Released | 16 April 2001 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 45:55 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Saregama |
The music was composed by Anu Malik and Ranjit Barot for the album. Lyrics were penned by Gulzar. Sunder of Planet Bollywood praised the album for being experimental and creative in nature and gave it a rating of 9 out of 10. Sukanya Verma of Rediff appreciated the album saying that Aks is a "captivating album with funky, experimental, new age music".
| Tracklist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Yeh Raat" | Anupama | 06:06 |
| 2. | "Raat Aati Hain" | Shubha Mudgal | 06:20 |
| 3. | "Aaja Gufaon Mein Aa" | KK & Vasundhara Das | 05:23 |
| 4. | "Hum Bhool Gaye" (Male Vocals) | Hariharan | 05:23 |
| 5. | "Banda Bindas" | KK | 03:36 |
| 6. | "Bhala Bura" | Amitabh Bachchan | 03:47 |
| 7. | "Hum Bhool Gaye" (Female Vocals) | Chitra | 05:09 |
| 8. | "Ramleela" | Amitabh Bachchan, Nandita Das & Kavita Mundra | 05:20 |
| 9. | "Rabba Rabba" (Duet) | Vasundhara Das & Sukhwinder Singh | 04:51 |
| Total length: | 45:55 | ||
The Hindu praised the cinematography and music of the film along with the acting performances of all actors, specially Amitabh Bachchan. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised the visuals and music of the film but criticized the film for being too complicated and slow. Taran gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5. It was well received by critics. Amitabh Bachchan got Filmfare Best Actor (Critics) award for this film.
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