Aks (film)

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Aks
Directed by	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Produced by	Amitabh Bachchan Jhamu Sughand
Written by	Renzil D'Silva Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Kamlesh Pandey
Starring	Manoj Bajpai Amitabh Bachchan Nandita Das Raveena Tandon
Music by	Anu Malik Ranjit Barot
Cinematography	Kiran Deohans
Editing by	P.S. Bharti
Distributed by	Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd.
Release date(s)	13 July 2001
Running time	184 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi
IMDb profile

Aks (Hindi: अक्स, marketed in English as "The Reflection") is a Bollywood movie that released in 2001. The film is directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who later directed Rang De Basanti.

[edit] Synopsis

Aks is a supernatural thriller centering on two main 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 gets into Manu Verma's body and starts to manipulate Manu Verma in performing acts that Raghavan wanted to perform. It was rated highly by critics.

[edit] Cast

• Manoj Bajpai .... Raghavan Ghatge
• Amitabh Bachchan.... Insp. Manu Verma
• Nandita Das .... Supriya Verma
• Raveena Tandon .... Neeta
• K.K. Raina .... Mahadevan Ghatge
• Kamal Chopra .... ACP Pradhan
• Tanvi Azmi .... Madhu Pradhan
• Vineet 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
• Amol Palekar .... The Minister

[edit] External links

• Aks at the Internet Movie Database