Naksha
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| Naksha | |
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 Movie poster for Naksha |
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| Directed by | Sachin Bajaj |
| Produced by | Akshay Bajaj |
| Written by | Milap Zaveri Tushar Hiranandani |
| Narrated by | Anil Kapoor |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Vivek Oberoi Sameera Reddy Jackie Shroff |
| Music by | Pritam |
| Cinematography | Vijay Arora |
| Editing by | Sanjay Sankla |
| Distributed by | Om Films Pvt. Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 8 September 2006 |
| Running time | 126 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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Naksha is a Bollywood film that released on September 8th. 2006. The film is directed by Sachin Bajaj and stars Sunny Deol, Vivek Oberoi,Sameera Reddy and Jackie Shroff.
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[edit] Synopsis
The story begins with the search of an archeologist named Kapil Malhotra to who has an ancient map, which leads to the armour of Karna taken by Indra in the epic story Mahabharata. Years later after Acharya's death, his son Vicky (Vivek Oberoi), aided by a copy of the same map that he comes across by chance, leaves on a journey to discover what it was that his father dedicated his life in searching.
The re-emergence of this quest attracts the evil forces, as Vicky is abducted. Help comes in the guise of Vicky’s elder step-brother Veer (Sunny Deol), who is sent there by Vicky’s mother to get Vicky back. Vicky is grateful to be rescued but not pleased about his brother’s mission to take him back.
Now starts a hilarious tug of war between the two brothers. Along this journey through the dense forests, high mountains and deep ravines, they encounter one more ally,a girl named Ria (Sameera Reddy). Pursued by the forces of darkness, this trio sets off on the journey to unravel the mystery behind the map and here unfolds an adventure.
[edit] Cast
- Sunny Deol ... Veer
- Vivek Oberoi ... Vicky
- Sameera Reddy ... Ria
- Jackie Shroff ... Bali
- Trilok Malhotra ... Professor Kapil Malhotra
[edit] Response
[edit] Critical
The movie received extremely poor reviews by most critics. The film's flawed story and performances were especially criticized. The film's sets and action however drew praise. Most critics noted that the film's plot bore a canny similarity to Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Rundown.
[edit] Box Office
The movie performed quite well at the box office at small centres but did below average business in big cities . The movie overall grossed Rs 10,43,00,000 (as of 12 October 2006) in India a decent gross. However considering the film's high budget it did not recover its costs.
[edit] Trivia
- The role of Ria was initially offered to Amrita Rao but she declined the offer as she was filming for Vivah.
- The plot is similar to The Rock's movie The Rundown.
