Aks (film)

Aks
Directed by	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Produced by	Amitabh Bachan Jhamu Sughand
Written by	Rensil D'Silva Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Kamlesh Pandey
Starring	Amitabh Bachan Raveena Tandon Manoj Bajpai Nandita Das
Music by	Anu Malik Ranjit Barot
Cinematography	Kiran Deohans
Editing by	P.S. Bharthi
Distributed by	Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited
Release date(s)	13 July 2001
Running time	184 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Aks (Hindi: अक्स, marketed in English as The Reflection) is a 2001 Hindi film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

Synopsis

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.

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
• 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

Reception

It was well received by critics. Amitabh Bachchan got Filmfare Best Actor (Critics) award for this film.

External links

• Aks at the Internet Movie Database