Aks (अक्स) 2001

Published on April 8, 2013 in Cinema

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Banner	Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited
Director	Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Writer	Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Producer	Amitabh Bachchan
Production executive	Shyam P.S.
Orginal music	Anu Malik & Ranjit Barot
Cinematography	Kiran Deohans
Film Editing	P.S. Bharthi
Art Director	Samir Chanda
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Assistant Cameramen	Arvind Singh
Playback Singers	Vasundhara Das, K.K , Chitra, Hariharan, Shubha Mudgal , Sukhwinder Singh , Amitabh Bachchan , Nandita Das, Kavita Mundra, Anupama

Character	Actor / Actress
Insp. Manu Verma	Amitabh Bachchan
Neeta	Raveena Tandon
Raghavan Ghatge	Manoj Bajpayee
Supriya Verma	Nandita Das
Mahadevan Ghatge	K.K. Raina
ACP Pradhan	Kamal Chopra
Madhu Pradhan	Tanvi Azmi
Narang	Vineeth Kumar
Justice Balwant Chaudhry	Pramod Moutho
Blind Guru	Salim Ghouse
Hanif Kasai	Veerendra Saxena
Yeda Yakub	Vijay Raaz
Raw Officer 1	Vrajesh Hirjee
Raw Officer 2	Gajraj Rao
PM's Aide	Mithilesh Chaturvedi
Deepu Pradhan	Surte Aditya
Prime Minister	Mohan Agashe
The Defence Minister	Amol Palekar
Inspector Arjun Srivastava	Abhimanyu Singh
Geeta Varma	Gargi Vegi Raju

Aks is the story of a hunter and his prey. A cop and a killer. Aks is the story of Manu Verma and Raghuvan. The story begins in the heart of Budapest. The Indian Defence minister is on a routine foreign visit. He reveals the true details of his diplomatic trip to his head of Security Manu Verma by informing him about the floppy which has valuable information that could affect the very destiny of the nation. On the other hand Intelligence sources have revealed to Manu Verma that a lone assassin long feared for his ruthlessness has been paid to eliminate the Defence minister. The shadowy figure is called Raguhvan, Manu Verma reaches the Indian Defence Minister just moments too late to save him and finds the statesman in a pool of blood Raguhvan has struck and vanished into thin air. Now the hunter becomes the hunted as Manu Verma tries to find Raghuvan. When he does find him something unexpected happens, which changes both Manu and Raguhvan forever.

The Indian Defence Minister is in the heart of Budapest on a friendly foreign visit. There is however a hidden agenda behind the smiles and handshakes. A floppy that has information that could affect the destiny of the Indian nation. Manu Verma, the head of the Minister's security is informed that an assassin, Raghavan is out to eliminate the Minister. Before the evening is through, Raghavan strikes and vanishes into thin air - and the floppy too. Verma becomes a man obsessed with capturing Raghavan
After the assasination of the Indian Defence Minister, the authorities decide to launch a manhunt for the killer, and assign this case to Inspector Manu Verma. Manu's investigation results in the arrest of a man named Raghavan, who is found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged until death. Quoting wilding from the Holy Bhagvad Geeta, Raghavan is hanged, and Manu returns to his job, his wife and his young daughter. And then Justice Balwant Chaudhry is killed in the same manner Raghavan had killed when he was alive. Before the police could recover, there is another death. This time Inspector Arjun is certain that the killings are done by a person who is copying Raghavan. And the evidence of these killings leads Arjun to none other than Inspector Manu Verma

Release date	13-Jul-01
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Awards of the International Indian Film Academy

2002 Award for Technical Excellence Best Special Effects Paul Sims
Nominated Popular Award Actor in a Leading Role Amitabh Bachcha
Performance in a Negative Role Manoj Bajpayee

Filmfare Awards

2002 Filmfare Award Best Actor - Critics Amitabh Bachchan
Best Background Score Ranjit Barot
Best Sound Recording Rakesh Ranjan
Special Award Raveena Tandon
Nominated Filmfare Award Best Actor Amitabh Bachchan
Best Playback Singer - Female Vasundhara Das For the song "Rabba Rabba".
Best Villain/Villainess Manoj Bajpayee

Screen Weekly Awards

2002 Screen Best Background Score Ranjit Barot
Best Performance in a Negative Role Manoj Bajpayee
Best Supporting Actress Raveena Tandon
Nominated Screen Best Actor Amitabh Bachchan
Best Art Direction Samir Chanda
Best Choreography Raju Sundaram For the song "Aaja Gufaaonmein Aa"
Best Cinematography Kiran Deohans
Best Editing P.S. Bharthi
Best Playback Singer - Female Anupama For the song "Yeh Raat".
Best Special Effects Paul Sims

Zee Cine Awards

2002 Popular Award Best Villain Manoj Bajpayee
Nominated Popular Award Best Actor Amitabh Bachchan
Best Playback Singer Female Vasundhara Das For the song "Aaja Gunfa Mein".

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