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Star Cast
Aks
Amitabh Bachchan
Manu Verma
Raveena Tandon
Neeta
Nandita Das
Supriya
Manoj Bajpai
Raghavan
Tanvi Azmi
Madhu Pradhan
Salim Ghouse
Blind Guru
Vijay Raaz
Yeda Yakub
Pramod Moutho
Justice Chowdhury
Vrajesh Hirjee
Raw Officer 1
Mohan Agashe
Prime Minister
Virendra Saxena
Hanif Kasai
Raju Sundaram
Amol Palekar
The Defence Minister
Kamal Chopra
ACP Pradhan
Vineet Kumar
Narang
Gajraj Rao
Raw Officer 2
Mithilesh Chaturvedi
PM's Aide
Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh
Inspector Arjun Srivastava
Gargi Vegi Raju
Geeta Varma
K K Raina
Mahadevan Ghatge
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Director:
Rakesh MehraProducer:
Rakesh Mehra, Jhamu Sughand, Amitabh BachchanMusic:
Anu MalikLyrics :
GulzarScreenplay:
Renzil D SilvaStory:
Kamlesh PandeyGenres:
Thriller , MysteryCertification:
Parental guidance suggestedStatus:
CompletedSoundmix:
Dolby Digital / DTS
Plot Summary
Aks
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.
Goofs
Aks
- Revealing mistakes: Yeda Yakub can be seen blinking in the sauna, after Raghavan kills him.
Taglines
Aks
- There is a stranger in your mirror
- There is a stranger in your mirror
Trivias
Aks
- At the age of 58, Amitabh Bachchan jumped from a height of 30 feet, along with co-star Manoj Bajpai, for the waterfall scene in this movie.
- While filming the wolf chase scene, the wolf was actually running after its trainer (who isn't shown in the film) and Manoj was running after the wolf, who was unaware of Manoj running behind him with a knife in his hand. When the wolf realized this, it started chasing Manoj, who just about escaped the wolf's clutches and ran inside his van.
- Director Cameo: [Rakesh Omprakash Mehra] as a passerby in the climactic scene.
- Nandita Das was unhappy the way her role shaped up in the end product and felt cheated by the makers, she stated in a press conference that the role was the complete opposite of what was explained to her.
- Amitabh Bachchan was flying to New Delhi and director Rakesh Omprakash Mehra met him at the airport and gave him the final script of Aks, and asked him to read something while he is flying. When Amitabh got of in New Delhi he rang the director and told him that he is very keen on the idea and wants to start the project.
- The director had 3 stars in mind for the main lead roles, luckily he managed to rope in all 3 first choices for each role.
- Amol Palekar did the film for purely emotional reasons as scriptwriter Kamlesh Pandey was a good friend of the actor. Kamlesh started his career as a screenplay writer with Palekar's Ankahee (1985).
- The original script was called "The Good Versus The Evil". The director discussed it with Abhishek Bachchan who loved it, and suggested he should make this film with his dad Amitabh Bachchan.
Awards
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- Popular Award
Event: Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
Result: Nominated
Category: Performance in a Negative Role
Recipient(s): Manoj Bajpai - Popular Award
Event: Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
Result: Nominated
Category: Actor in a Leading Role
Recipient(s): Amitabh Bachchan - Award for Technical Excellence
Event: Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
Result: Won
Category: Best Special Effects (Visual)
Recipient(s): Paul Sims - Filmfare Award
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Villain/Villainess
Recipient(s): Manoj Bajpai - Filmfare Award
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Playback Singer - Female
Recipient(s): Vasundhara Das - Filmfare Award
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Playback Singer - Female
Recipient(s): Vasundhara Das - Filmfare Award
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Actor
Recipient(s): Amitabh Bachchan - Special Award
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Won
Category:
Recipient(s): Raveena Tandon - Filmfare Award
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Won
Category: Best Sound Recording
Recipient(s): Rakesh Ranjan - Filmfare Award
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Won
Category: Best Background Score
Recipient(s): Ranjit Barot