Aks (2001 film)

Aks
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Produced by Amitabh Bachchan
Jhamu Sughand
Written by Rensil D'Silva
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Kamlesh Pandey
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Raveena Tandon
Manoj Bajpayee
Nandita Das
Music by Anu Malik
Ranjit Barot
Cinematography Kiran Deohans
Edited by P.S. Bharthi
Distributed by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited
Release date
  • 13 July 2001 (2001-07-13)
Running time
 184 mins
Country India
Language Hindi

Aks (English: Reflection) is a 2001 Indian Hindi supernatural thriller film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra starring Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon and Manoj Bajpayee in the lead roles. Although the film won critical acclaim, it failed to perform at the box office. Bachchan received his first Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance.

Plot 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.

Eventually, Raghavan's spirit leaves Manu's body. Everything seems to be normal. Manu & his family go on vacation. Unfortunately, Raghavan's spirit is still alive to conquer Manu's friend's body.

Cast

Production

Aks is the directorial debut of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Amitabh Bachchan sported a French beard to portray his character.[1]

Soundtrack

Aks
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik
Released 16 April 2001 (2001-April-16)[2]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 45:55
Language Hindi
Label Saregama

The music was composed by Anu Malik and Ranjit Barot for the album. Lyrics were penned by Gulzar. Sunder of Planet Bollywood praised the album for being experimental and creative in nature and gave it a rating of 9 out of 10.[3] Sukanya Verma of Rediff appreciated the album saying that Aks is a "captivating album with funky, experimental, new age music".[4]

Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Yeh Raat"Anupama06:06
2."Raat Aati Hain"Shubha Mudgal06:20
3."Aaja Gufaon Mein Aa"KK & Vasundhara Das05:23
4."Hum Bhool Gaye" (Male Vocals)Hariharan05:23
5."Banda Bindas"KK03:36
6."Bhala Bura"Amitabh Bachchan03:47
7."Hum Bhool Gaye" (Female Vocals)Chitra05:09
8."Ramleela"Amitabh Bachchan, Nandita Das & Kavita Mundra05:20
9."Rabba Rabba" (Duet)Vasundhara Das & Sukhwinder Singh04:51
Total length:45:55

Reception

The Hindu praised the cinematography and music of the film along with the acting performances of all actors, specially Amitabh Bachchan.[5] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised the visuals and music of the film but criticized the film for being too complicated and slow. Taran gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5.[6] It was well received by critics. Amitabh Bachchan got Filmfare Best Actor (Critics) award for this film.

References

  1. ↑ "Amitabh Bachchan: 'Aks' gave me my French beard permanently". The Times of India. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Aks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes.
  3. ↑ "Aks Music Review". Planet Bollywood.
  4. ↑ "Music Review - Aks - A Haunting Melody". Rediff.
  5. ↑ "Film Review: Aks". The Hindu.
  6. ↑ "Aks Review by Taran Adarsh". Bollywood Hungama.
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