Naksha

Naksha
Movie poster
Directed by	Sachin Bajaj
Produced by	Akshay Bajaj
Written by	Milap Zaveri Tushar Hiranandani
Starring	Sunny Deol Vivek Oberoi Sameera Reddy Jackie Shroff
Narrated by	Anil Kapoor
Music by	Pritam
Cinematography	Vijay Arora
Edited by	Sanjay Sankla
Distributed by	Om Films Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	8 September 2006 (2006-09-08)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Naksha ([Translation: Map) is a 2006 Bollywood fantasy action adventure film. The film is directed by Sachin Bajaj and stars Sunny Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy and Jackie Shroff. The film was inspired by The Rundown.

The role of Ria was initially offered to Amrita Rao but she declined the offer as she was filming for Vivah. Aamir Khan was considered for Vicky's role before Vivek Oberoi.

Plot

Youngster Vicky (Vivek Oberoi) lives with his mother (Navni Parihar). A lawyer shows up to speak with his mother about their father's old bungalow in the Uttarakhand hills. Vicky arrives at the bungalow and discovers a secret cache behind one of the photographs. And in the cache lies a replica of a map, made by his father who was once killed unlocking a mystery of treasure. Eventually some of his father's murderers discover Vicky, and abduct him. In the meantime, Vicky's mother visits the professor's first wife (Suhasini Mulay). The professor's son by this wife, Veer Malhotra (Sunny Deol), is a forest officer in Uttarakhand. Vicky's mother requests Veer's mother to seek Veer's assistance in finding Vicky and bringing him back. While thugs bring Vicky to Bali. As Bali is about to have Vicky executed, Veer drops in and rescues Vicky. Determined to obtain the map at any cost, Bali's men give chase to Vicky and Veer: the chase takes them through the dense jungles of Uttarakhand to the foothills of the Himalayas. They rescue Riya (Sameera Reddy) from a river rafting accident. Bali and his men capture Vicky and Veer, and slaughter the pygmies. Bali reveals that the map describes the location of a powerful device: the armour and ear rings of the mythical warrior Karna (of the Mahabharata). This armour will make the wearer invincible and all powerful. Vicky and Veer escape. Vicky and Veer arrive at the final destination, only to find that Bali has beaten them to it. Endowed with divine strength, the evil Bali easily overpowers Vicky and Veer and prepares to kill them. Vicky and Veer exploit the flaw (that the armour needs sunlight for its powers, which are lost at sunset. Based on the mythological fact that the sun God is the father of Karna) to defeat Bali and restore the armour. They escape the temple just in time before it comes crashing down, thus sealing it off forever.

Cast

• Sunny Deol as Veer Malhotra
• Vivek Oberoi as Vicky Malhotra
• Sameera Reddy as Riya
• Jackie Shroff as Baali

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Pritam. The lyrics were written by Sameer apart from the song 'U n I' which was penned by Mayur Puri. The album consisting of 11 tracks was released by Saregama on 24 July 2006.^[1]

All lyrics written by Sameer (except where noted); all music composed by Pritam.

References

External links

• Naksha on IMDb
• Official website