The movie explores the ancient Indian philosophy that the ultimate battlefield for good and evil is nothing but the human body. And the ultimate prize : his soul. Aks is a story of a hunter and his Prey. A cop and a killer. The setting is Budapest (Hungary) and Manu Verma (Amitabh Bachchan), security chief of Indian Defense minister (Amol Palekar) has a job to do. A cold-blooded serial killer Raghavan (Manoj Bajpai) is out to assassinate the minister because he wants a floppy containing the top-secret information. Raghavan kills the minister and flees with the floppy. Raghavan’s next target is the Prime Minister of India. Manu's search for Raghavan takes him from the clean streets of Budapest to the squalor-ridden Mumbai bars where he comes across Raghavan’s confidante Neeta (Raveena Tandon) a svelte bar dancer. After a series of chases, Manu nabs Raghavan. On the day Raghavan is to be executed he makes a desperate bid to escape but Manu foils his attempts. What follows is riveting action sequences before Raghavan is killed in a shoot out. But the question arises – is Raghavan really dead ?
The movie explores the ancient Indian philosophy that the ultimate battlefield for good and evil is nothing but the human body. And the ultimate prize : his soul. Aks is a story of a hunter and his Prey. A cop and a killer. The setting is Budapest (Hungary) and Manu Verma (Amitabh Bachchan), security chief of Indian Defense minister (Amol Palekar) has a job to do. A cold-blooded serial killer Raghavan (Manoj Bajpai) is out to assassinate the minister because he wants a floppy containing the top-secret information. Raghavan kills the minister and flees with the floppy. Raghavan’s next target is the Prime Minister of India. Manu's search for Raghavan takes him from the clean streets of Budapest to the squalor-ridden Mumbai bars where he comes across Raghavan’s confidante Neeta (Raveena Tandon) a svelte bar dancer. After a series of chases, Manu nabs Raghavan. On the day Raghavan is to be executed he makes a desperate bid to escape but Manu foils his attempts. What follows is riveting action sequences before Raghavan is killed in a shoot out. But the question arises – is Raghavan really dead ?
Studio: Unknown
/ 2001