Aks movie is a 2001 Indian Hindi supernatural crime thriller film directer is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Producer are Amitabh Bachchan,Jhamu Sughand under banner of Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited. This film leading stars cast are Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon and Manoj Bajpayee.
Aks movie is released on 13th July, 2001 with positive critical reviews,However the box office wise unsuccessful. Amitabh Bachchan won his first Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Special Award Performance goes to Raveena Tandon, and Best Sound Design goes to Ranjit Ranjan. Amitabh and Mano Bajpayee were nominated for the Best Actor and Best Villain at the same ceremony as well.
Aks is the directorial debut of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Amitabh Bachchan first time in his career sported a French beard to portray his character.
- Directer: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Producer: Amitabh Bachchan,Jhamu Sughand
- Writer: Rensil D’Silva,Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,Kamlesh Pandey
- Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpayee, Nandita Das
- Music: Anu Malik,Ranjit Barot
- Cinematography: Kiran Deohans
- Editor: P.S. Bharthi
- Distributor: Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited
- Genres: Action, Crime , Thriller
- Release date: 13 July 2001
- Running time: 184 mins
- Country: India
- Language: Hindi
Aks movie scene
Star cast of the film
- Amitabh Bachchan as a Insp. Manu Verma
- Raveena Tandon as a Neeta
- Manoj Bajpayee as a Raghavan Ghatge (as Manoj Bajpai)
- Nandita Das as a Supriya Verma
- K.K. Raina as a Mahadevan Ghatge
- Kamal Chopra as a ACP Pradhan
- Tanvi Azmi as a Madhu Pradhan
- Vineet Kumar as a Narang (as Vinit Kumar)
- Pramod Moutho as a Justice Balwant Chaudhry (as Pramod Muthu)
- Salim Ghouse as a Blind Guru
- Virendra Saxena as a Hanif Kasai
- Vijay Raaz as a Yeda Yakub
- Vrajesh Hirjee as a Raw Officer 1
- Gajraj Rao as a Raw Officer 2
- Mithilesh Chaturvedi as a PM’s Aide
- Surte Aditya as a Deepu Pradhan
- Mohan Agashe as a Prime Minister
- Omkaar
- Amol Palekar as a The Defence Minister
- Abhimanyu Singh as a Inspector Arjun Srivastava (as Singh Abhimanyu Shekhar)
- Gargi Vegi Raju as a Geeta Varma
- Kunal Kapoor as a Extra
Aks full movie watch online
Aks movie Songs / Music
This film music composer is Anu Malik while Background score composer is Ranjit Barot. Lyricist is Gulzar.
Sunder of Planet Bollywood appreciated the music album for being experimental and creative in nature and gave it a rating of 9 out of 10.
Sukanya Verma of Rediff appreciated the album saying that Aks is a “captivating album with funky, experimental, new age music”.
- “Yeh Raat”…………….Anupama
- “Raat Aati Hain”…………..Shubha Mudgal
- “Aaja Gufaon Mein Aa”…………….KK & Vasundhara Das
- “Hum Bhool Gaye” (Male Vocals)…………Hariharan
- “Banda Bindas”………….KK
- “Bhala Bura”………………………Amitabh Bachchan
- “Hum Bhool Gaye” (Female Vocals)………..Chitra
- “Ramleela”……………………Amitabh Bachchan, Nandita Das & Kavita Mundra
- “Rabba Rabba” (Duet)…………..Vasundhara Das & Sukhwinder Singh
“Yeh Raat” full video song
- Singers : Annupamaa
- Music Director : Anu Malik
- Lyricist : Gulzar
“Rabba Rabba” full video song
- Singers : Vasundhara Das & Sukhwinder Singh
- Music Director : Anu Malik
- Lyricist : Gulzar
“Banda Bindas” full video song
Awards and Nominations
47th Filmfare Awards
- Best Actor…………Amitabh Bachchan——-Nomination
- Best Actor (Critics)………..Amitabh Bachchan…..Won
- Special Award………………Raveena Tandon…..Won
- Best Sound Design………..Ranjit Ranjan…..Won
- Best Background Score…..Ranjit Barot…..Won
- Best Actor in a Negative Role…..Manoj Bajpayee–Nomination
Box office collection
- First Day-Sunday……..1 crores
- 2nd Day Saturday…….0.89 crores
- 3rd Day Sunday……….1.08 crores
- First Weekend………….2.97 crores
- Monday……………………0.62 crores
- Tuesday……………………0.57 crores
- First Week…………………5.15 crores
- Lifetime India (net)……..8 crores
- Worldwide Gross……….16 crores
- Aks movie Budget………10 crores
- Aks movie Verdict………FLOP