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	Director: Rakesh Mehra
	Producer: AB Corp, Flick Motions
	Music: Anu Malik
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Debutant director Rakesh Mehra tries a stylish flick with Aks-The reflection, and succeeds to quite extent in setting trend of Hollywoodisque style. The Film shot in a classic suspense.

It shows the Indian Home Minister visiting Hungary with Manu Verma
(Amitabh Bachchan) a security officer. Second shot shows the minister being shot by Manu. But the actual killer is somebody called Raghavan (Manoj Bajpai), who wears Manu's mask. Raghawan is a Psychopath, who's mentally challenged brother is a mask expert.

The story then shifts to Delhi, where Verma unearths a plot to assassinate the PM. The movie takes on a bizarre murder spree, which brings Verma to Mumbai. The killer always leaves a small mask for Mannu Verma as a clue. The scene then cuts to Verma's wife Supriya (Nandita Das) and Raghavan's ladylove Neeta (Raveena Tandon) a cabaret dance.

After a struggle Mannu Verma succeeds in capturing the dreaded Raghavan after losing his close buddy. Raghavan refuses to divulge anything about the floppy that consist of the blueprint of the PM's murder. So after a trial, he was sentenced to death. But in a scuffle where, Raghavan tries to flee, Verma shoots him dead. Till this point, the film is captivating. After the interval however, it falters as the script loses its grip.

Manu Verma is posed by Raghavan's spirit and his commits crime to the extent of making love to Neeta, and raping Supriya, his wife. It's at this point the film, actually becomes impossible to accept. Supriya, in order to cure her husband of the spirit, approaches a curer a moral healer (sadhu). The film ends with the usual note of good triumphing over evil. Aks is part-suspense, part-supernatural Off the cast Amitabh Bachchan excels.

He is in one world simply out of the world. After 'Agnipath' this is no doubt one of the best performances. The star cast is the USP of this part-suspense, part-supernatural thriller. Nandita Das plays Amitabh’s youthful wife; while mast-mast girl Raveena Tandon is, as usual, a picture of oomph and glamour.

Raveena’s character has shades of dark. Manoj Bajpai tries to live up to his expectations and succeeds in his attempt. Gulzar and Anu Malik are teaming up for the first time in Aks.