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 dates	8 September 2006 (2006-09-08)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Naksha [Translation: Map] is a 2006 Bollywood suspense 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.

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 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

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. 

Response

Junta avoided the movie, primarily due to the showcasing of Vivek & Sam, as the leads; the semi-old guns still did the job - Sunny Boy & Jackie Man. Taking a closer look, ignoring the small little vices and the movie holds a charm. The elevating factor of the movie is the sparkling personalities of the 3 main stars and how well they work off each other. It's not unlike the teaming of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in the Road pictures. And the entrance of Jackie Shroff as the villain has to be awarded cult status as the camera at 1st only focuses on his boots and long strides!

Critical

The movie received extremely poor reviews by most critics. The film's flawed story and performances were especially criticized. The sets and action, however, drew praise. As Lala Amarnath would say, "Not Bad, Not Too Bad At All"

Box office

The film recovered its costs, despite being panned by the critics, which yet again proves the point that India is still a democracy, at least as far as the movies` go - majority wins.

References

External links

• Naksha at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website