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AANKHEN (2002)

Director: Vipul Shah
Music: Aadesh Shrivastava
Lyrics: Nitin Raikwar, Prasun Joshi & Praveen Bharadwaj
Producer: Gaurang Doshi
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Arjun Ramphal, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal and Aditya Panscholi
Released by: Video Sound
Duration: 167 minutes

RADIOSARGAM.COM DVD RATING:
*****

MOVIE STORY:
Amitabh Bachchan plays a successful and disciplined bank manager who prides himself on his excellent reputation and the respect he commands from customers. Basically an honest man, his main fault lies within his bad temper. Things get a little out of hand when he spots one of his workers cheating a customer in the bank. His temper gets the better of him and he actually raises his hand to the employee. Once the owners of the bank find out about the incident they quickly form a committee and decide to decide to sack Amitabh. With his good name ruined, Amitabh vows revenge against the bank. He decides that he must think of a plan that will hit the bank where it hurts the most - in its safe where all the money is kept. Therefore, he gets together a team of three blind men (Akshay, Arjun and Paresh Rawal) who will help him obtain his vengeance and make a heap of money at the same time!

MOVIE BACKGROUND:
Aankhen is based on a successful Gujerati play called Andhala Pato (roughly translated to Blind Man's Buff). It has become one of this year's better performers at the box office and it also managed to receive some rave reviews from the media. Although it flopped in some cities, it was declared a hit in places such as Mumbai as well as the overseas territories such as the UK and US. The film is well made and features good performances from the star cast. Look out for special appearances from not one but two Bollywood babes: Bipasha Basu (who appears alongside Akshay Kumar) and Kashmira Shah (who does a song in the presence of Paresh Rawail).

DVD FEATURES:
Movie (with English subtitles option)
Chapters
Songs
Dolby Digital 5.1
16x9 Enhanced Anamorphic Widescreen

DVD kindly supplied to Radio Sargam by www.indiandvdfilms.com

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DVD REVIEWED BY ROBEEL HAQ