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Aks (2001 film)

Aks (2001 film)

Aks (transl. Reflection) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language supernaturalaction thriller film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in his directorial debut. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpayee, and Nandita Das. The film's music was composed by Anu Malik.

Aks was released on 13 July 2001. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics and being declared as a commercial failure, it won three awards at the 47th Filmfare Awards: Best Actor — Critics (Bachchan), Special Award Performance (Tandon), and Best Sound Design (Ranjan). Bachchan and Bajpayee were nominated for the Best Actor and Best Villain awards at the same ceremony as well.