Naksha

Naksha
Movie poster for Naksha
Directed by	Sachin Bajaj
Produced by	Akshay Bajaj
Written by	Milap Zaveri Tushar Hiranandani
Narrated by	Anil Kapoor machaan pochaan
Starring	Sunny Deol Vivek Oberoi Sameera Reddy Jackie Shroff
Music by	Pritam
Cinematography	Vijay Arora
Editing by	Sanjay Sankla
Distributed by	Om Films Pvt. Ltd.
Release date(s)	8 September 2006
Running time	126 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Naksha is a 2006 Bollywood film. The film is directed by Sachin Bajaj and stars Sunny Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy and Jackie Shroff.

The role of Ria was initially offered to Amrita Rao but she declined the offer as she was filming for Vivah. The plot is similar to The Rock's movie The Rundown.The magnificent costumes of the movie were created by Simple Kapadia.

Synopsis

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 Uttaranchal 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 Uttaranchal. 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 Uttaranchal 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

Actor/Actress	Role
Sunny Deol	Veer Malhotra
Vivek Oberoi	Vicky
Sameera Reddy	Riya
Jackie Shroff	Bali

Response

Critical

The movie received extremely poor reviews by most critics. The film's flawed story and performances were especially criticized. The film's sets and action however drew praise. Most critics noted that the film's plot bore a canny similarity to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Rundown.

Box office

The movie flopped miserably in all centres grossing shameful 1 crore only. However considering the film's high budget it did not recover its costs.

External links

• Naksha at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website