Aankhen (2002 film)

Infobox Film
name = Aankhen


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caption = Film poster
director = Vipul Amrutlal Shah
producer = Gaurang Doshi
writer = Shobhana Desai
Aatish Kapadia
Vipul Amrutlal Shah
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starring = Amitabh Bachchan
Akshay Kumar
Sushmita Sen
Arjun Rampal
Paresh Rawal
music = Jatin-Lalit
Aadesh Shrivastav
cinematography = Ashok Mehta
editing = Shirish Kunder
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released = March 27 2002
runtime = 165 min.
country = India
language = Hindi / Urdu
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imdb_id = 0306434

Aankhen (Hindi: आँखें, Urdu:آنکھیں, translation: "eyes") is a 2002 Bollywood movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal and Sushmita Sen.

Synopsis

Aankhen is a heist movie based on a Gujarati play 'Andhalo Pato' revolving around a bank robbery committed by three blind men. An obsessive temperamental bank manager (Amitabh Bachchan) loses his job after a shocking and brutal attack on a bank clerk who tried to embezzle money. Angered at losing his job he plots revenge on the bank by intending to stage a heist. He decides to employ three blind men, Vishwas (Akshay Kumar), Ilyaas (Paresh Rawal) and Arjun (Arjun Rampal) after passing by a blind school and enlists the help of Neha (Sushmita Sen) who is a teacher of the blind school to train the trio to do the seemingly impossible heist.

The Film did well at the box office and received critical appreciation for its concept and performance from all casts.

Cast

*Amitabh Bachchan ... Vijay Singh Rajput
*Akshay Kumar ... Vishwas Prajapati
*Arjun Rampal ... Arjun Varma
*Paresh Rawal ... Ilyaas
*Sushmita Sen ... Neha
*Bipasha Basu ... Raina (Special appearance in song)

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