Aamir Khan's crime drama 'Raakh' is screening on Bandra Film Festival
By Rajesh Ahuja
As superstar Aamir Khan celebrates two decades of his iconic Oscar nominated film Lagaan, another of his path breaking films Raakh is currently screening at the Bandra Film Festival.
A dystopian drama , Raakh features Aamir Khan as a young man who, after watching helplessly as his girlfriend is raped by a group of powerful crime lords ,
decides to take revenge on them one by one, Spiralling down into this vortex of vendetta he finds himself being destroyed from the inside.
The film can be watched on the link https://youtu.be/VoP5pUQFaQQ
A path breaking film released three decades ago, Raakh, directed by Aditya Bhattacharya, was a film far ahead of its time.
The film, starring Aamir Khan, Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak and Homi Wadia, was a dystopian drama in which the star plays a young man who watches helplessly as his girlfriend is raped by a group of powerful crime lords and is overwhelmed when they get away with it. He then decides to take revenge on them one by one and spiralling down into this vortex of vendetta he finds himself being destroyed from the inside.
On the screening of the film at the Bandra Film Festival, Raakh Director Aditya Bhattacharya said, "More than three decades later, I am quite overwhelmed by the continuing affection and respect for my first-born, RAAKH - It is something that I couldn't have imagined whilst shooting this as a 24 year old..."
DOP of Raakh and now a well-known Director Santosh Sivan said, "Raakh is my first and favourite film"
Bejoy Nambiar, who had the idea of bringing the movie back on screen and has worked closely with Aditya Bhattcharya on other projects said, "RAAKH is a MASTERCLASS in Film making. It inspired a whole generation of filmmakers including me. The performances, the technical wizardry, the assured storytelling has stood the test of time and feels fresh with every viewing even now. RAAKH was and will always be an important chapter for avid movie buffs."
Raakh was received very well by all critics and audiences alike. Actors Aamir Khan and Pankaj Kapur won Special Mention and Best Supporting Actor, respectively with A Sreekar Prasad bagging Best Editing award for it at the National Film awards in 1989.
Aditya Bhattacharya, son of filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya and grandson of legendary filmmaker Bimal Roy, made his feature directorial debut with Raakh with Aamir khan. The actor and director had collaborated previously on a short film called Paranoia in 1981.
The film can be watched on the link https://youtu.be/VoP5pUQFaQQ
The screening of Raakh at the Bandra Film Festivals comes even as Aamir Khan is celebrating 20 years of his iconic film Lagaan, that became the third film from India, after Mother India and Salaam Bombay to be nominated at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film catagory.
A path breaking film released three decades ago, Raakh, directed by Aditya Bhattacharya, was a film far ahead of its time.
The film, starring Aamir Khan, Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak and Homi Wadia, was a dystopian drama in which the star plays a young man who watches helplessly as his girlfriend is raped by a group of powerful crime lords and is overwhelmed when they get away with it. He then decides to take revenge on them one by one and spiralling down into this vortex of vendetta he finds himself being destroyed from the inside.
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Aamir Khan's Raakh currently being screened at the Bandra Film Festival |
On the screening of the film at the Bandra Film Festival, Raakh Director Aditya Bhattacharya said, "More than three decades later, I am quite overwhelmed by the continuing affection and respect for my first-born, RAAKH - It is something that I couldn't have imagined whilst shooting this as a 24 year old..."
DOP of Raakh and now a well-known Director Santosh Sivan said, "Raakh is my first and favourite film"
Bejoy Nambiar, who had the idea of bringing the movie back on screen and has worked closely with Aditya Bhattcharya on other projects said, "RAAKH is a MASTERCLASS in Film making. It inspired a whole generation of filmmakers including me. The performances, the technical wizardry, the assured storytelling has stood the test of time and feels fresh with every viewing even now. RAAKH was and will always be an important chapter for avid movie buffs."
Raakh was received very well by all critics and audiences alike. Actors Aamir Khan and Pankaj Kapur won Special Mention and Best Supporting Actor, respectively with A Sreekar Prasad bagging Best Editing award for it at the National Film awards in 1989.
Aditya Bhattacharya, son of filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya and grandson of legendary filmmaker Bimal Roy, made his feature directorial debut with Raakh with Aamir khan. The actor and director had collaborated previously on a short film called Paranoia in 1981.
The film can be watched on the link https://youtu.be/VoP5pUQFaQQ
The screening of Raakh at the Bandra Film Festivals comes even as Aamir Khan is celebrating 20 years of his iconic film Lagaan, that became the third film from India, after Mother India and Salaam Bombay to be nominated at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film catagory.
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