Raakh | |
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Directed by | Aditya Bhattacharya |
Written by | Aditya Bhattacharya Nuzhat Khan |
Produced by | Asif Noor Sangeeth Sivan Aditya Bhattacharya |
Starring | Aamir Khan Supriya Pathak Pankaj Kapur |
Cinematography | Santosh Sivan |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Score: Ranjit Barot |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹15 million (equivalent to ₹160 million or US$1.9 million in 2023)[1] |
Raakh (transl. Ashes) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action crime film[2][3] directed by Aditya Bhattacharya, starring Aamir Khan and Supriya Pathak in the lead roles with Pankaj Kapur, Gajanan Bangera and Jagdeep.
The film was Aamir Khan's first movie after Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and it received much critical acclaim and subsequently three National Film Awards in 1989 and developed a considerable following over the years.[4][5][6] The film also marked the Bollywood debut of ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan and film editor A. Sreekar Prasad.[7]
The action flick is a about a young man who takes on the system after the brutal rape of his girlfriend.
The makers of the 1989 box-office dud are planning to cash in on Ghajini's success and re-release the action film. So Raakh will be making its way out of the archives for digitally re-mastering.