Rakht: What If You Can See the Future
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Rakht is a 2004 Hindi supernatural horror film directed and written by Mahesh Manjrekar
. The movie was produced under Popcorn Motion Pictures and was released on 3 September 2004.
It stars Bipasha Basu
as a psychic
/card reader
who tells people's future. It also features Sanjay Dutt
, Suniel Shetty
, Dino Morea
, Neha Dhupia
and Amrita Arora
in lead roles, along with Abhishek Bachchan
in a cameo role.
The film's story line was known to be lifted from the 2000 Hollywood thriller film, The Gift. The song "Kya Maine Socha" from the film was copied from "One Love (Blue song)
".
This movie is the remake of the Hollywood Thriller - The Gift released in the year 2000
Staring: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes and Keanu Reeves
) lives in a small, remote village. She has the gift of reading tarot cards and seeing into the future. She was previously in a brief relationship with Manav (Abhishek Bachchan
). Today her world is her parents, her kid, her clients, and Mohit (Sunil Shetty).
Mohit is an eccentric car mechanic who needs psychiatric treatment. He calls Drishti 'dost' (friend) but has crush on her. Drishti treats him as a friend. One of her customers is Rhea Trehan (Neha Dhupia
), the wife of a Sunil aka Sunny Trehan (Dino Morea
). Drishti firmly believes that Rhea should leave Sunny, since he is beats her. Sunny has frequent fights with Drishti on this issue.
One day, Natasha (Amrita Arora
), the daughter of Mayor Raja Bahadur Singh (Sharat Saxena
), goes missing. When police fail to trace her, the mayor turns to Drishti. She takes the case more than willingly, since Natasha was soon going to be the wife of her kid's headmaster Shekhar/Rahul (Sanjay Dutt
).
Drishti starts using her powers and begins to get visions of Natasha at a party. Natasha is flirting with many people, when suddenly Sunny accosts her. Natasha and Sunny get into a scuffle, whereupon Sunny injures her. Later, Drishti gets visions of a place where Natasha's body is being dumped.
The police officer in charge of this case, ACP Ranvir Singh (Rajat Bedi
), is skeptical of Drishti's gift and disapproving of the mayor's decision to involve her. Nevertheless, on the mayor's insistence, he takes a search party to a lake that matches Drishti's description. When the Natasha's body is found, the police officer is left speechless.
Based on the find and Drishti's visions about Sunny, he is arrested for Natasha's murder. Sunny's lawyer tries to discredit Drishti in the court but Sunny is found guilty and given a life sentence. Sunny claims that he did fight with Natasha but went home that night. For the ACP and the mayor, the case is closed.
Drishti, who knows that Sunny is innocent, starts investigating on her own. Meanwhile, Mohit is forcibly taken into a mental asylum. Drishti promises to meet him, if he behaves well. In an attempt to reconstruct the final moments, Drishti comes to the lake where the body was dumped.
She gets a vision of the crime where an unknown assailant is in front of Natasha, hiding a knife. Drishti gets a clue: She sees the criminal's watch. Drishti comes out of her vision, with Shekhar next to her. When she notices the same watch on Shekhar's wrist, she puts two and two together.
Drishti tries to escape on some pretext, but Shekhar realizes that she has stumbled upon his secret. He starts telling his story. He recounts that the mayor, who was his father's political protege, backstabbed his mentor owing to political ambitions. His father died a sorry man. Shekhar decided to become a politician using the mayor's power, then avenge his father's death.
So, he allowed the mayor to build trust in him, even to the extent that his marriage was fixed with Natasha. Shekhar was aware of Natasha's character. He knew that if her real character became public, his political career would be over even before it started. When Natasha and Sunny broke into the fight, Shekhar followed her and killed her.
After confessing the truth, Shekhar tells Drishti that she must die. Drishti pleads, but Shekhar inflicts blows on her. Just as he is about to kill her, Mohit comes out of nowhere and knocks Shekhar out. Drishti is happy and surprised to see Mohit. He tells her that he ran away from the asylum and is not going to return.
Mohit drives Drishti to police station. She asks him to come inside and tell the whole story, but he insists that he will stay in the car. In the police station, ACP Ranvir congratulates Drishti for single-handedly fighting a killer and bringing his unconscious body there. When Drishti tells the truth, Ranvir is skeptical. He drops a bombshell by telling her that Mohit committed suicide that afternoon.
Drishti thinks that this is a misunderstanding, but when she goes to fetch Mohit, his seat is empty, with nothing to prove that anybody sat on it. Morever, she sees the handkerchief, which he had given her, back in the car. Drishti accepts the fact. At the same time, Shekhar is gives his confession from a jail cell.
Some time after that incident, probably 1–2 years later, Drishti's parents introduce her to a potential partner. It is Manav, who has come back. The film ends, indicating that the duo probably married and lived a happy life.
Mahesh Manjrekar
Mahesh Manjrekar is an Indian director, actor, writer and producer. He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films Vaastav: The Reality , Astitva and Viruddh... Family Comes First . He has won a National Film Award and two Star Screen Awards...
. The movie was produced under Popcorn Motion Pictures and was released on 3 September 2004.
It stars Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...
as a psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
/card reader
Card reader
A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium. Historically, paper or cardboard punched cards were used throughout the first several decades of the computer industry to store information and programs for computer system, and were read by punched card readers...
who tells people's future. It also features Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
, Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty
Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, hotelier and liquor and fashion boutique owner. He is mainly active in Bollywood.-Career:Shetty made his acting debut in the 1992.His film Balwaan which was a moderate success. He gave 2 hit films in 1993 Pehchaan and Waqt Hamara Hai. His first...
, Dino Morea
Dino Morea
Dino Morea is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films and a former model.-Early life:Dino Morea was born in Bangalore to an Italian father and an Anglo Indian mother. He is the second of three brothers. Nicolo Morea is his older brother, and Santino Morea is his younger brother. His family...
, Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.-Early life:...
and Amrita Arora
Amrita Arora
-Personal life and education:Arora was born in Chembur Mumbai to a Malayali mother, Joyce Polycarp, and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her sister is Malaika Arora Khan....
in lead roles, along with Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....
in a cameo role.
The film's story line was known to be lifted from the 2000 Hollywood thriller film, The Gift. The song "Kya Maine Socha" from the film was copied from "One Love (Blue song)
One Love (Blue song)
"One Love" is the lead single from English boy band Blue's second studio album, One Love . It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. The music video was shot in Los Angeles in July 2002...
".
This movie is the remake of the Hollywood Thriller - The Gift released in the year 2000
Staring: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes and Keanu Reeves
Plot
Young widow Drishti (Bipasha BasuBipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...
) lives in a small, remote village. She has the gift of reading tarot cards and seeing into the future. She was previously in a brief relationship with Manav (Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....
). Today her world is her parents, her kid, her clients, and Mohit (Sunil Shetty).
Mohit is an eccentric car mechanic who needs psychiatric treatment. He calls Drishti 'dost' (friend) but has crush on her. Drishti treats him as a friend. One of her customers is Rhea Trehan (Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.-Early life:...
), the wife of a Sunil aka Sunny Trehan (Dino Morea
Dino Morea
Dino Morea is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films and a former model.-Early life:Dino Morea was born in Bangalore to an Italian father and an Anglo Indian mother. He is the second of three brothers. Nicolo Morea is his older brother, and Santino Morea is his younger brother. His family...
). Drishti firmly believes that Rhea should leave Sunny, since he is beats her. Sunny has frequent fights with Drishti on this issue.
One day, Natasha (Amrita Arora
Amrita Arora
-Personal life and education:Arora was born in Chembur Mumbai to a Malayali mother, Joyce Polycarp, and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her sister is Malaika Arora Khan....
), the daughter of Mayor Raja Bahadur Singh (Sharat Saxena
Sharat Saxena
Sharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has acted in nearly 160 Bollywood films.Saxena started his career in the early 70s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle or villainous roles....
), goes missing. When police fail to trace her, the mayor turns to Drishti. She takes the case more than willingly, since Natasha was soon going to be the wife of her kid's headmaster Shekhar/Rahul (Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
).
Drishti starts using her powers and begins to get visions of Natasha at a party. Natasha is flirting with many people, when suddenly Sunny accosts her. Natasha and Sunny get into a scuffle, whereupon Sunny injures her. Later, Drishti gets visions of a place where Natasha's body is being dumped.
The police officer in charge of this case, ACP Ranvir Singh (Rajat Bedi
Rajat Bedi
Rajat Bedi is an Indian Film actor who acts in Bollywood films. Mostly known for his villanous roles in films such as Koi... Mil Gaya, Partner, Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani. He also played lead roles in some films.-Early life:...
), is skeptical of Drishti's gift and disapproving of the mayor's decision to involve her. Nevertheless, on the mayor's insistence, he takes a search party to a lake that matches Drishti's description. When the Natasha's body is found, the police officer is left speechless.
Based on the find and Drishti's visions about Sunny, he is arrested for Natasha's murder. Sunny's lawyer tries to discredit Drishti in the court but Sunny is found guilty and given a life sentence. Sunny claims that he did fight with Natasha but went home that night. For the ACP and the mayor, the case is closed.
Drishti, who knows that Sunny is innocent, starts investigating on her own. Meanwhile, Mohit is forcibly taken into a mental asylum. Drishti promises to meet him, if he behaves well. In an attempt to reconstruct the final moments, Drishti comes to the lake where the body was dumped.
She gets a vision of the crime where an unknown assailant is in front of Natasha, hiding a knife. Drishti gets a clue: She sees the criminal's watch. Drishti comes out of her vision, with Shekhar next to her. When she notices the same watch on Shekhar's wrist, she puts two and two together.
Drishti tries to escape on some pretext, but Shekhar realizes that she has stumbled upon his secret. He starts telling his story. He recounts that the mayor, who was his father's political protege, backstabbed his mentor owing to political ambitions. His father died a sorry man. Shekhar decided to become a politician using the mayor's power, then avenge his father's death.
So, he allowed the mayor to build trust in him, even to the extent that his marriage was fixed with Natasha. Shekhar was aware of Natasha's character. He knew that if her real character became public, his political career would be over even before it started. When Natasha and Sunny broke into the fight, Shekhar followed her and killed her.
After confessing the truth, Shekhar tells Drishti that she must die. Drishti pleads, but Shekhar inflicts blows on her. Just as he is about to kill her, Mohit comes out of nowhere and knocks Shekhar out. Drishti is happy and surprised to see Mohit. He tells her that he ran away from the asylum and is not going to return.
Mohit drives Drishti to police station. She asks him to come inside and tell the whole story, but he insists that he will stay in the car. In the police station, ACP Ranvir congratulates Drishti for single-handedly fighting a killer and bringing his unconscious body there. When Drishti tells the truth, Ranvir is skeptical. He drops a bombshell by telling her that Mohit committed suicide that afternoon.
Drishti thinks that this is a misunderstanding, but when she goes to fetch Mohit, his seat is empty, with nothing to prove that anybody sat on it. Morever, she sees the handkerchief, which he had given her, back in the car. Drishti accepts the fact. At the same time, Shekhar is gives his confession from a jail cell.
Some time after that incident, probably 1–2 years later, Drishti's parents introduce her to a potential partner. It is Manav, who has come back. The film ends, indicating that the duo probably married and lived a happy life.
Cast
- Bipasha BasuBipasha BasuBipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...
as Drishti - Sanjay DuttSanjay DuttSanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
as Rahul (School Principal) - Amrita AroraAmrita Arora-Personal life and education:Arora was born in Chembur Mumbai to a Malayali mother, Joyce Polycarp, and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her sister is Malaika Arora Khan....
as Natasha Singh - Dino MoreaDino MoreaDino Morea is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films and a former model.-Early life:Dino Morea was born in Bangalore to an Italian father and an Anglo Indian mother. He is the second of three brothers. Nicolo Morea is his older brother, and Santino Morea is his younger brother. His family...
as Sunil 'Sunny' Trehan - Neha DhupiaNeha DhupiaNeha Dhupia is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.-Early life:...
as Rhea Trehan - Sunil Shetty as Mohit
- Payal RohatgiPayal RohatgiPayal Rohatgi is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films.-Early life:Rohatgi was born in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India. She is the daughter of Veena Rohatgi and Shashank Rohatgi. She has a brother named Gaurav Rohatgi. She was brought up in a middle class family and grew up in...
as Tanya - Himanshu MalikHimanshu MalikHimanshu Malik is an Indian actor and a former model, who works in Bollywood films. He started his acting career with the film, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love , but only later received recognition for his roles in Khwahish and Rog ....
as Abhigyan "Abhi" Gupta (Lawyer) - Rajat BediRajat BediRajat Bedi is an Indian Film actor who acts in Bollywood films. Mostly known for his villanous roles in films such as Koi... Mil Gaya, Partner, Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani. He also played lead roles in some films.-Early life:...
as ACP Ranbir Singh - Sharat SaxenaSharat SaxenaSharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has acted in nearly 160 Bollywood films.Saxena started his career in the early 70s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle or villainous roles....
as Mayor Raja Bahadur (Natasha's Father) - Shivaji SathamShivaji SathamShivaji Satam is renowned Indian TV serial and film actor. He has appeared in many Hindi as well as Marathi films. In Hindi his famous films are Vaastav, Ghulam-E-Mustafa, Yeshwant, China Gate, Taxi No 9211, Jis Desh Me Ganga Reheta Hai, Hu Tu Tu. In Marathi he has got recognition through movies...
as Drishti's Father - Beena Banerjee as Drishti's Mother
- ShashikalaShashikalaShashikala Jawalkar-Saigal , much better known as Shashikala, is an Indian actress.-Early years:Shashikala was born as one among six siblings in Solapur, Maharashtra in a well-to-do Marathi-speaking Jawalkar family...
as Drishti's Grandmother - Sachin KhedekarSachin KhedekarSachin Khedekar is an Indian actor and director, best known for his roles in Astitva, Imtihaan, and as Netaji in Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero...
as Defending Lawyer for Sunny - Abhishek BachchanAbhishek BachchanAbhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....
as Manav Cameo & Appearance in Song "Kya maine Socha" - Yana GuptaYana GuptaYana Gupta or Yaana is a Czech model and actress working in Mumbai. Gupta is a citizen of the Czech Republic.-Personal life:...
Special Appearance in Item song "oh what a babe"