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Rudraksh

  • 2004
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
2.8/10
1.5K
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Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Isha Koppikar, and Suniel Shetty in Rudraksh (2004)
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A doctor travels from America to India to investigate a man with paranormal healing powers, and uncovers the existence of a dark power that has the potential to transform humans into a new s... Read allA doctor travels from America to India to investigate a man with paranormal healing powers, and uncovers the existence of a dark power that has the potential to transform humans into a new species.A doctor travels from America to India to investigate a man with paranormal healing powers, and uncovers the existence of a dark power that has the potential to transform humans into a new species.

  • Director
    • Mani Shankar
  • Writer
    • Mani Shankar
  • Stars
    • Sanjay Dutt
    • Bipasha Basu
    • Suniel Shetty
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.8/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mani Shankar
    • Writer
      • Mani Shankar
    • Stars
      • Sanjay Dutt
      • Bipasha Basu
      • Suniel Shetty
    • 16User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sanjay Dutt
    Sanjay Dutt
    • Varun
    Bipasha Basu
    Bipasha Basu
    • Dr. Gayetri
    Suniel Shetty
    Suniel Shetty
    • Bhuria
    • (as Sunil Shetty)
    Isha Koppikar
    Isha Koppikar
    • Lali
    Kabir Bedi
    Kabir Bedi
    • Ved Pujan
    Raj Zutshi
    Raj Zutshi
    • Man in mental institute
    • (as Rajendranath Zutshi)
    Amitabh Bachchan
    Amitabh Bachchan
    • Narrator
    Agnes Darenius
    • Suzy
    Negar Khan
    • Dancer
    Virendra Saxena
    Virendra Saxena
    • Watchman
    • (as a different name)
    Farhad Shahnawaz
    • Director
      • Mani Shankar
    • Writer
      • Mani Shankar
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    User reviews16

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    2riddhimaakaritu

    Wasted idea.

    Such a great idea, but the execution ruined everything. Why can't the film makers wait for a script, technology, resources which do justice to the idea?
    1sudhirsekharan

    Handle with care

    ... now i've seen it all.

    This is no doubt one of the worst movies in existence... the plot is the worst crap ever cooked up by any bird brained scriptwriter. The same must be said of every other person who had anything to do with the movie. I was completely unhinged for a couple of hours after watching this movie. Right in between the innovatively $H!t lines to corny scenes between the leads, lies the plot...

    a monkey typing away at random would come up with a plot good enough to beat the $H!t out of this...

    The saving grace for the movie is the fact that it is so very bad that you might actually enjoy tearing it to pieces.

    To finish ... it is a movie i would wish my very worst enemy to watch , strapped in a chair, with eyes fixed open ... right to the very end
    3Sherazade

    A good idea, gone horribly wrong!

    I think the director and writer for this film did not see eye to eye. If they did, they would have known that they had a very good idea, which they poorly executed. With a script like this, you need a big budget to fulfill your dreams. Come on! we are in the 21st century! and you are making a science fiction film like we are back in the 1950s or worse! The script was solid, the actors were wasted, and there was only little the audience could do to suspend their disbelief! Better luck next time. See this film only if you are in the mood for mediocre stuff that might put you to sleep, or send you jumping off a bridge! It such a shame to see such a talented star cast go to waste!
    mad4cinema_

    Astounding (Read Laughable) flick that never ceases to surprise you!

    Okay, so we all know that this is the modern day interpretation of some obscure scripture. Yes, modern it is indeed, Bollywood style ofcourse: Where they think everyone in the west dresses like a hooker!

    It starts with a scientist in minis and hot pants (!) investigating some healer who can absorb pain [rip off of The Green mile] of his subjects. Typical Bollywood style, girl fall falls for guy, and next scene we have the hip-shaking-on-the-streets...errrr I mean hip-shaking-on-the-ancient-temple [for this movie] sequence.

    I guess all the scientists should go to Bombay to learn some raw hip moves.

    Then out of no where, this evil guy jumps in, complete with his babe of a moll. We get to see Bollywood take on the Matrix with some terribly low-end results. Then you have lots of sankrit [what the hell is THAT now???] mumbo jumbo thrown in, and God I couldnt even bother watching the end.

    This movie was a total mess. The director probably was on a high after his first flick played on people's cross border delusional fantasies and even managed to earn some much needed money, so he thought I might go a few steps ahead and totally 'revolutionise' the film making - yep! this guy truly seems to have global (if rather naive) aspirations :))!!. Unfortunately, or rather fortunately, they are not be realised with 'Rusraksh' - over the top dialogues, some hilarious [albeit unintended] situations and an obscure plot from some weird book about animals and snakes takes this movie down, and buries it deep down the pile of Z-grade trash flicks.
    appleJag

    Appalling in nearly all aspects

    I will give this film one piece of credit, it has attempted to break the mould in Indian cinema. But the quality of the film was so unbelievably poor, it deserves to rank in the utter depth of IMDb's ratings. Bollywood has the income to finance large products but they won't because of the greed that surrounds the industry. Hopefully another attempt will be made to try to create something original, and hopefully far better than this. This film was absolutely abysmal, appalling, and in certain parts made me cringe in disgust at the movie making. I feel ashamed that such low quality movies are made from my mother nation.

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    • Release date
      • February 13, 2004 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
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    • Production company
      • Karma Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 23m(143 min)
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