Aakrosh
A;u00a0Drama/Action
Dir: Priyadarshan
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu and Paresh Rawal
**

What's it about: A film based on honour killings was an interesting concept. Add to that, the exciting promos and a talented cast, Aakrosh came with certain expectations. Sadly, barring a few moments of thought-
provoking drama, the film falls short and treads into the mundane. The Hollywood inspiration, Mississippi Burning (1999), was a fictionalised version of the shocking murders of three civil rights workers by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi on June 21, 1964. Priyadarshan's Aakrosh is about three boys who go missing in North India, and are suspected to be murdered. After pressure from student bodies, the CBI deputes Pratap Kumar (Devgn) and Siddhant Chaturvedi (Khanna) to investigate the case. Like Mississippi Burning, in this one too, the two cops have different styles of functioning. While Pratap wants to ensure justice at any cost, Siddhant prefers to play by the book. Standing in their way is local cop (Paresh Rawal) who is backed by big guns. How Pratap and Siddhant overcome the odds to nail the culprits forms the crux of the film.u00a0