Raakh

This article is about the 1989 film. For the Pakistani novel, see Mustansar Hussain Tarar. For the 2016 film, see Raakh (2016 film).

Raakh
Theatrical release poster (France)
Directed byAditya Bhattacharya
Written byAditya Bhattacharya
Nuzhat Khan
Produced byAsif Noor
Sangeeth Sivan
Aditya Bhattacharya
StarringAamir Khan
Supriya Pathak
Pankaj Kapur
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byScore:
Ranjit Barot
Release date
  • 21 April 1989 (1989-04-21)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
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]

  1. ^ "Aamir Khan Hits, Flops, Blockbusters : Box Office Analysis". Talking Moviez. February 2019.
  2. ^ "Aamir Khan's film Raakh to re-release". News18. 18 May 2009. The action flick is a about a young man who takes on the system after the brutal rape of his girlfriend.
  3. ^ "Aamir"s Raakh eyes ride on Ghajini success". India Today. 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.
  4. ^ "'Raakh' revisited: From the ashes of time, a cult movie starring Aamir Khan as a lone hitman". Scroll.in. 18 March 2018.
  5. ^ "'Aamir never wanted to be an actor'". Rediff Movies. 3 June 2009.
  6. ^ Movie Review: Raakh (1989): A stylish film about Crime and revenge! Archived 24 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine 3 April 2007.
  7. ^ "Aamir asks fans not to watch his film Raakh". CNN-IBN. 2 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.