''Naksha'' ( ''Map'') is a 2006 Indian

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-language

action-adventure film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as ...

directed by Sachin Bajaj and stars

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Vivek Oberoi Vivek Anand Oberoi (born 3 September 1976) is an Indian actor and businessman. The son of actor Suresh Oberoi, he began acting in 2002 with starring roles in the Hindi crime film ''Company'' and romantic drama '' Saathiya''. His performances ...

Sameera Reddy Sameera Reddy (born 14 December 1978) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu language films. She made her film debut with the 2002 film ''Maine Dil Tujhko Diya''. Reddy is bes ...

and

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. In a career spanning over four decades, he ...

. It was released theatrically on 8 September 2006. The film was a commercial failure. It has been called a remake of the 2003 movie ''The Rundown'' starring

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Plot

Youngster Vicky Malhotra (

) lives with his mother (

Navni Parihar Navni Parihar is an Indian film and television actress. She made her debut with the TV serial '' Mujrim Haazir'' as the main lead alongside Nutan and Utpal Dutt''.'' Her first commercial film was ''Hulchul'' opposite Vinod Khanna, and starri ...

). A lawyer shows up to speak with his mother about her late husband's old bungalow in the

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

hills. Vicky arrives at the bungalow and discovers a secret cache behind one of the photographs. And in the cache lies a replica of a map, made by his father who was once killed unlocking a mystery of treasure. Eventually, some of his father's murderers discover Vicky, and abduct him. In the meantime, Vicky's mother visits her husband's first wife (

Suhasini Mulay Suhasini Mulay (born 20 November 1950) is an Indian actress in Assamese, Bollywood and Marathi films as well as television. She won five National Film Awards. Early life and education Suhasini was born in a Marathi-speaking family in Patna w ...

). Her husband's son by this wife, Veer Malhotra (

), is a forest officer in Uttarakhand. Veer is Vicky's half brother. Vicky's mother requests Veer's mother to seek Veer's assistance in finding Vicky and bringing him back. At the same time, the thugs bring Vicky to Baali. As Baali is about to have Vicky executed, Veer drops in and rescues Vicky. Determined to obtain the map at any cost, Baali's men give chase to Veer and Vicky: the pursuit takes them through the dense jungles of Uttarakhand to the foothills of the Himalayas. They rescue Riya (

) from a river rafting accident. Baali and his men capture Veer and Vicky, and slaughter the pygmies. Baali reveals that the map describes the location of a powerful device: the armour and earrings of the historical warrior

Karna Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: ''Karṇa''), also known as Vasusena, Anga-Raja, Sutaputra and Radheya, is one of the major characters in the Hindu epic ''Mahābhārata''. He is the son of Surya (the Sun deity) and princess Kunti (later ...

(of the

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). This armour will make the wearer invincible and all-powerful. Veer and Vicky escape. They arrive at the final destination, only to find that Baali has beaten them to it. Endowed with divine strength, the evil Baali easily overpowers them and prepares to kill them. Veer and Vicky exploit the flaw (that the armour needs sunlight for its powers, which are lost at sunset. Based on the historical fact that the sun God is the father of Karna) to defeat Baali and restore the armour. They escape the temple just in time before it comes crashing down, thus sealing it off forever.

Cast

as Veer K. Malhotra *

as Vicky K. Malhotra *

as Riya *

as Baali *

as Vicky's mother *

as Veer's mother

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Pritam Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also popularly known mononymously as Pritam, is a National Award winning Indian composer, instrumentalist, music producer and singer. Graduating from FTII in Sound Engineering, he worked as an ad jin ...

. The lyrics were written by

Sameer Samir (also spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In Arabic, Samir () means "holy", "jovial", "loyal", or "charming". In Albanian, it literally means "so good" but loosely "exquisite", ...

apart from the song "U n I", which was penned by

Mayur Puri Mayur Puri is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film-maker working in Mumbai. His film songwriting and dialogue work includes Farah Khan-directed films ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007), and '' Happy New Year'' (2014), as well as the 3D dance fr ...

. The album consisting of 11 tracks was released by

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on 24 July 2006. .

References

External links

*
Official website
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