Aankhen (2002 film)

Aankhen (Urdu: آنکھیں, translation: eyes) is a 2002 Bollywood film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah; starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal and Sushmita Sen. The film was nominated for two Filmfare Awards (Best Supporting Actor for Bachchan and Best Comic Actor for Rawal) and three Star Screen Awards (Best Film, Best Comic Actor for Rawal, and Best Negative Actor for Bachchan).

Plot

Aankhen is a heist movie based on a Gujarati play 'Andhalo Pato' revolving around a bank robbery committed by three blind men. An obsessive temperamental bank manager Vijay Singh Rajput (Amitabh Bachchan) loses his job after killing a bank clerk who tried to embezzle money. Angered at losing his job he plots revenge on the bank by intending to stage a heist. He decides to employ three blind men, Vishwas (Akshay Kumar), Ilyaas (Paresh Rawal) and Arjun (Arjun Rampal)when after passing by a blind school he understands that blind people can be trained to do things like normal people and enlists the help of Neha (Sushmita Sen) who is a teacher of the blind school to train the trio to do the seemingly impossible heist. He chose blind people because the robbery would be never caught as no one would believe blind people can do so.

The bank robbery is conducted successfully, with the jewels safely captured by the three men. However, in the process of stealing the bank, Ilyaas's face is exposed, capturing footage on the camera and prompting...
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