Bravehearts: Reclusive duo Ajay Devgn and Akshaye Khanna talk about
fighting honour killings in Aakrosh
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Posted online: 2010-10-13 23:22:44+05:30
Neither of them is a talker but both Ajay Devgn and Akshaye Khanna
find themselves completing each other's sentences at the Screen
Preview for their forthcoming film Aakrosh at Express Towers along
with producer Kumar Mangat Pathak. "The film uses the recent spate of
controversial honour killings in North India as the background for a
typical Bollywood action-drama," says Devgn who, fresh from the
success of Raajneeti and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, is now hoping
for a hat-trick. Khanna, who will be seen on the big screen after a
year's gap, is quick to add, "The story has been fictionalised and we
have taken precautions to not name any town or caste in particular."
The film sees Devgn play an army officer and Khanna, a CBI officer,
both sent to a small town to investigate a missing person case which
they eventually discover is a murder.
Directed by veteran filmmaker Priyadarshan, the concept for the film
was instantly approved by Mangat who has himself witnessed one such
killing in his Punjab village. "A Brahmin girl married her lower caste
lover on the sly. On discovering this, her parents kidnapped her and
were marrying her off to someone else when the boy arrived at the
wedding. He was set on fire and thrashed just to set an example. Even
just recalling it gives me the chills," he recounts.
Though a deep-seated issue, neither actor was apprehensive of
portraying the roles of heroes who raise their heads against the
killings. Nor are they afraid of possible controversies that the story
may stir. "It's ridiculous that being a nation that gives us freedom
of speech, movies are often targeted," Devgn points out. "But some
films also make use of negative publicity," says Khanna adding after a
pause, "and Shah Rukh Khan knows that very well."
Khanna, clearly in his trademark candid mood, also took digs at the
recent hit Dabangg while talking about Aakrosh's action quotient.
Devgn, who feels that old-fashioned hand-to-hand fights still work for
Indian audiences, says that the duo will be seen bashing up two dozen
men but convincingly, to which Khanna retorts, "Unlike Da-bangg!".
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