Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- propulsive
- heightened
- darkly comic
- bollywood movie night
- heist movie marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rajput trains three blind men to navigate and rob the bank, making blindness central to the mechanics of the caper.
Vijay Singh Rajput responds to being fired by designing an elaborate robbery targeting his former bank.
The film builds its central thriller engine around blind recruits carrying out a heavily trained bank robbery.
Neha trains Vishwas, Arjun, and Ilias through gruelling sessions before the bank operation.
Films like Aankhen, and why
The Italian Job
ensemble bank heist, elaborate criminal planning, and escalating complications
Ocean's Eleven
crime thriller built around a meticulously organized robbery and team dynamics
Inside Man
high-concept heist premise combining suspense, training, and moral conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Vipul Amrutlal Shah
- Release Date
- 2002-03-27
- Runtime
- 165 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (76)
Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Akshay Kumar
- Arjun Rampal
- Paresh Rawal
- Sushmita Sen
- Bipasha Basu
- Aditya Pancholi
- Kashmera Shah
- Ajit Vachani
- Arun Bali
Common questions
- What is Aankhen about?
- A dismissed bank manager recruits three blind men for an audacious robbery that turns his personal revenge scheme into a dangerous test of trust and survival.
- What is Aankhen like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Aankhen as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Aankhen violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Aankhen as moderate.
- Which films are like Aankhen?
- Films with a similar feel include The Italian Job, Ocean's Eleven, and Inside Man.
- How long is Aankhen?
- Aankhen runs 165 minutes.
