Article Updated 12 September, 2006 12:46:40 AM IST   Naksha By Prema K. ©2006 Bollyvista.com   'Naksha' seems to be debutant director, Sachin Bajaj's, idea of different and progressive Hindi film. It's a weird combination of Indian mythology and adventure resulting in a mindless, stupid film definitely not worth the price of your ticket. There's a lot of adventure in dense forests where our two protagonists meet strange beings but hey, doesn't sound exciting enough! 'Naksha' is the story of an archeologist, Kapil Malhotra, who prefers to die rather than let an ancient map (that looks like a weird piece of paper) fall into the hands of the villain (Jackie Shroff). His son, Vicky (Vivek Oberoi), accidentally gets hold of a copy of the same map when he grows up He goes on to discover what his father had been in search of. Honestly speaking, it's not clear even after you've watched the film, what the search was for! By then, you don't even care. You're just eager to leave the cinema hall. Vicky goes to Kurukshetra and is kidnapped by the villain's henchmen. Vicky's step-brother, Veer (Sunny Deol), who has been sent there by his mother, comes to his aid. Vicky does not want to give up his quest. So there's a bit of tussle between the brothers. In the midst of all this, they meet Riya (Sameera Reddy) and the trio joins hands to unravel the mystery behind the map. The highpoint of the film is Sunny Deol's introduction scene as usual, which is sure to generate mass hysteria. Beyond that, the film fails to generate any excitement. To give the film its due, some of the scenes are really well shot, especially the fight portions, the jump from a cliff, and the climax. But we also have to add that Sunny's punches don't look real. The film also has a lot of loose ends and an unwanted song too at the end that looks completely out of place with the genre of the film. Pritam's music is nothing to write about. Now for the performances. Sunny is his usual dependable self. Vivek is decent, but tends to go over the top in some scenes. Jackie is convincing in a negative role. Sameera is okay but looks grossly overweight. On the whole, 'Naksha' seems like a losing proposition combined with the fact that besides being a bad film it's also very low on publicity. ** (Two Stars) *poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent   close   Print this Article http://www.bollyvista.com   http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/29/7030