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{{Infobox film
| name = Rudraaksh
| image = Rudraksh film poster.jpg
| director = [[Mani Shankar]]
| producer = Dr. Manmohan Shetty <br>Sohail Maklai
| story = Mani Shankar
| screenplay = Mani Shankar
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]]<br>[[Sunil Shetty]]<br>[[Bipasha Basu]]<br>[[Isha Koppikar]]
| music = [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]] <br>[[Shashi Preetam]] <br> [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| cinematography = [[T. Surendra Reddy]]
| editing = Mani lamba
| distributor = Karma Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2004|02|13|df=y}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| language = [[Hindi]]
| country = India
}}

'''Rudraksh''' is a 2004 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[science fiction action film]] directed by [[Mani Shankar]]. cinematography by [[T. Surendra Reddy]] starring [[Suniel Shetty]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Bipasha Basu]] and [[Isha Koppikar]]. The film has many references to [[Ramayana]] ("The Path of Rāma"), one of the most famous and influential [[Epic poetry|epic poems]] of India.

==Plot==
Dr. Gayatri ([[Bipasha Basu]]) is an Indian American [[paranormal researcher]] at [[University of California]], researching esoteric practices such as voodoo, spirit possession, magic and healing powers. She seeks the hidden knowledge that goes into such practices, the knowledge that cannot be explained by science or logic.

Her search for answers brings her and her team of scientists to India. She comes across Varun ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), a man who is gifted with special intuitive and healing powers which he claims to have developed through meditation. He is a blend of Indian philosophy and modern culture, a master at martial arts and a devotee of [[Hanuman]]. He worships and trains by day, while working as a [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]] at a club by night. Gayatri is immediately impressed by Varun’s powers to take away pain and disease from people and cure them. He becomes the subject of her study.

After a few experiments by Gayatri, Varun has an insight about the existence of a dark power that is hidden. He explains that the force is linked to [[Ravana]]'s Rudraksh, which is hidden away from the world. This is not a normal [[Rudraksh]] - it carries in its seed the powers that can transmute humans into new species. The bearer of this Rudraksh will have supernatural powers beyond imagination. In the language of science, it is a 'multi-dimensional hologram' in the form of a seed.
Meanwhile, Bhuria ([[Sunil Shetty]]) mentally communicates with Varun, so they can share their abilities since neither of them can utilize the full power of the Rudraksha alone. Varun refuses, but Bhuria continues his attempts to join their powers and manipulate Varun.

Gayatri finds about a set of strange words which cause changes in people when spoken. She tests the effects of those sounds on a rat, and notices strange mutations and changes in the functioning of the rat's body. Suzy, Gayatri's research assistant, hears those sounds directly, becomes possessed and starts working for Bhuria. Suzy tries to kill Gayatri, but Varun over powers her and saves Gayatri, after which Suzy dies while trying to escape.

Varun and Gayatri thus set out to discover this Rudraksh, the reality of Bhuria and also find certain answers for Varun's own self. Their perilous journey leaves through the most rugged terrains of the Himalayas to the mysterious ruins of the legendary King Ravana's palaces in Yala, Sri Lanka.

He thus finds how Bhuria, a poor but wild and arrogant labor contractor in the excavation team of the Rudraksha, transformed into a powerful Rakshasha & possessor of supernatural powers, that the words spoken by the madman were actually an ancient verse, a Rakshasha mantra, and that the real aim of Bhuria is to use the Rudraksha and Rakshasha mantra for spreading evil and hatred in the world, thus effectively restoring the rule of rakshashas once more.

It thus, once more becomes a battle of good vs. evil, where either must overcome the other. End of the day, the fear maker monsters are always unliked.

==Cast==
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Varun
* [[Suniel Shetty]] as Bhuria
* [[Bipasha Basu]] as Dr. Gayatri
* [[Isha Koppikar]] as Lalli, Bhuria's girlfriend and a contract killer
* [[Kabir Bedi]] as Pandit Ved Bhushan, a saint and Varun's father
* [[Farhad shahnawaz]] in Supporting Role
* [[Vinay Varma]] as Mantrik
* [[Agnes Darenius]] as Suzy, Dr. Gayatri's research assistant
* [[Negar Khan]]
* [[Virendra Saxena]] as security guard

==Reception==
Rudraksh was a flop at the box office. Critically, it was panned across the spectrum of reviewers for its tacky visuals, over usage of gimmicky computer generated effects and the actors hammy performance, which didn't help the already amateurish screenplay.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/domestic_boxoffice/03062004.htmlDomestic Box Office for the week ending <03/06/2004>]</ref> Even film critic [[Taran Adarsh]], known for being quite lenient with his ratings, criticized this film's screenplay.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/64786 Movie Review by Taran Adarsh]</ref>
==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Rudraksh
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;"> 12 December 2003 (India)</div>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]</div>
| producer = Nitin Manmohan<br>Sohail Maklai
| prev_title = [[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...]]
| next_year = 2004
}}

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration !! Composers
|-
| 1||"Ishq Khudai" ||Krishna, [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Shweta Pandit]] ||5:21|| [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]]
|-
| 2||"Ishq Hai Nasha Nasha" ||[[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] ||4:13|| [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
|-
| 3||"Dil Ki Aahein" || [[KK (singer)|KK]], [[K. S. Chitra]] ||5:03 || [[Shashi Preetam]]
|-
| 4||"Kya Dard Hai" ||Instrumental ||5:46 || Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
|-
| 5||"Rudraksh" ||[[Kunal Ganjawala]]||4:01 || Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
|-
| 6||"Rak-rak-rak" ||Shankar Mahadevan, [[Gayatri Ganjawala]], Kunal Ganjawala ||6:17 || Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
|-
| 7||"Ishq Khudai" - Remix ||Krishna, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shankar Mahadevan, Shweta Pandit ||8:02 || Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
|-
| 8||"Bole - Dole" ||Bhaumik, K. S. Chitra, Sandeep, Shashi Pritam ||4:21 || [[Shashi Preetam]]
|-
| 9||"Kya Dard Hai" ||[[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]], Shankar Mahadevan ||5:40 || Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Science fiction film of India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.scifilm.org/reviews2/rudraksh.html Review at scifilm.org] includes an explanation of the word "rudraksh."
* {{IMDb title|0366985|Rudraksh}}

[[Category:2004 science fiction action films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian science fiction action films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]
[[Category:Films based on the Ramayana]]
[[Category:Hindu mythology in popular culture]]

Rudraksh (film) - Revision history

Aryakin2022: small improve references as per guidelines additionally and cleaned formatting

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