Naqaab (English: The Hidden Mask) is a Bollywood suspense thriller directed by the famous duo Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla. The film reunites Bobby Deol and Akshaye Khanna after their last film Humraaz which was also directed by Abbas-Mustan. Former model Urvashi Sharma makes her film debut as the leading actress of the film. The story of the film is inspired from the Hollywood movie Dot the I.^[1]

Synopsis[link]

After Sophia D'Costa (Urvashi Sharma) is stalked and attacked in Goa by Rakesh, she decides to re-locate to Dubai. Here she rents a room in a villa near Jumeirah Beach, owned by wealthy star Karan Oberoi (Bobby Deol). Six months later he proposes to her, and she accepts. Shortly before the marriage, she meets with an unemployed actor, Vicky Malhotra (Akshay Khanna), and is attracted to him, but decides to go ahead and marry Karan. At the altar, she changes her mind, ditches him and decides to move in with Vicky. But things take a turn for the worse.

When Karan gets embarrassed in front of everyone for being dumped at the altar, he commits suicide, and when Sophia finds out about this, she also finds out that it was Vicky's fault Karan was killed. Later on, Vicky confesses that him and some guy named Rohit Shroff were shooting a film about Karan's life and Vicky didn't really love Sophia, but what Vicky doesn't know is that Rohit actually is Karan, since Vicky has clearly never seen Karan's full face, and Rohit had just bluffed everyone and staged his suicide.

Cast[link]

Response[link]

Box office[link]

Despite some positive reviews, Naqaab opened to a poor response and in its opening week made Rs. 12,67,24,665 in India. The second week saw a sharp decline and made Rs. 1,00,62,515.^[2]

Overseas, the film debuted at number 9 in the U.K charts and collected £75,250 in its first week.^[3] In its second week the film dropped to number 15.^[4]

Reviews[link]

Naqaab received positive reviews. Critics were generally positive to the performances of the three lead actors. Taran Adarsh of Indiafm.com said "Naqaab belongs to Akshaye, who delivers yet another powerful performance. He's splendid, the real scene stealer, the soul of the enterprise. Bobby is relegated to the backseat in the first hour, but manages to make his presence felt in the second half. Urvashi Sharma gets a dream launch and she utilizes the golden opportunity completely."^[1] Bollywoodarchive.com said "Akshaye Khanna’s stands out most outstandingly. His chemistry with Urvashi is superb. Bobby Deol does his part well but offers nothing vulnerable. Newcomer Urvashi Sharma acts as if she has the experience of many films behind her."^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Naqaab at the Internet Movie Database

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Urvashi Sharma
Urvashi Sharma at launch of Provogue's summer collection, 2012.
Born	(1980-10-29) October 29, 1980 (age 31) Delhi, India
Occupation	Film Actress, model
Years active	2007-present
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Spouse	Sachiin Joshi (2012-present) [1]

Urvashi Sharma (Hindi: उर्वशी शर्मा) is an Indian Bollywood actress & model, born in Delhi in a Hindu Family. Her mother is from Afganistan & she is of Indian ethnicity. She has appeared in numerous print and television advertisements and featured in music videos like Mika's Something Something and Atif's "Doorie". Her debut movie, Naqaab was released on 13 July 2007. She has a sister named Sucheta Sharma who was seen in movie Fashion in catwalk sequences along with Priyanka and Kangana. She has been honoured with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah. She did modelling for Ponds, Garnier, TBZ and Globus. Her first campaign was for Ponds, then came Garnier, followed by Kit Kat and Monte Carlo. and even in i10.

Personal[link]

Urvashi Sharma with husband Sachiin J Joshi at their wedding reception

She got married to her entrepreneur/actor boyfriend Sachiin J Joshi in February of 2012.^[2]

Filmography[link]

• Naqaab (2007)
• Three (2008)
• Baabarr (2009)
• Khatta Meeta (2010)
• Aakrosh (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Urvashi's profile on the IMDb
• Urvashi Sharma on Twitter

Akshaye Khanna
Born	(1975-03-28) 28 March 1975 (age 37) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present

Akshaye Khanna (Hindi: अक्षय खन्ना) (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian film actor who works in Hindi cinema.

Background[link]

Akshaye Khanna was born in Mumbai in 1975. He is the middle son of Bollywood actor and politician Vinod Khanna, and the younger brother of actor Rahul Khanna.

Career[link]

After studying in Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai, Khanna made his acting debut in Bollywood in 1997 with the movie Himalay Putra, which went without much success at box office.^[1] His performance in his next release, J. P. Dutta-directed Border (1997), earned him the Filmfare Best Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998.^[2] After that a string of unsuccessful films followed such as Mohabbat (1997), Kudrat (1998), Laawaris (1999), Love You Hamesha (1999) and Dahek: A Burning Passion (1999).

In 1999, he starred in Rishi Kapoor's Aa Ab Laut Chalen; though the film did average business, he was praised for his acting in this film. He next starred in the 1999 release of Subhash Ghai's Taal opposite Aishwarya Rai. The film became a critical and commercial success.^[3]

In 2001, Khanna appeared in Farhan Akhtar's cult classic Dil Chahta Hai which turned out to be a turning point in his career; the film was a commercial and critical success and Khanna's performance was particularly applauded, later validated by first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002.^[4] Also, the film launched both Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan's careers. In 2002, Khanna appeared in a Abbas-Mustan thriller Humraaz; his role as a convincing con-artist in this film earned him much critical acclaim, and a nomination for a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.^[5] Khanna then plunged into the comedy genre with Priyadarshan’s Hungama (2002) and Hulchul (2004) that became box office hits.^[6][7]

After acting in a string of unsuccessful and lukewarm box-office films like Shaadi Se Pehle (2006), Aap Ki Khatir (2006),^[8] Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007), Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008), Gandhi, My Father (2007),^[9] and Naqaab (2007),^[10] Khanna appeared in the 2008 release Race. The Abbas-Mustan’s thriller was the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film in 2008 and Khanna's performance in a negative role brought him couple of awards in the Best Villain category. However, Khanna’s portrayal of Harilal Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, in the critically acclaimed 2007 film Gandhi, My Father that is unanimously acknowledged his best performance yet as an actor.^[11]

In 2010, he starred in Anees Bazmee's No Problem, co-starring with Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor and Kangna Ranaut.^[12] His later releases did not fare well at the box office but his performances in Aakrosh (2010) and Tees Maar Khan (2010) were well-received by critics and audiences alike.

Awards and nominations[link]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Akshaye Khanna at the Internet Movie Database

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