The movie explores the ancient Indian philosophy that the ultimate battlefield for good and evil is nothing but a human beings body. And the ultimate prize is his soul. Aks is a modernistic rendition of this ancient conflict of good and evil. While it takes the form of an avant-garde psychological thriller, it is just a structure to explore this timeless philosophy. Aks then is the story of a hunter and his prey.
A cop and a killer, darkness and light. Aks is the story of Manu Verma and Raghavan. The story begins innocently enough, in the heart of Budapest. The Indian Defence Minister is on, what seems to be a routine foreign visit. However, the truth of the matter is that there is a hidden agenda behind the smiles and the handshakes. The visit is only an elaborate cover. As the motorcade makes its way through the streets of the old Hungarian capital, the Indian Defence Minister reveals the true details of this diplomatic trip, to his Head of Security Manu Varma.
At the heart of the matter, he explains, lies a floppy, with valuable information that could affect the very destiny of the nation. This is not the only sensitive news that has been revealed to the Head of Security, that day. Intelligence sources have revealed to Manu Verma, that a loan assassin, long feared for has ruthlessness, has been paid to eliminate the Defence Minister. The shadowy figure is called Raghavan. Throughout the visit Manu Verma can feel Raghavans sixty sense proves right.
He reaches the Indian Defence Minister just moments too late, and finds the statesman in a pool of blood. Raghavan has struck and vanished into thin air. The floppy has vanished with him. From this moment of begins a manhunt of epic propportions. Manu Verma becomes a man obsessed with captturing Raghavan. Nothing matters to him now except his prey. Furthermore, he begins finding Raghavans handiwork, a familiar trail of dead bodies, all around the city.
In the process, Manu verma digs deeper into the heart of darkness. He scours, the underbelly of the city. The labyrinth of the jungle and the vortex of the deepest caves before he finally catches his prey.