By: Somesh Vasishth

Is Mahesh Manjrekar really over hyped or he is a director, who just hasn't got his due in Bollywood. To get your verdict on this conundrum, Mahesh is coming up with his biggest directorial attempt so far, 'Rakht'.

Produced by Suniel Shetty's Popcorn Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd. in association with brewery industry king Vijay Mallya, Rakht is a story of Drishti (Bipasha Basu), a tarot card reader, who is gifted with a vision to see things that are going to happen.

Widowed at such an early age, Drishti is a strong lady and a doting mother to an eight-year old boy. Sanjay Dutt is a school principal, in search of his fiancée who has suddenly disappeared. Drishti helps him out.

Dino Morea plays the central male character and the mystery revolves around him. He shares a rough relation with his wife Neha Dhupia. Dino reportedly has put in an amazing performance in character with intense shades in the film.

Sunil Shetty plays Mohit, a crazy mechanic who has a soft corner for Drishti. Amrita Arora is mayor's daughter who is a pop singer.

Breaking the rules, Manjrekar way, Mahesh has roped Abhishek Bachchan for a dance number, which is the Hindi version of the British sensation Blue's hit 'One Love', sung by Shaan.

Yana Gupta makes a come back as a item girl in a hot item number 'O, What a babe!' sung by item number specialist Sunidhi Chauhan.

Rakht draws its inspiration from the Hollywood film, "The Gift". Will Mahesh be able to pass muster with this 'gory' gift, remains to be seen.