---
title: 'Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vipul Amrutlal Shah'
released: '2005-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 153
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/waqt-the-race-against-time-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390614/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)

2005 · 153 min · Drama · India

Original title: वक्त

## Synopsis

Waqt: The Race Against Time or simply known as Waqt is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. Based on a Gujarati play by Aatish Kapadia, the film stars an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Shefali Shetty Shah, Rajpal Yadav and Boman Irani. It follows the journey of Ishwar Chandra Thakur (Bachchan), an old rich businessman who unexpectedly turns very strict to his spoiled son Aditya Thakur (Kumar) to teach him life lessons before it is too late.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vipul Amrutlal Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/vipul-amrutlal-shah)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anu Malik](https://cinepixo.com/people/anu-malik)
- **Producer:** [Vipul Amrutlal Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/vipul-amrutlal-shah)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ashok Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-mehta), [Santosh Thundiyil](https://cinepixo.com/people/santosh-thundiyil)

## Cast

- [Shefali Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/shefali-shah)
- [Boman Irani](https://cinepixo.com/people/boman-irani)
- [Priyanka Chopra](https://cinepixo.com/people/priyanka-chopra)
- [Akshay Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/akshay-kumar)
- [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan)

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