Alag

Alag () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language science-fiction film directed by Ashu Trikha, starring Akshay Kapoor and Dia Mirza. The protagonist has an incredible intellect, as well as telepathy and paranormal powers like controlling lightning and magnetism and with no hair on his entire body. This film was made at a budget of ₹ 8 crore, but earned only ₹ 56 lakh, approximately one-sixteenth of its budget. Several critics noted similarities between the film and 1995 American film Powder.

==Plot== Widower Hemant Rastogi lives in scenic Mahabaleshwar, seemingly alone. One night, he suffers a heart attack and dies. When the police search his residence, they discover Tejas, Hemant's only son, in the basement of the house. Tejas has spent his entire life in the basement due to his extreme sensitivity to sunlight, as per the doctors who examined him when Hemant brought him in after noticing Tejas' eyes turning red. The police then request Purva Rana, head of the P.R. Institute (for the rehabilitation of young criminals), to take care of Tejas, whose only interactions so far have been with his father and the books provided to him.