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Producer: Sanjay Gupta
Director: Sanjay Gupta
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Celina Jaitley, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lara Dutta
Music: Vishal Shekhar, Shibani Kashyap, Strings
Sanjay Gupta has earned the penchant of making sleek, serious and stylish films and here he directs another one once again. He has made hard hitting and stark films, but with all novel ingredients. His films of the past like ‘Kaante’ and ‘Musafir’ was a step ahead of the routinous Bollywood stuff. With thrills, revenge, suspense and action dominating the screen, crime has been the underlying tone in both the films. ‘Zinda’ ventures into all this and much more. For the umpteenth time, Gupta has teamed up with Sanjay Dutt for the film as he had also directed ‘Kaante’ and ‘Musafir’ with Sanjay in the lead.
‘Zinda’ is a hard-hitting movie extensively shot in Bangkok. The film though isn’t a remake has some resemblance with Park Chan-Wook’s Korean classic ‘Oldboy’. Like all his other former films, Sanjay once again succeeds to garner attention for the film with the exciting storyline that is fresh and novel. There are sharp twists and turns, which leaves you shockingly excited at the end. Mark my words, you’ll be biting your nails and will be engrossed to your seats until the film ends. A casual warning before you set out to watch the film, ‘This is not meant for the faint hearted’.
Set in the backdrop of Bangkok Balajeet Roy (Sanjay Dutt) leads a happy married life, with his family comprising his lovely wife Nisha (Celina Jaitley). Bangkok was a city of his dreams, where he felt happy, comfortable and contented. With his wife he was starting to feel that the city has given him all. Nisha was expecting a baby and the happiness of Bala knew no bounds. The happiness that was very short lived!
Bala is lost and locked in a dungeon from which he has no return. In a strange twist of events his life changes. His loved ones are no more around him. He is isolated. He doesn’t know where he is, but it is a cell that is locked, that doesn’t have an exit. He doesn’t know what has happened, how it has happened, he only realizes that he is confided to a dark and dirty room and he doesn’t know for how long. His link to the world is only one television set. He learns that his wife has been murdered and he is the prime suspect.
But what has he done, where is he, who has done it to him, when will be back to the world, Bala doesn’t have the answer to all theses question. He has to wait long to find the answers. Wait for 14 years. Over the years Bala changes, he is no more human like. He is only concerned to take revenge from the people who have snatched away his everything. After 14 years he is freed to face the world once again with some money and a cell phone. There are so many challenges and the hurdles never seem to end. Because he has just 4 days to do what he has to. His freedom was a plan of his captives. But who are they! He comes across a cabbie Jenny (Lara Dutta) and gets together with his friend (Mahesh Manjrekar) to lead to the cause of his suffering - Rohit Chopra (John Abraham) a business tycoon. The revelations are too shocking!
The film is captivating, enthralling and thrilling bringing a storyline that the Indian moviegoers haven’t seen before. As it is not a general typical Bollywood style of film, it may not suit the taste and preference of all movie lovers as a whole. It is a dark and dreary revenge tale that at times intends to go a bit hoarse too for an average movie watcher. The film is not absolutely meant for people who prefer comedy, romantic, family movies and lighthearted film. Only who have an inclination to watch horror, hair-raising tales or thriller stuffs will get addicted to the screenplay. Violent sequences, ghastly scenes are loaded in the film along with a western feel to it. The film is a trendsetter and also ahead of times. It is presented raw with all its complexities. The first part of the film is very engrossing with stellar scenes executing the events taking place. In the second half the film turns more intriguing. But here also emerges some loopholes in the story that are left unanswered.
For a film as such, less music doubles the impact. Sanjay F. Gupta’s cinematography is terrific. Dialogues and action is grave and realistic. Sanjay Dutt is fantabulous in his role and nobody could have donned it better than him. He stands out! John Abraham gets into the skin of the character but his soft looks definitely don’t make him ideal for a revenge film. He does a good job. Lara Dutta and Mahesh Manjrekar are okay with their small role. Celina Jaitley is a blink and miss.
Here is a stylish film with an interesting and novel plot that might give a Hollywood flick run for its money. The story has its limitations and thus it might not be able to pull too much audience. With the urban class of audience and in multiplexes the film will get a decent run!
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