Kidnap (2008)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Sanjay Gadhvi

Writers:

Vijayvargiya Anshul (additional dialogue)
Shibani Bathija (story)

Release Date:

2 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Sanjay Dutt plays a father whose daughter is kidnapped. The film follows his struggle to get her back.

Plot Keywords:

Train Station | Kidnapping | One Word Title | Jump From Height | Father Daughter Reunion

Cast

Sanjay Dutt	...	Vikrant Raina
Imran Khan	...	Kabir Sharma
Minissha Lamba	...	Sonia 'Soni' V. Raina
Vidya Malvade	...	Mallika V. Raina
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yasser Assadi	...	Police Officer
Sophiya Chaudhary	...	Dancer / singer
Parth Dave	...	Young Kabir Sharma
Sheela David	...	Sister Margaret
Rahul Dev	...	Inspector Irfan
Reema Lagoo	...	Malika's mom
Rushita Pandya	...	Young Sonia Raina
Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Mahesh Verma

Country:

India | China

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Hong Kong:IIB

Company:

Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision

Goofs:

Factual errors: Minisha gets kidnapped while she is swimming under the water. The kidnapper uses a chloroform spray inside water to sedate Minisha. In normal real life, it is impossible to breathe underwater. However, she still becomes unconscious.

Soundtrack:

Ishq Bin Jeena Hai Kya

An average thriller...

Kidnap has the right ingredients for the audience that love masala flicks. A hot Minissha Lamba in skimpy clothes, an item number by Sophie Chaudhary in clothes which if reduced by little would leave nothing to the imagination, decent songs which are beautifully picturized, great action sequences. But its the script that lets the film down. The main motive behind the whole Kidnap, when revealed, is a complete turn off.

Kidnap suffers from a story thats hard to digest. Without giving the story away let me brief you on some of the scenes.

* There is a sensual bath with loads of cleavage under a waterfall, which reminds us of Zeenat Aman, all this while the girl is held in hostage!

* Vikrant Raina releases a crimininal locked up in jail. Raina manages to do so by burning down the jail kitchen and escaping in a fire brigader's uniform.

* In a chase sequence, Vikrant is in pursuit of Kabir who climbs buildings like a hero straight out of a superhero film. Vikrant is no less, he gives Kabir a good chase performing those unbelievable stunts.

* Don't you think its a tad bit unrealistic for the visibly unfit father of a grown up daughter to be so athletic? Also, at times you can clearly notice the body double. Mind you, the exact same chase is one of the highlights of the movie and has been shot well.

* The climax during the New Year eve too is very unrealistic. Not a single soul notices the gun in the Ice box nor while Vikrant pulls the trigger!

The chemistry between Imraan and Minissha is poor. Minissha in fact shares a better chemistry with Sanjay Dutt in those limited scenes they share.

Sanjay Dutt sleep walks through his role. Imran Khan needs to work on his dialogue delivery. He's fine in his much looked forward-to negative role. Minissha Lamba manages to distract with ample cleavage show, with limited scope for histrionics she does well. Vidya Malvade doesn't suit her role.

Overall, Kidnap disappoints. If well-performed action sequences, skin show in abundance and great locales is what you wish to see, Kidnap is worth a watch. Else, wait for the DVD. At the box office, the hype due to several reasons mentioned above, would ensure a good opening. The lower budget (20 crores) compared to most biggies and good opening could result in the cost being recovered by the end of Week 1.