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Language:HINDI
Director:Sanjay Gupta
Producer:Sanjay Gupta
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, John
Abraham, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitley and
Mahesh ManjrekarCinematography: Sanjay F,
Gupta
Editing: Bunty Nagi
Screenplay: Suresh Nair,
Sanjay F. Gupta
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man responsible for movies such as 'Kaante' and 'Musafir'
gives us his latest offering in the form of the movie
'Zinda.' Sanjay Gupta has always leant towards the West
for inspiration in his movie, this time it is the East
he looks to.
'Zinda' is heavily inspired by Park Chan- Wook's Korean
classic 'Old boy' (2003) and quite rightly so because
this is Bollywood's taste of Extreme Asia Cinema and
Gupta has played it well.Don't expect a typical Bollywood
movie; this is so not Gupta's style! Expect fantastic
camera angles, a blue hue throughout and a truly deep
and dark sinister movie that is simply visually appealing.
This is the story of a man called Balajeet Roy , who
has everything he could possibly want. Beginning a new
life in Bangkok he has a beautiful wife Nisha (Celina
Jaitley) and as they become accustomed to their new
life the new surroundings with the food and culture
around them, Nisha is ecstatic to find out that she
is due to have a baby.
As their happy life
continues something strange happens one day as Bala
wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings. Yet where is he?
He is locked up in a room with only a television set.
Nisha's dream of sharing her life with her husband is
short lived as for fourteen years he has been locked
up in this dark room.Balajeet's only contact with the
outside world is a television; this is how he learns
of his wife's death.
His mind is a mess as he wonders who has done this to
him and how he can avenge his wife's death.Fourteen
years later he is bundled into a suitcase and left out
in the open, he is free. In the mean streets of Bangkok,
Bala attempts to seek out the truth about his sinister
past, but the twist is that part of him being free is
that it all part of the plan.
With all this change
in his life, Bala attempts to put all the pieces together
and discover who is responsible, which leads him to
Rohit Chopra ( John Abraham), Joy Fernandes ( Mahesh
Manjrekar) and seductress Jenny ( Lara Dutta) could
it be these three that actually put him in that room
in the first place?
Now free from this dark
room is only the beginning of Bala's problems, it is
all a puzzle and a mystery that is sure to play with
your mind. The movie has many pieces of a jigsaw that
eventually come together at the end, which has the viewer
hooked throughout.
Sanjay Dutt is very praise worthy throughout and you
can tell that he has worked hard in preparing for this
role. We see him unkempt, tortured and restricted in
the first half yet the second half shows his true range
as a versatile actor. Watch how he transforms and hacks
his way through with the help of drills, spills and
hammers! His range of samurai moves is impressive too!The
women don't have much of a role, Celina Jaitley is in
the movie for all of 5 minutes, and Lara Dutta is the
female distraction throughout. It is sufficient and
she does her role convincingly as much is possible.
John Abraham truly comes to light in the second half
and although he has some good moments, some parts were
weak and he needed slightly more depth to enact further
brutality but nonetheless he fits the bill well.There
are no item numbers just the tracks in the background
('Yeh Hai Meri Kahani' Stings, and 'Zinda Hoon Main'
by Shibani Kashyap) which are consistent in coming up
with the movies theme and atmosphere so don't expect
any singing and dancing.
A truly, deep, dark and bloody movie. It is gritty,
it's raw and full of graphic bloodshed and violence,
which is cleverly shown and not in the weak Bollywood
style that is shown to be child's play! The help of
'Extreme Asia' cinema has helped this movie to be what
it is. If you can't handle in your face blood and guts
then look away now! Definitely worth a watch.
Reviews by Hinna Kausar
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