KIDNAP

A GOOD THRILLER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kidnap turned out to be a great thriller!

As the title is self explanatory,the movie revolves,around a kidnap,which is unconventional,and has unexpected turns and twists
The story begins,with a 18 year old girl,played by Minisha Lamba,who looks older than that,is kidnapped by a juvenile convict just out of jail,played by Imran Khan.He kidnaps,the girl,who lives with her separated mother,The motive of the crime,is to take revenge,from Sanjay Dutt,the girls father who is a rich businessman.As the story unveils,we are told,that this boy,when small.had taken,this mans car, without his permission,with this girl,to take his injured orphan mate,to the hospital,to prevent an amputation.Even when he returns it,and tries to explain and say sorry,the man refuses to listen and with the power of his money,has the boy behind bars for seven years.

What follows is an interesting chase,where he leaves clues,to be followed,in tracing the girl.Sanjay Dutt is made to say sorry to a nun,steal,help a victim escape from a jail and finally commit a virtual murder.All these were very meticulously planned to crash his ego,and bring him down on his knees,pleading for forgiveness,and to realize that all his,ego,power and wealth were useless,to save his daughter.The movie ends on a pleasant note,with the girl back to her parents,who are together again,and above all the hero and heroine parting on a friendly note,leaving the audience guessing.

This simple plot has been presented beautifully in the movie in a very entertaining manner,creating a good thriller.The emotional aspects have been thrown in nicely too,like the pain of an innocent child being exploited and tortured in jail,seperataions in rich families,despair of a child of divorced parents,coming together of estranged spouses in crises,the values of friendship,the uselessness of materialistic powers,the helplessness of genuine people at times,to do wrong things for a good cause and the virtue of humility and forgiveness.There is a slight innuendo to the Stockholm Syndrome,where the girl gets compassionate towards the man who holds her captive,and decides to help him,when he is injured,and miss a chance of escaping.But the punchline is,that a poor child can risk his life to save his friend,who in turn repays,by successfully helping his friend to get out of the jail,and in turn gets caught,but the rich man has no friend to help him in his life time crisis

The movie succeeds in maintaining a good pace, keeping the viewer guessing and in providing good entertainment.Songs,choreography,music and photography are good.Sanajy Dutt,in spite of his aging has looked smart,and Minisha and her mom have done justice to the roles.Imran Khan is the ultimate winner,who has not only looked hot as the angry young man but has delivered the goods superbly,and acted well for a beginner.He was well suited to the role,and has done justice,but can still do with some classes for diction and dialogue delivery.Has Sabrina Merchant stopped training these youngsters these days?

Imraan has been lucky with two good movies,in quick succession,and in the present competition with the other new facein Bollywood,in Ranbeer Kapoor,stands a clear winner with a score of TWO-Luv,in his favour! Bachna aye Haseeno( and Ranbeer), Imraan aa gaya!!

Sanjay,Delhi