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The director Sanjay Gadhavi after directing some hit movies like Dhoom and Dhoom 2 definitely has faltered with the plot in Kidnap. Kidnap also does find parallels to the flick Zinda in terms of kidnapping theme. The movie Kidnap ignites intial interest, gets on to the waning mode with a lax plot, only to bow out without any fizzle.

The story begins with Sonia (Minnissha Lamba) a defiant and headstrong teenager who stays alongwith her divorced mother Dr. Mallika ( Vidya Malavade) and grand mother ( Reema Lagoo). Just before her eighteenth birthday she is kidnapped, the kidnapper Kabir Sharma ( Imran Khan) does not want ransom, instead he wants to play a game of negotiation with Sonia’s father Vikrant Raina ( Sanjay Dutt). Raina the richest Indian with a net worth of 51.7 billion dollars finds his world shattered. A man not used to taking orders is required to be on the run, follow the kidnappers orders and complete a series of tasks, each of which holds the clue. Each task completed is the only hope of keeping his daughter alive. With the kidnapper practically watching over his every move, one task incomplete and he would lose his daughter forever. All he can do is, try and connect with the clues to find out why this game of one on one. Kabir is a victim of Raina’s ruthless decision when he was 14 years old, which labels him as criminal. Years later Kabir masterminds series of events that force Raina to commit crime. At the end Kabir asks Raina a question, “Does committing a crime make you a criminal”

The director Sanjay Gadhavi has done all with his realms to get the movie going on, but has been let down by the scripting. The writer Shibani Bathija after a promising start has just has deteriorated the storyline to be unexciting and drabbing. The tasks required to get to the clues could have been much better and ditto for the climax. Cinematography by Bobby Singh is awesome. Pritam’s music is not quite there, the songs ‘Mit Jaye’ and ‘Hey Ya’ are okay.

Imran Khan has comfortably eased into the role of the steely kidnapper, emerging a clear winner. Sanjay Dutt has been in the on and off mode, at some places he stands out and at some ….need I say. Minnissha Lamba has done a fair job, but her costumes are a let down considering the fact of her been kidnapped. Vidya Malavade has given a stoic performance. Rahul Dev has been under-ulitised. Reema Lagoo was really not required.

The movie Kidnap definitely has a good theme, starts off well but doesn’t keep up to the expected levels that it possibly could have reached as a movie and also on the box office.

Rating: 2.25 out of 5

Shree Ashthavinayak Cine Vision Ltd’s forthcoming movie Kidnap starring Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan and Minissha Lamba has been cleared by the Censor Board with UA certificate without even a single cut. The keenly awaited movie releases worldwide on 2nd October 2008 and has been directed by Sanjay Gadhvi of Dhoom fame.

Kidnap marks Imran’s second release after Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and would be shedding off his chocolate boy image, while Minissha is in for an all glam and sexy makeover. The story revolves around how Imran Khan kidnaps Sanjay Dutt’s daughter, played by Minissha Lamba, to settle old scores.

With such an interesting starcast and plot it is likely that the audiences are awaiting the film Kidnap to hit the screens.

The film Kidnap is produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited and directed by Sanjay Gadhvi

The synopis of the movie is as follows:

Sonia (Minissha Lamba) lives with her mother, Mallika ( Vidya Malavade) and her naani. Her parents were divorced when she was 10 years old. And then,a week before her 18th birthday… Sonia gets kidnapped. The kidnapper, Kabir (Imran Khan) will talk only to Vikrant Raina (Sanjay Dutt) and no one else!

President of Raina Inc, Vikrant Raina (Sanjay Dutt) is the world’s richest Indian. A businessman, Post divorce, he lives in New York. Vikrant Raina comes to India to save his daughter Sonia.Vikrant is to do certain ‘tasks’ set out by Kabir. At the end of each of the ‘tasks’ is a clue. Each clue will take Vikrant closer to Sonia. If he does not save his daughter, nothing will. The real drama unfolds beyond the actual ‘tasks’.

How far will a father go to save his daughter?

KIDNAP Star Cast:
Sanjay DUTT, Imran KHAN, Minissha LAMBA, Vidya MALAVADE, Rahul DEV, Reemma LAGOO

SPECIAL APPEARANCE :Sophie CHOUDRY

FRIENDLY APPEARANCE :Raj ZUTSHI

PRODUCER: Shree Asthavinayak Cine Vision Ltd.

DIRECTED BY: Sanjay GadhviI

BACKGROUND MUSIC: Raju Singh

COSTUMES & STYLING: Shilpa Bhatia Sehi

ART DIRECTORS: Guruji Bros.

SOUND DESIGN: Dwarak Warrier

CHOREOGRAPHY: Remo

ACTION: Allan Amin

EDITING: Rameshwar Bhagat

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bobby Singh

LYRICS: Mayur Puri

MUSIC: Pritam Chakraborty

WRITTEN BY: Shibani Bathija

Kidnap is scheduled to be released on 2nd October 2008.

The movie Bachna Ae Haseeno is produced by big banner Yashraj Films and is directed by Siddarth Anand hence there are great expectations, but just to keep you informed there has been an attempt to make the film different, but yet seems to have resemblance to the 1965 movie named Teen Devian (Starring Dev Anand, Nanda, Kalpana & Simi Garewal).

The movie is all about a casanova character with three women through different stages of in his life. He ditches two of them only to be dumped by the third. In the process he happens to learn the facets of love and of life. The first affair is in the early teens where Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) meets Mahi (Minnissha Lamba) in Switzerland wherein the duo misses the train and left into each others company. The second affair is in the twenties where Raj who is working in Mumbai, has a live-in relationship with a sexy babe Radhika ( Bipasha Basu) and does not want to be committed. He ditches her and moves to Australia. The third affair is in the thirties with Gayatri ( Deepika Padukone) a cab driver, who is not at all interested in Raj.

It’s Gayatri’s ‘NO’, which makes Raj ponder over his past and he is overcome by guilt. He decides to go back to his ex-girlfriends with an intention of seeking forgiveness from them. Only to find Mahi married to Joginder ( Kunal Kapoor) and having two kids. Mahi isn’t happy with the marriage, Raj does his part and manages to reunite the couple in love. Radhika is now a star called Shreya, on seeing Raj she gets more infuriated. She is hell bent on teaching Raj a lesson and no amount of cajoling or apologizing seems to work. Does Raj get forgiveness or not? How do Mahi & Radhika react?

Bachna Ae Haseeno somehow seems to lack the romance formulation of Yashraj Films and the screen play doesn’t seem great with a lot of disconnect in the on-screen events. The director Siddarth Anand offers great visuals and has managed to pull some fine performances. Vishal-Shekhars music is okay with interludes from R D Burmans compositions. With stunning locales of Australia and Switzerland the cinematography by Sunil Patel is worth a mention. Dialogues have been great.

Ranbir Kapoor has surely stolen all the limelight with his performance and is likely to set many hearts on flutter this time without dropping a towel. Among the ladies, its Bipasha Basu who clearly stands out and there is no trace of the much spoken age difference factor their on-screen chemistry is sizzling, she is just getting into right roles now. Minnissha Lamba has scored a point in the emotional scenes. Deepika Padukone has got a raw deal as her role is not that convincing, but she surely looks stunning. Kunal Kapoor has carried out his part efficiently.

You could also possibly feel sprinkled traces of DDLJ, Salaam Namaste in the film. On the whole Bachna Ae Haseeno has a catchy interesting first half, weak and clumsy second half. A much stronger second half would have given the movie a much better chance at box-office, especially to justify the hype created which was created in the promos.