Kaal (2005)

A tiger expert, his wife, two tourists and a village chief engage in a battle for survival against supernatural beasts within Jim Corbett National Wildlife Park.

Director:

Soham Shah

Writers:

Soham Shah (dialogue), Soham Shah (screenplay),

Stars:

Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi, John Abraham

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ajay Devgn	...	Kaali Pratap Singh
Vivek Oberoi	...	Dev Malhotra
John Abraham	...	Krish Thapar
Lara Dutta	...	Ishika
Esha Deol	...	Riya Thapar
Parmeet Sethi	...	Bashir Khan
Vishal Malhotra	...	Vishal
Kushal Punjabi	...	Sajid
Vineet Sharma	...	Bagga
Daya Shankar Pandey	...	D.S. Pandey
Vinod Jaywant	...	Driver
Raajan Anand	...	Forest Officer
Vijay Joshi	...	Asst. Forest Officer
Gopal Babel	...	Waiter
Prem Singh Bisht	...	Asst. Ranger

Storyline

Two British Nationals are killed by a ferocious tiger in Orbit Park, India. This incident follows several other incidents, and many deaths result, prompting a National Geographic correspondent, Krish Thapar, and his sexy photographer, Riya, to take a trip to this park and ascertain what really happened. A group of youngsters, consisting of Dev Malhotra, Ishika, Bagga, and Vishal, on a thrill and hunting trip also arrive there in the hopes of sighting and shooting some big prey. Both Thapar and Malhotra groups meet with each other, and seek the guidance of a local called Kaali. What these folks do not know that they are the ones who have been singled out to be the prey - and soon they will find out that there is no escape from Kaal (death) - as it hunts them down one by one.

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Plot Keywords:

tiger | death | beast | wildlife | tourist | 

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Taglines:

Time to die

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Genres:

Thriller | Adventure | Mystery

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

Dharma Productions [in] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

29 April 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kaal - Das Geheimnis des Dschungels

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£101,649 (UK) (29 April 2005)

Gross:

$340,091 (USA) (13 May 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dharma Productions, Red Chillies Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Saif Ali Khan was offered the role of Dev Malohtra, but he declined.

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Goofs

There is a sheet of paper on which the national park's rules are printed. One of the park officers states that those are in English on the front and in Hindi on the back. However, there are several other shots in which it is plain that the back of the sheets is blank.

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Connections

Version of The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Kaal Dhamaal"
(Tiger Mix)
Composed and sung by Bobby Friction and the Infinite Scale

User Reviews

Pathetic treatment of zero subject matter

Inconsistency of facts, poor script, poor acting. Ajay Devgan is such a good actor - think this is his worst performance. The only tolerable person was John Abraham. The director got too much carried away by Hollywood stereo type movies. And the end result is disastrous. The only good thing was the sound effects. Women (as usual) were treated just as objects. Maybe the director and producer should be more careful and meticulous about the finer details of facts and presentation. Ajay Devgan is a North Indian (?) villager but he speaks the most polished Hindi. Esha Deol is a wild life photographer. But she rarely carries any camera while she is out on research. Over all its not at all worth a watch.