Zinda (2006)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Sanjay Gupta

Writers:

Sanjay Gupta (screenplay)
Suresh Nair (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 January 2006 (India)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

One good act of vengeance.... deserves another

Plot:

A man, taken and locked up for 14 years without any sane reason, is suddenly released, and has 4 days to figure out why this was done to him.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Cell Phone | Pregnant Wife | Fifteen Rupees | Knife In Back

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Sanjay Dutt	...	Balajeet Roy
John Abraham	...	Rohit Chopra
Lara Dutta	...	Jenny Singh
Celina Jaitley	...	Nisha Roy (as Celina Jaitly)
Mahesh Manjrekar	...	Joy Fernandes
Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Woo Fong (as Raj Zutshi)
Alisha Baig
Nitin Raghani
Aditya Siddhu
Rushita Singh
Vicky Arora
Rahhull Dosani
Chirag
Gaurav Chanana		(as Gaurav)
Master Shlok Chaturvedi

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

India

Language:

English | Thai | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

India:A (uncensored) | India:UA (censored) | Australia:MA | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:18 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

White Feather Films

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Bala is fighting his way through the horde of guards inside the prison building, right before he gets stabbed in the back, the guy who stabs him steps on a baseball bat. The bat is completely hollow (so when it was used in filming it didn't actually injure anyone), but when the stabber steps on it, the bat is crushed and actually bends in the middle.

Quotes:

Rohit Chopra: In these 14 years I have also made a business empire but more than that creation of mine... I am proud of THIS monster that I've made

Movie Connections:

References Zatôichi (2003)

Soundtrack:

Yeh Hai Meri Kahaani

Zinda is now under investigation for violation of copyright.

It's not something new for bollywood to copy foreign movie's script. I guess they (actors, director and creative staff members...) all gather around and watch the movie to be copied so that there will be no confusion what they are really after. Frame to frame. That's a shameful act for any responsible main stream actors and director. I am glad that Zinda is now under investigation for violation of copyright. Its about time now to stop this shameful piracy. Another thing is, Hindi movie don't have guts to go that extreme like jaw-dropper "Old boy". Pathetic. They make movie according to the public taste, mostly rickshaw pullers. I wonder where they found in between the plot to plant some songs and crazy dance. Somebody really needs to tell bollywood artist that movie is a serious art business. There is a very bold thick red link between copy and adaptation, and Zinda is way far across the line.