Zinda (2006)

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Director:

Sanjay Gupta

Writers:

Sanjay Gupta (screenplay)
Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
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Release Date:

12 January 2006 (India)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | 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:

Cell | Taxi Driver | Won Ton | Revenge | Virginity Auction

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

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

Directed by
Sanjay Gupta

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vishal Dadlani		lyrics
Sanjay Gupta		screenplay
Anwar Maqsood		lyrics
Virag Mishra		lyrics
Suresh Nair		screenplay
Kamlesh Pandey		dialogues

Produced by
Hanif Chunawala	....	associate producer
Sanjay Dutt	....	presentation producer
David Fisher	....	line producer: Thailand Film Unit
Sanjay Gupta	....	producer
Manmohan Shetty	....	presentation producer
Gary Van Shipley	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Sanjoy Chowdhury		(background score)
Vishal Dadlani		(music) (as Vishal & Shekhar)
Faisal Kapadia		(music) (as Strings)
Shibani Kashyap		(music)
Bilal Maqsood		(music) (as Strings)
Shekhar Ravjiani		(music) (as Shekhar)

Cinematography by
Sanjay F. Gupta

Film Editing by
Bunty Nagi

Production Design by
Nut Chimprasert
Sonali Gaikwad		(as Shonali Gaikwad)
Meghna Gandhi

Costume Design by
Ameira Punvani
Rocky S
Navin Shetty

Makeup Department
Ravi Chauhan	....	assistant makeup artist (as Ravi Chavan)
Sandeep Limbachiya	....	makeup artist
Penkarn Premprsuthi	....	makeup artist: Thailand Film Unit

Production Management
Chiraporn Ketphkaew	....	production manager: Thailand Film Unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paran Bawa	....	first assistant director
Jasmeet Dhodhi	....	associate director (as Jasmeet Dhodi)
Navin K. Gujral	....	assistant director (as Naviin K. Gujral)
Gautam Kohli	....	assistant director

Art Department
Kunal	....	assistant art director
Mihir Shah	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Bhaskar	....	assistant sound re-recordist
Subir Kumar Das	....	re-recording mixer: assistant
Anup Dev	....	sound re-recordist: Lakdanala's Sound City
Amrit Pritam Dutta	....	sound design editor: Fire Fly's Post Studios (as Amrit Pritam)
Sinoy Joseph	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Sohail Kewal	....	sound assistant
Vijay Kumar	....	foley editor
Chaitanya Modha	....	adr recordist
Krishnanunni N.R.	....	adr mixer
Prashant Nayar	....	dubbing supervisor
Bhaskar Pal	....	dolby mastering
Riddhima Pandey	....	sound assistant
Resul Pookutty	....	adr mixer
Resul Pookutty	....	sound designer
Vivek Sachidanand	....	adr recordist (as Viveck)
Dharmendra Singh	....	boom operator
Karnail Singh	....	foley artist (as Karnal)
Sumeet	....	assistant sound re-recordist (as Sumit)
Krishnan Unni	....	assistant dubbing
Justin Jose	....	surround music mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Paresh Acharya	....	DI coordinator
Vishal Bengare	....	assistant digital compositor
Vishwajeet Bhanjadeo	....	assistant digital compositor
Neeraj Bhatt	....	assistant Fire artist: Prime Focus Team (as Neeraj Bhat)
Brahmadev	....	assistant Fire artist: Prime Focus Team
Goolzar Buchia	....	3D artist
Parminder Singh Chadda	....	DI supervisor: Prime Focus Team
Arup Chakravarty	....	DI recording technician
Aditya Desai	....	digital compositor
Rohan Desai	....	DI colorist: Prime Focus Team
Rohan Desai	....	DI supervisor: Prime Focus Team
Tushar Desai	....	graphics supervisor: Prime Focus Team
Nirmal Gala	....	DI coordinator
Chetan Gaur	....	assistant digital compositor
Vivek Gaur	....	lead compositor
Sandesh Gawali	....	assistant digital compositor
Mukesh Gurnani	....	DI technician
Rebecca Jaweed	....	graphics
Xavier Joseph	....	Fire artist: Prime Focus Team
Pankaj Kalbende	....	assistant digital compositor
Pranab Lahkar	....	assistant digital compositor
Vishrut Manseta	....	graphics
Abhishek Mishra	....	assistant digital compositor
Anand Nayak	....	3D artist
Manish Pal	....	assistant Fire artist: Prime Focus Team
Ruben Pandit	....	assistant digital compositor
Prasad Patel	....	digital compositor
Bharat Patil	....	assistant digital compositor
Ranjeet Pawar	....	DI technician
Santosh Prajapati	....	Fire artist: Prime Focus Team
Reupal D. Rawal	....	lead digital compositor: Prime Focus Team (as Reupal Rawal)
Suryapal Rawat	....	digital compositor
Ranadheer Reddy	....	digital compositor
Jitendra Sawant	....	digital compositor
Kaushal Shah	....	assistant digital compositor
Prashant Shahane	....	3D artist
Swapnil Shelar	....	digital compositor
Ritesh Shetty	....	DI recording technician
Raghvendra Shrivastava	....	assistant digital compositor
Dinesh Singh	....	graphics
Dinesh Solanki	....	digital compositor
Manoj Srivastav	....	3D artist (as Manoj Srivastava)
Deepak Srivastava	....	Fire artist: Prime Focus Team (as Deepak Shrivastava)
Yatin Tamhane	....	digital compositor
Merzin Tavaria	....	visual effects supervisor
Prashant Thakur	....	assistant digital compositor
Griboshin V.C.	....	visual effects coordinator: Prime Focus Team
Jitendra Vaghani	....	assistant digital compositor
Govardhan Vigharan	....	3D graphics supervisor: Prime Focus Team (as Govardhan Vigraham)
Nidhi Vikram	....	assistant digital compositor

Stunts
Yakub Khan	....	assistant action coordinator (as Yakoob Khan)
Wilfred Pereira	....	assistant action coordinator
Petchpunna Worthy Song	....	stunt coordinator: Thailand Film Unit
Kishore Verma	....	assistant action coordinator (as Kishor Verma)
Tinnu Verma	....	stunts (as Tinu Verma)

Camera and Electrical Department
M.N. Alam	....	lighting technician (as Aalam)
Ashok	....	lighting technician
A. Bhaskar	....	assistant camera
Pramod Khandale	....	lighting technician
Ramesh Khandale	....	lighting technician
Narendra Khanna	....	assistant camera
Kriengsak Kokanutranont	....	gaffer: Thailand
Prakash Mahto	....	spot boy (as Prakash Mahatoo)
Mastan	....	lighting technician
Naresh	....	spot boy
Dinesh Pathak	....	camera attendant (as Pathak Bhai)
Rohit Puri	....	lighting technician
Withaya Purprom	....	focus puller: Thailand
Mukesh Raut	....	spot boy
Waiwit Sangrat	....	still photographer: Thailand
Madan Sharma	....	spot boy
Surendra Singh	....	assistant camera
Kapil Verma	....	Steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shaikh Aziz	....	dress assistant
Salim	....	dress assistant
Ahmed Ali Shaikh	....	dressman
Rafiq Shaikh	....	dress assistant

Editorial Department
Rohan Desai	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Jitendra Matharoo	....	negative editor (as Jolly Matharu)
Prosenjit Mitra	....	promo on-line editor
Prashant Singh Rathore	....	assistant editor (as Prashant Singh Rathod)
Ravi	....	assistant negative cutter
Shyam	....	assistant negative cutter

Music Department
Dharam Bhatt	....	music producer: score
Nikhil Chinappa	....	composer: additional music
Subir Kumar Das	....	assistant music mixer
Subir Kumar Das	....	surround music mixing
Sanjay Dutt	....	playback singer
Kalvin	....	assistant song mastering
Faisal Kapadia	....	playback singer (as Strings)
Shibani Kashyap	....	playback singer
Kailash Kher	....	playback singer
Krishna	....	playback singer
Jayant Luthra	....	composer: additional music
Ashish Manchanda	....	song mastering
Bilal Maqsood	....	playback singer (as Strings)
Julius Packiam	....	composer: additional music
Rahul Sharma	....	background music recordist: United Recording Studio

Other crew
Nabeel Abbas	....	publicity designer
Neeraj G. Ajwani	....	standees and vinyls
Farzana Barucha	....	choreographer
Hanif Chunawala	....	production executive
Satish S. Dodani	....	standees and vinyls
Sanjay Dutt	....	presenter
Avinash Gowarikar	....	publicity stills
Ranganath Gowda	....	data manager: Prime Focus Team
Shashi Gowda	....	data manager: Prime Focus Team
Sekar Jeyson	....	data manager: Prime Focus Team
Jatin Kampani	....	publicity stills
Abdul Rahim Khan	....	production assistant
Raj Khatri	....	design visualizer
Nitin Manmohan	....	presenter
Ruchir Muranjan	....	accountant
Bunty Nagi	....	promos: Just Right Productions
Rajeev Kumar Nath	....	office staff
Akash Patel	....	design visualizer
Jeetu Savlani	....	publicity stills
Devang Shah	....	design visualizer
D.K. Shetty	....	laboratory in charge
Krishna Shetty	....	laboratory in charge
Vijay Shilwant	....	data manager: Prime Focus Team
Rajeev Soorti	....	choreographer
Aechawin Sornlump	....	location manager: Thailand
Smita Thakur	....	office administrator
Sunil Thapliyal	....	production assistant
Dhirendra Yadav	....	production assistant

Thanks
Sunil Dutt	....	in loving memory of (as Dutt Sahab)
Raju Patel	....	in loving memory of

Production Companies

• White Feather Films

Distributors

• Eros Australia Pty. Ltd. (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Eros Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Sahara One (2011) (India) (TV)

Special Effects

• Prime Focus (visual effects)

Other Companies

• A.K. and Company  legal advisor
• A.R. Sound  equipment supplier
• Abhishek Cine Equipments  equipment supplier (as Abhishek Equipment)
• Arafat Timber Agencies  set material (as Arafat Timbers)
• Ashish Chadha and Company  junior artists supplier
• Ashok Honda Productions  song recording
• Avitel Post Studioz  edited at
• Baan Rigs  equipment
• Bawarchi Restaurant  catering
• Brother and Friends  casting
• Buzz  publicity
• Charm Up  equipment supplier
• Chindasarm Emkosa  craft services
• D'damas  media partners
• Daks at Simpsons Picadilly  media partners (as Daks London)
• Digital Asia Concepts  production coordinator: Bangkok
• ETC  media partners
• Elite Light Equipments  equipment supplier
• Epigram  publicity design
• Film Art  publicity printers
• Film Board of the Kingdom of Thailand  acknowledgement
• First Hotel, The (Bangkok)  hotel
• Flying Carpet Productions Studios  music mastered at
• Gabbana Fashion  costume design (as Gabbana)
• Gear Head Company  equipment
• Government of Thailand, The  acknowledgement
• Gupta Paints & Hardware Stores  set material (as Gupta Paints)
• HDFC Bank  banking services: Versova
• HSBC Bank  banking services: Vile Parle (W)
• Hotel Royalty  hotel
• Indo Bangkok Company  production coordinator: Bangkok
• Jude Transports  transportation
• Just Right Productions  promos
• Lakdawala's Sound City  sound re-recording (as Lakdanala's Sound City)
• Landmark, The (Bangkok)  hotel
• M.A. Planks  set material
• Mahesh Enterprises  set material
• Manvi Innovation  standees (vinyls)
• Natraj Canteen  catering (as Natraj Studio Canteen)
• P.C. Surana and Company  chartered accountants
• Rahul Stores  set material
• Ravi Disco Lights  equipment supplier
• Renta Cam  equipment supplier
• Ritin Arts  equipment supplier
• Rocky S. Fashions  costume design (as Rocky S.)
• Royal Cliff, The (Pattaya)  hotel
• Rutugandh  hotel
• Shri Durga Travels  transportation (as Shree Durga Travels)
• Shyam Purohit and Company  income tax consultant
• Silver Planks  set material
• Sky Wings Tours & Travels  travel agency (as Sky Wing Travels & Tours)
• Status Trading Corporation  equipment supplier
• Sun Light and Grip Equipment Company  equipment
• Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)  soundtrack (as T-Series)
• The Sun-N-Sand Hotel, Mumbai  hotel (as Sun-N-Sand)
• Tiranga Enterprises  equipment supplier
• United Recording Studio  background music recorded at
• XLNC Wheels  equipment supplier (as XLNC)

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Runtime:

116 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA15+ | India:UA (censored) | India:A (uncensored) | UK:18 (DVD rating) | UK:15 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

White Feather Films

Trivia:

When the film was launched in 2003, it was to be shot in Vancouver BC , Canada. The script was also different. It was based on a father daughter story. Sanjay Gupta said it was inspired by Sanjay Dutt' s story with his daughter Trishala. Sanjay Gupta decided to eventually change the subject.

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:

Balajeet Roy:Touching the rain drops after ages... I touched life again... Yes... I will get my freedom...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in No One Killed Jessica (2011)

Soundtrack:

Kabhi Muskura Ke

HOLY SH*T .......... I Have Encountered Satan's Porno !!!!

Zinda has psychologically poisoned me. Words refuse to escape my mouth as I am beyond speechless, what this world is capable of ..... looking at you "Bollywood". For Starters Oldboy is my all time favourite piece of cinema, a masterful art work, that I truly respect and admire. Zinda uses Oldboy and devours its reputation and spoofs it presumptuously. I've never witnessed something so putrid, this film is simply a crime. Zinda is an unforgivable sin.

The cinematography was chaotic, the acting was horrific and the experience as a whole was intolerable. The producers should feel ashamed and beg for their dignity back. Zinda is humiliating to the point were I can't even comprehend. While my brain was decomposing as I tortured my self to sit through an hour and fifty minutes of utter garbage. This movie is one of a kind, nothing has made me seriously doubt the existence of life like this ever before. My lord what have I gotten myself into my brain thinks to itself for the millionth time in the first 30 minutes. WARNING this film cannot be unwatched so be careful and I mean it. I apologise on behalf of Bollywood for all the true Oldboy fans or even the people who just appreciate film. Because for some reason I feel guilty this *beeping* film exists.