Neither a rather different story-line nor the charming and skimpily-dressed duo of Celina Jetly and Larra Dutta can save this movie from being branded a waste.
Zinda features Bala (Sanjay Dutt), a software engineer, who is taken without warning and locked up for fourteen years in a cell. He begs and pleads for answers but all he gets is a regular grooming and change-of-clothes session.
Finally set free on the streets of Bangkok, Sanjay, together with a desi cab driver Jennie (Larra Dutta), drives around for clues after realizing his wife Nisha (Celina Jetly) has been murdered while he was locked up.
In his search for the truth and his captives, Bala runs and chases through the claustrophobic streets of Bangkok. When he finally arrives, he uncovers more than what he had bargained for.
Zinda has no group-dances, only background vocals including the Bollywood debut of our very own Strings.
Even though the premise of Zinda is refreshingly different, it's not the type that would appeal to Indian moviegoers.
© Faras Ghani 2006
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