Zinda

Saw this movie Zinda last night. People were chopping off arms, tooth and other body parts like vegetables. Though, Zinda spared us of blood-fountains that were shown in kill bill, blood and gore was not much different .Ok-ish start. But, by interval, we started cursing this guy who wanted to watch “Zinda” when the original choice was – “In her shoes”.

The story. If I’m allowed to fast forward, a couple and their friend are celebrating the couple’s anniversary in a restaurant. The lady (part of the couple) goes to Bala (her husband, Sanjay Dutt) to tell him that she is pregnant but, Bala is missing. He is locked up in a room for 14 years by someone. He is provided with a TV, stationary, a good bed, a soft pillow with black satin pillow cover and a monitor-camera. Periodically, he is made unconscious with some gas and then, beauty and house keeping services are provided. Then, he discovers it is John Abraham, blah blah blah – only part worth mentioning is – John Abraham looked aaassum.

Here is the part of the story that needs dinosaurs’ enzymes to digest – Why did Rahul Kapoor (John Abraham) keep him locked for so long? – A Story of revenge. In high school, Bala lies to his friends that he slept with Rahul’s sis to win a bet. She is teased / humiliated and the gal commits suicide. There is more, Bala apparently has a gal-child; remember his wife was preg! – and Rahul Kills Bala’s wife when the child (Reema) is 1 year old. Rahul puts this gal up for auction at a pub when she turns 14 – the age when Rahul’s sister died (Whew!!) and finally when Bala goes to rescue her, there is nothing to rescue – this was a prank by Rahul- ha ha! Seriously, what was this prank in the middle of a story that the director believed was serious! Btw, Rahul dies, Father and child unite – “papa..”, “beti…” . Forgot to mention, there is a parallel love-story running between one female taxi driver and Bala ( he needs a taxi to go around the city. rite? That’s the connection).

There is one nice business opportunity that the flick introduced. Bala’s 14 years of lock-up was outsourced to an agency that specializes in this. The agency charges on the basis of services. “Daily torture karna hai toe, uska extra!”. I was wondering how they take care of marketing…

If you hate a friend whoz into software, tell him the movie is about fundoo hacking and all.

Note to self: When you think about questions of death, happiness, soul, etc, the concerns of career, pay-raise, etc contract down to trivial things. So, next time you are unhappy with work, think of bigger things in life.