‘Kidnap’ makes for compelling viewing as the big festival

Imran Khan , who made his debut with the romantic Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na , is all set to shed his chocolate hero image for Kidnap. Yes, Imran plays a negative role in ‘Kidnap’ that is directed by Sanjay Gadhvi , who has directed Dhoom and Dhoom 2 . ‘Kidnap’ is a high-octane edge-of-the-seat drama about a power tussle between a young boy and the father of the girl he kidnaps.’Kidnap’ also stars Sanjay Dutt , Minissha Lamba , Vidya Malvade and Rahul Dev .

The story of the film goes like this: Sonia (Minissha) lives with her mother, Mallika (Vidya) and grandmother because her parents divorced when she was ten. A week before her eighteenth birthday celebration, she gets kidnapped. The abductor, Kabir (Imran) is interested in speaking only to her father, Vikrant Raina (Dutt), an affluent New York-based Indian businessman, with whom he has an old score to settle.

Vikrant returns to India to retrieve his daughter from Kabir’s clutches but has to carry out a series of daunting tasks set out by Kabir as a condition to rescue her. At the end of each task is a clue that helps Vikrant in coming closer to Sonia. Is his mission as easy as it seems? How far will a father go to save his daughter? What redemption is there for Kabir at the end?
‘Kidnap’ makes for compelling viewing as the big festival release on Eid. It features music by Pritam .