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{{Infobox film
| name = Kaal
| image = Kaalposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Soham Shah]]
| producer = [[Karan Johar]] [[Shah Rukh Khan]]
| screenplay = Soham Shah
| story = Soham Shah
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]] [[John Abraham]] [[Vivek Oberoi]] [[Lara Dutta]] [[Esha Deol]]
| music = [[Salim–Sulaiman]] [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| cinematography = [[Santosh Thundiyil]]
| editing = [[Sanjay Sankla]]
| studio =
| distributor = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2005|04|29}}
| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = 
| gross = {{INR}}28.5 crore<ref name="BOI Kaal gross" />
}}

'''''Kaal''''' ({{trans|The time of doom}}), is an Indian [[supernatural horror]] film directed by [[Soham Shah]], and jointly produced by [[Karan Johar]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan]]. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]], [[Vivek Oberoi]], [[Esha Deol]], [[Lara Dutta]], [[Vishal Malhotra]] and [[Kushal Punjabi]]. It was released on 29 April 2005 and became an average box-office success.

The story relates the struggle of wildlife expert Krish Thapar (John Abraham), his wife Riya Thapar (Esha Deol), and a group of friends who battle against a ghost in the fictional Orbit National Park (alluding to the world-famous [[Jim Corbett National Park]], [[Nainital district|Nainital]], [[Uttarakhand]]) for their lives. The film sends out the message on protecting the precious wildlife of India.

==Plot==
Two British nationals are killed by a ferocious [[tiger]] in [[Corbett National Park]] in India. This incident is followed by several other tiger attacks, and many deaths result, prompting ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'' to send a correspondent, Krish Thapar ([[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]) to the national park and ascertain what really happened. Thapar is accompanied by his wife Riya ([[Esha Deol]]).

A group of youngsters, consisting of Dev Malhotra ([[Vivek Oberoi]]), his girlfriend Ishika ([[Lara Dutta]]), Sajid ([[Kushal Punjabi]]) and Vishal ([[Vishal Malhotra]]), are on a hunting trip in the hopes of sighting and shooting some big prey. The youngsters' car breaks down and Bagga ([[Vineet Sharma]]), a passing by driver, gives them a lift. Bagga's car accidentally hits Krish's, which also breaks down and is at the middle of the road. The two groups decide to travel together in Bagga's car, leaving a mechanic repairing Krish's car.

Just a few seconds they set off, the mechanic disappears, and they believe a tiger just took him away and decide not to risk their lives to look for him.

Bagga finds them a place to stay -- a guesthouse owned by Pandey. Pandey is a guide who agrees to lead them the next day to the core area, where tigers live, for hunting. Pandey disappears the very night and his body is found in the wild the next day, with his head chopped off. Krish starts to be suspicious about the real cause of the recent rising deaths in the jungle, as he is an animal expert and recognizes Pandey is not killed by a tiger or any animal.

Warned by an officer and scared, the group decide to leave the jungle. Before they depart, they find Sajid missing. Dev, close friend to Sajid, assumes the latter is going to the core area alone for hunting. However, the group decide to leave without Sajid. Expectedly, Sajid joins the series of mystery deaths. The rest are soon confronted by three tigers on the way. Kaali Pratap Singh ([[Ajay Devgan]]), who claims to live in the jungle, saves them from the upcoming tiger attack.

On their continued way out of the jungle, they find the road is blocked by rocks due to the landslide caused by rain. Kaali shows up again and agrees to lead them out of the jungle.

Kaali appears to be very knowledgable about the jungle. Krish, who is now more curious about the mysterious deaths, asks him if he knows what's behind those deaths. Kaali answers that there was a mad guide in this jungle, who always led tourists to wrong places to make them killed by animals. Angry villagers later found about it and beat him to death. But his spirit -- the ghost -- remains in the jungle and keeps killing tourists. But none of them believe Kaali's story.

Bagga later disappears when repairing his car, rising the fear among the rest. Vishal is also killed by their car explosion a few moments later.

The rest carry on and reach a deserted guesthouse in the evening, outside which there is a well. All go to sleep after being warned by Kaali not to get close to the well. Riya wakes up thirsty in the night. She decides to get water from the well despite Kaali's warning, and is later accidentally hung by her foot in the well and dies.

The rest figure out Riya's death and try to pull out her body, while Dev suddenly realizes that Kaali does not have a reflection in well's water. He also sees that Kaali is not visible in any of the videos that had been recorded by Vishal so far. He realizes that the story Kaali told them is true and he is the ghost referred in the story. Dev makes an excuse to push Kaali off and convinces the others that Kaali is a ghost. They decide to escape from Kaali.

They encounter several accidents on their way out of the jungle, apparently arranged by Kaali, but finally manage to escape.

Krish now knows what's behind those mysterious deaths but he is not going to tell anyone because no one is going to believe him. Meanwhile in the jungle, Kaali keeps killing tourists.

==Cast==
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Kaali Pratap Singh
* [[John Abraham]] as Krish Thapar
* [[Vivek Oberoi]] as Dev Malhotra
* [[Esha Deol]] as Riya Thapar
* [[Lara Dutta]] as Ishika Malhotra
*[[Vishal Malhotra]] as Vishal
* [[Kushal Punjabi]] as Sajid
* [[Vineet Sharma]] as Bagga
* [[Parmeet Sethi]] as Officer Khan
* [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as DS Pandey
* [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in a special appearance in item song "Kaal Dhamaal"
* [[Malaika Arora]] in a special appearance in item song "Kaal Dhamaal"

==Production==
Soham Shah, the writer-director of ''Kaal'' had earlier assisted Karan Johar in ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' (2001). The filmmakers used 25 litres of real blood in the film.<ref name="red">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/may/02soham.htm|title='I asked for 25 litres of blood!'|last=Ashraf|first=Syed Firdaus|work=Rediff.com|date=2 May 2005|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> The idea of using computer-generated tigers was dropped because of the lack of its realism.<ref name="red"/> The three tigers shown in ''Kaal'' were also used in the Hollywood film ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' (2000).<ref name="tiger">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/26vivek.htm|title=I wanted Ajay Devgan's role: Vivek|last=Ashraf|first=Syed Firdaus|work=Rediff.com|date=26 April 2005|access-date=6 January 2015}}</ref> Scenes involving tigers were shot in Bangkok, where they used to roam free on sets.<ref name="red"/> Vivek Oberoi wanted to portray the character Kaali, but later accepted the one offered.<ref name="tiger"/> The film was shot at the [[Jim Corbett National Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/27lara2.htm|title=Lara: We had some close calls|work=Rediff.com|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>

==Reception==
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics noting it to be a different type of horror film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/7276/index.html |title=Kaal (2005) | Movie Review, Trailers, Music Videos, Songs, Wallpapers |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |date=2005-04-29 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/kaal.asp |title=Kaal movie review |publisher=glamsham.com |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> ''Kaal'' was an average at the box office.<ref name="BOI Kaal gross">{{cite web|title=Boxofficeindia.com|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=211|access-date=2012-07-13|publisher=Boxofficeindia.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229131030/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=211|archive-date=29 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was the eleventh highest-grossing Hindi-language film of 2005.<ref name="BOI Kaal gross" />

==Soundtrack==
The music is composed by [[Salim–Sulaiman]] and [[Anand Raj Anand]]. The lyrics are penned by [[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]], [[Anand Raj Anand]] and [[Kailash Kher]]. According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 16,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's seventh highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archive-date=15 February 2008|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Aankhiyan Teriya Ve
| extra1 = [[Kailash Kher]], [[Caralisa Monteiro]]
| lyrics1 = [[Kailash Kher]]
| length1 = 4:09
| title2 = Dharma Mix
| extra2 =[[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Ravi Khote]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Aadesh Shrivastava]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| lyrics2 = [[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]]
| length2 = 7:26
| title3 = Jungle Mix
| extra3 = [[Vijay Prakash]], [[Caralisa Monteiro]], Jeanne
| lyrics3 = Shabbir Ahmed
| length3 = 5:04
| title4 = Kaal Dhamaal
| extra4 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Ravi Khote]], Caralisa Monteiro, Salim Merchant
| lyrics4 = Shabbir Ahmed
| length4 = 4:41
| title5 = Kaal Dhamaal [The Tiger Mix]
| extra5 = Kunal Ganjawala, Ravi Khote, Caralisa Monteiro, Salim Merchant
| lyrics5 = Shabbir Ahmed
| length5 = 4:44
| title6 = Nassa Nassa
| extra6 = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| lyrics6 = [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| length6 = 5:07
| title7 = Tauba Tauba
| extra7 = [[Sonu Nigam]], Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan, [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]
| lyrics7 = Shabbir Ahmed
| length7 = 5:05
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0415908|Kaal}}

{{Karan Johar}}
{{Red Chillies Entertainment}}
{{Dharma Productions}}

[[Category:Red Chillies Entertainment films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Indian supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Salim–Sulaiman]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anand Raj Anand]]
[[Category:Films distributed by Yash Raj Films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films shot in Bangkok]]
[[Category:Films shot in Uttarakhand]]

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