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{{Infobox film
| name = Zinda
| image = Zindamovieposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
| producer = Sanjay Gupta
| screenplay = Sanjay Gupta Suresh Nair
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] [[Lara Dutta]] [[Celina Jaitly]]
| music = '''Background Score:''' [[Sanjoy Chowdhury]] '''Songs:''' [[Vishal-Shekhar]] [[Nikhil Chinapa]] Dj Nawed Kinky Ronald [[Strings (band)|Strings]]
| cinematography = Sanjay F. Gupta
| editing = Bunty Nagi
| released = {{Film date|2006|1|12|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| runtime = 116 minutes
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Zinda''''' (English: ''Alive'') is a 2006 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[neo-noir]] [[action thriller film]] starring [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[John Abraham]], [[Lara Dutta]] and [[Celina Jaitly]]. <ref>{{Citation|title=Zinda (2006)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zinda|language=en|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref>The film was directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] and also wrote the film along with Suresh Nair. [[Vishal-Shekhar]] composed the film's thematic music, and background music composed by Sanjoy Chowdhury. It was released in India on 12 January 2006.

''Zinda'' has been identified as an unauthorised remake of the South Korean film ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]'' (an official adaptation of the Japanese [[manga]] ''[[Old Boy (manga)|Old Boy]]'').<ref name=zvso>{{cite web |url=http://voices.yahoo.com/vengeance-dish-best-served-korean-oldboy-vs-zinda-7975406.html |title=Vengeance is a Dish Best Served Korean: 'Oldboy' vs. 'Zinda'}}</ref><ref>Dudrah, Rajinder and Desai, Jigna. 2008. ''The Bollywood Reader: The Essential Bollywood''. Oxford University Press. pp. 6.</ref><ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/Food-to-lingo-India-goes-on-a-K-trip/articleshow/55641575.cms</ref> Show East, the producers of ''Oldboy'', who had already sold the [[Oldboy (2013 film)|remake]] rights to [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] in 2004, initially expressed legal concerns but no legal action was taken as the studio had shut down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-26/spielberg-still-has-old-boy-plans-despite-korean-suit |title=Spielberg Still Has Oldboy Plans Despite Korean Suit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117929484/ |title=Zinda Review}}</ref><ref name="starnews">{{cite web |url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/star_view.php?type=1&gisano=2005111612490944162 |script-title=ko:표절의혹 '올드보이', 제작사 법적대응 고려 |trans-title=Plagiarism Doubts, 'OldBoy' Production Company Considers Legal Confrontation|publisher=[[STAR News]]|date=16 November 2005 |language=ko|access-date=26 August 2009}}</ref>

==Plot==
Software engineer Balajeet "Bala" Roy ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), is happily married to Nisha Roy ([[Celina Jaitly]]), with whom he is has a baby. One day, Bala is captured by unseen assailants and imprisoned in a cell, After one year, Bala gets a visit from Nisha to find out that she was brutally murdered. Bala is kept in total isolation for 14 years without knowing who imprisoned him and why. While in captivity, he practices martial arts which he learns after watching it on the television, with the intention of using it against the people who captured him. He is finally released, again without explanation, and sets out for revenge.

He befriends a [[Bangkok]] taxi driver named Jenny ([[Lara Dutta]]), who helps him track his kidnappers. Bala tracks down the restaurant that served him food during his entire captivity and follows a delivery moped to his captors. Bala discovers that he was held in a private prison where people can pay to have others incarcerated. Bala tortures the owner Wong Foo ([[Rajendranath Zutshi]]) for answers by plucking out his teeth with a [[claw hammer]]; he then finds out he was imprisoned for "talking too much", and fights his way out of the building. Bala is injured during the fight, but a mysterious hooded man saves him and takes him to a taxi. The hooded man turns out to be Rohit Chopra ([[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]). Soon Wong Foo kidnaps Jenny and tortures her. He threatens to remove Bala's teeth with his own clawhammer but is interrupted by Rohit. Bala takes refuge with Jenny, and they have sex. Bala is informed that his daughter is alive. Bala's friend Joy ([[Mahesh Manjrekar]]) is killed, and Bala learns that his kidnapper is none other than Rohit.

Rohit reveals his reason for kidnapping Bala. They went to high school together, where Bala had lusted after Rohit's elder sister Reema. After Reema rejected him, Bala spreads a false rumour that she was a whore. She became the laughing stock of their school and committed suicide by setting herself on fire. Rohit blamed Bala for her death and engineered his imprisonment as revenge. Rohit tells Bala that he killed Nisha, and sent his daughter, who is now 14, to a brothel. Bala beats Rohit up and knocks him off of a balcony, but grabs his hand and pleads with him to tell him where his daughter is. Defiantly, Rohit lets go of Bala's hand and falls to his death. Bala then kills Rohit's goons and Wong Foo. In the end, Bala learns that his daughter is safe; and Rohit had lied to him about selling her to a brothel to torment him. He finds her sitting on a riverbank, and goes to meet her. He happily lives with his daughter.

==Cast==
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Balajeet "Bala" Roy
* [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] as Rohit Chopra
* [[Lara Dutta]] as Jenny Singh
* [[Celina Jaitly]] as Nisha Roy
* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Joy Fernandes
* [[Rajendranath Zutshi]] as Woo Fong (as Raj Zutshi)

==Reception==

===Critical reception===
The film received mixed reviews from critics, although [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] and [[Sanjay Dutt]] were singled out for praise.

Bollywood Mantra praised the film saying, "''Zinda'' is a film that appears to be the darkest movie ever by Sanjay Gupta. A hard-hitting flick shot in Bangkok, it tells you a story never told before on the Indian screen. And to make Sanjay Gupta's imagination come alive, who else but Sanjay Dutt is roped in to play the lead role. One of the most challenging roles ever by the deadly Dutt, it is sure to haunt you long after the screening is over".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodmantra.com/movie-review/zinda/ |title=Zinda Movie Review | |publisher=Bollywoodmantra.com |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>

Narbir Gosal of PlanetBollywood.com gave the film a rating of 7.5/10, praising the performances by [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]], while criticising the fact that much of the dialogue and story was copied from ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]''.

Futuremovies.com gave the film 6/10 and said, "Technically and style-wise ''Zinda'' is flawless", and praised Dutt's performance, saying "it is probably the pinnacle of his career".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/review.asp?ID=468 |title=Zinda Film Review (Movie) Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitly, Mahesh Manjrekar |publisher=Futuremovies.co.uk |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>

Subhash K Jha gave it 2.5/5 and stated that "the film belongs to Sanjay Dutt.... If the adventure-action genre in Hindi cinema needed a wake-up call, this is it".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/zinda-review-bollywood-14119849.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326023426/http://www.sify.com/movies/zinda-review-bollywood-14119849.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2014 |title=Zinda : Movie Review |publisher=Rediff movies |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>

Nikhil Kumar of Apunkachoice.com gave the film 0.5/5 stars, saying "Sanjay Gupta's movie ''Zinda'' works primarily because of its gripping, although unoriginal, story and a noteworthy acting performance by its frontman Sanjay Dutt".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/titles/zin/zinda/mid_640/reviews-editor/ |title=Zinda Movie Review – English Movie |publisher=Apunkachoice.com |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The songs were composed by duo [[Vishal-Shekhar]] and released by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww.smashits.com/zinda/songs-5565.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306211149/http://ww.smashits.com/zinda/songs-5565.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 }}</ref>
* "Ye Hai Meri Kahani" – [[Strings (band)|Strings]]
* "Zinda Hoon Main" – [[Shibani Kashyap]]
* "Har Saans" – [[Krishna Beura]]
* "Kya Main Zinda Hoon" – Shibani Kashyap
* "Maula" – [[Vinod Rathod]]
* "Zinda Hoon Main Y" – [[Shibani Kashyap]]
* "Chal Rahi Hai Saanse" – [[Kailash Kher]]
* "Har Saans (Black Mamba Mix)" – Krishna Beura
* "Kabhi Muskura ke" - [[Sanjay Dutt]]

==Similarities with ''Oldboy''==
At a November 2005 press conference, representatives of Show East, the production company that released ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]'', expressed concern ''Zinda'' was similar to their film, and said they were investigating the similarities. They noted that at the time, they did not have the final version of ''Zinda'' available to compare ''Oldboy'' with. They stated that if they found there was "strong similarity between the two [films]", they would be contacting their lawyers."<ref name="starnews"/>

''[[The Hindu]]'' reviewer [[Sudhish Kamath]] and Planet Bollywood reviewer Narbir Gosal both note in their reviews of ''Zinda'' that they found the two films to be very similar in terms of plot, as well as in the depiction of specific scenes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2006/01/20/stories/2006012002530300.htm |title=Copycat filmmaker lacks creativity |first=Sudhish |last=Kamath |date=20 January 2006 |access-date=26 August 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://planetbollywood.com/Film/Zinda/ |first=Narbir |last=Gosal |title=Film Review – Zindu |work=Planet Bollywood, INDOlink |access-date=26 August 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z0Kd_CjImo |title= Video showing similarity between the two films }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0488906|Zinda}}
* Zinda at [https://extramovies.media/ Extramovies]

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[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Films about suicide]]
[[Category:Films about solitude]]
[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]
[[Category:Foreign films shot in Thailand]]
[[Category:Live-action films based on manga]]
[[Category:Indian mystery thriller films]]
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[[Category:Films about kidnapping in India]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of South Korean films]]
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