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'Jaal: The Trap'

By ApunKaChoice Bureau
Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com

Jaal: The Trap is the movie about a man who is in a strange dilemma to kidnap a young girl to rescue his own lover from the clutches of militants.

The movie begins in New Zealand with a couple of terrorists trying to kidnap a young girl Anita (Reema Sen). However, the kidnap attempt is thwarted, thanks to daring intrusion by Major Kaul (Amrish Puri) and his colleagues.

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to India: Major Kaul comes to Shimla for his daughter's wedding. He wants his son Ajay (Sunny Deol) to join the commando service and serve the nation. Meanwhile, Ajay falls in love with a schoolteacher Neha (Tabu) in Shimla. It is love at first sight. But Neha is a widow and her father-in-law [Anupam Kher] is dead against the relationship.

Ajay doesn’t give up and finally manages to get Neha’s father-in-law’s consent to marry her. But before the lovers could tie the marital knot, the same militants who tried to kidnap Anita in New Zealand now kidnap Neha.

The terrorists now blackmail Ajay to go to New Zealand and kidnap Anita and in return, they promise to set Neha free.

With all the options closed before him, Ajay sets out to New Zealand and waits for an opportunity to kidnap Anita. The opportunity comes in the form of Anita’s father who comes to New Zealand with a young man and wants her to marry him.

But Anita is against the marriage and requests Sunny to take her to India. Once in India, Sunny hands over Anita to the militants and as per the deal, expects Tabu in return. But the turn of events takes him by surprise.

The USP of Guddu Dhanoa-directed Jaal is the gritty action sequences that have been brilliantly handled by action director Tinu Verma. The adrenalin rush starts in the very beginning of the film with a 15-minute chase on the snow-capped mountains of New Zealand.

Then the second half boasts of a boat chase and a train chase both of which are impactful enough to send a chill down the spine of a viewer.

Acting by none of the starcast deserves a mention. Tabu is simply wasted in a role that relegates her to the margins, while Reema Sen tries to add some oomph in the otherwise stale story.

One of the oddities of the movie is Sunny's wardrobe. The 46-year-old actor saunters around the snow-capped mountains of Shimla and New Zealand wearing sleeveless jackets of the most innovative colors and designs complete with matching headgear.

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