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Kaal: Dark side of the wild
29th Apr 2005 21.35 IST
By Nitika Desai

Kaal is a suspense thriller about six people who find themselves stranded in a jungle frequented by man-eating tigers.

A movie that rides high on expectations often ends up disappointing. Soham Shah’s directorial debut Kaal is an exception, but not entirely.

Jointly produced by Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar , the film stars John Abraham , Esha Deol , Vivek Oberoi , Lara Dutta and Ajay Devgan .

Kaal rests on four strong pillars – a novel story, good cinematography, thrilling background sounds/track and stylish presentation. Another laudable thing about the film is the authenticity of the scenes when the tigers are one on one with the characters of the story.

John Abraham plays a conservationist, wildlife researcher Krish who comes to Jim Corbett National Park along with his photographer wife Riya (Esha Deol) to search the answers for mysterious deaths in the forest.

Vivek Oberoi plays a flamboyant character named Dev and Lara Dutta plays his superstitious girlfriend Ishika. The two come to the forest with a group of friends for an adventure trip for the weekend.

The two groups decide to stick together in the wilderness. But it is not long before the mysteries of the jungle begin to unravel in the most gruesome way.

Soham unspools the story at calculated pace and introduces Ajay Devgan’s character (a staff-wielding Kali Pratap) just before the halfway mark. The use of Sanskrit shlokas in the background adds extra intensity and mystique to Kali, the character enacted quite credibly by Devgan.

The unexpected twist in the tale in the second half comes like a bolt out of the blue. However, the viewers who are given to lesser fanciful imaginations would find the film’s denouement unconvincing.