Jaal: The Trap

Jaal: The Trap
Promotional poster
Directed by	Guddu Dhanoa
Written by	Rajeev Kaul Praful Parekh
Produced by	Harish Shah Vinod Shah
Starring	Sunny Deol Tabu Reema Sen Amrish Puri Anupam Kher
Cinematography	Sripad Natu
Edited by	Sanjay Verma
Music by	Songs: Anand Raj Anand Score: Aadesh Shrivastava
Production company	Parth Productions
Distributed by	B4U Entertainment
Release date	18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)
Running time	158 minutes [1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Jaal: The Trap is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Guddu Dhanoa. It stars Sunny Deol, Tabu, Reema Sen, Amrish Puri and Anupam Kher. ^[2] It was released on 18 July 2003. ^{[3] [4]}

Plot

In hilly areas of Shimla reside the Kaul family (mashobra), consisting of Major Amrish, his wife Sudha, a daughter, and a son, Ajay. Ajay meets with two accidents on his motorcycle due to the carelessness of Neha Pandit; this leads to their meeting again, and both fall in love. Ajay finds out that Neha has been widowed, but this does not deter him, and he convinces her father-in-law, R. K. Sharma, to bless them, which he does. Shortly after his approval, Neha is abducted by terrorist group Wafa-e-Alhak headed by Junaid Afghani, who demand the release of their chief Naved Rabhani, and in exchange for Neha, Anita Choudhary, the daughter of India's Home Minister Bhagwat Choudhary. Ajay is tasked with abducting Anita and bringing her to them if he is to ever see Neha alive again, but Anita has now relocated to New Zealand under the security of Major Amrish Kaul. Ajay travels to New Zealand, Anita falls in love with him, and he manages to bring her to Junaid, but confronts him to rescue both Anita and Neha. When it is revealed that Neha is the wife of Naved Rabbani, her father, Krishnakant, is Captain Rashid and was playing all along to trap Ajay. Anita is taken away, and Ajay is thrown off a cliff and branded as a terrorist by the government and public. Ajay then goes incognito to set things right, and he finally kills all the terrorists, including Neha, and saves Anita. He finally gets united with Anita.

Cast

• Sunny Deol as Ajay Kaul
• Tabu as Neha Pandit/Nusrat Rabbani
• Reema Sen as Anita Chaudhary
• Amrish Puri as Major Amrish Kaul
• Anupam Kher as R. K. Sharma/Captain Rashid
• Farida Jalal as Sudha Kaul
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Naved Rabbani
• Mukesh Rishi as Junaid Afghani
• Virendra Saxena as Bhagwat Chaudhary
• Susheel Parashar as Police Inspector
• Ghanshyam Rohera as Sukhwinder Billa aka Singer Billa (Taxi Driver)
• Rajesh Khera as Journalist Alok Dass (Ajay's Friend)

Production

Initially Anita Hassanandani was approached for the role of Anita, but she opts out due to creative differences.

Soundtrack

Jaal: The Trap
Studio album by Anand Raj Anand
Released	September 2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Universal

The Soundtrack for the album was composed by Anand Raj Anand. The track "Indian Indian" gained popularity during the release. ^[5]

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Ek Ladki Bas Gayi"	Udit Narayan
2	"Humsafar Ke Liye"	Alka Yagnik, Anand Raaj Anand
3	"Indian Indian"	Anand Raaj Anand
4	"Jo Pyar Tumne"	Zubeen, Chitra, KK
5	"Pehla Pehla Pyar Ho Gaya"	Kumar Sanu
6	"Sona Sona Soniye"	Udit Narayan

References

1. "Jaal - The Trap". British Board of Film Classification . Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
2. "Jaal: The Trap Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, archived from the original on 10 August 2019, retrieved 11 May 2020
3. "Jaal - the Trap - movie review by Abid - Planet Bollywood". Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
4. "Jaal: The review". Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
5. "Jaal - the Trap - music review by Narbir Gosal - Planet Bollywood". Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

External links

• Jaal: The Trap at IMDb