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Kaal (2005) User Reviews
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2008-05-15
Thriller, wierd film, has 5 a class actors: lara, esha, john, vivek, Ajay.To start off this the song with SRK and malaika was hot. Esha and John are animal researchers and they go to a jungle to investigate on some tiger poachings and human killings. A group of tourists/hunters go to the jungle aswell for a bit of camping and fun. In the jungle there are several unknown killings happening, the star casts get trapped in the jungle and one by one each person starts dying. These killlings are wierd as it is not human and animal doing. Then ajay comes in as a guide for these advernturers, ltlle did they kno that he was the cause of the killings and he is not alive, he is a spirit out for revenge, on those who disobey him and the jungle rules. He warns the adventurers on several aspect but they don't listen and they die.Ajay plays an awesome negative role, his twist is awesome as he controls the jungle and the animals and kills thse who do wrong in his jungle. All die except lara, john and vivek (poor esha dies). Watchable film, prepare to be wierded out
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Review from imdb
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'Kaal' was quite a mess of a movie. I found most of it unintentionally hilarious. Soham's direction is pretty unstable. It's as if hé himself is trying to see what happens next (when it's all quite predictable). All the performances are very bad. The camera seems to focus a lot on John Abraham's torso and the actor himself is mostly wooden. Ajay Devgan sounds sleepy all the time and looks uninterested. Esha Deol and Lara Dutta where designer outfits and run around in the jungle. While the former does nothing, the latter loudly...more
Review from apunkachoice.com
A movie that rides high on expectations often ends up disappointing. Kaal is a suspense thriller about six people who find themselves stranded in the middle of a jungle....more
A movie that rides high on expectations often ends up disappointing. Kaal is a suspense thriller about six people who find themselves stranded in the middle of a jungle....more
Review from bollyvista
This is new-age cinema but could have been much better. 'Kaal' shows debutant director Soham's 'Bhoot' as well as the 'Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham' hangover. He happens to have directed Ram Gopal Varma and Karan Johar in their respective films. The sound is so typically 'Bhoot'. Not surprising for it is Dwarak Warrier at work here too. The look of the film and that of the cast has also been given a lot of attention to, so typically Karan Johar. But unfortunately this is one of the downers of the film. The only person who looks true to character is...more
This is new-age cinema but could have been much better. 'Kaal' shows debutant director Soham's 'Bhoot' as well as the 'Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham' hangover. He happens to have directed Ram Gopal Varma and Karan Johar in their respective films. The sound is so typically 'Bhoot'. Not surprising for it is Dwarak Warrier at work here too. The look of the film and that of the cast has also been given a lot of attention to, so typically Karan Johar. But unfortunately this is one of the downers of the film. The only person who looks true to character is...more
Review from indiaglitz
Creaky doors are out. Rustles in the jungle are in. Like all capable spook sojourns, "Kaal" takes a bit of time to grow on you. But once you fall into the fearful rhythm, you are in for a rollicking scare. One thing is for sure - there has never been a horror film quite like this one. "Kaal" shows us how it is to be done, without degrading the genre or stepping too hard and fast on those peripheral scares. The best thing debutant director Soham Shah has done is to take his ingenious plot into the great wild outdoors. There's...more
Creaky doors are out. Rustles in the jungle are in. Like all capable spook sojourns, "Kaal" takes a bit of time to grow on you. But once you fall into the fearful rhythm, you are in for a rollicking scare. One thing is for sure - there has never been a horror film quite like this one. "Kaal" shows us how it is to be done, without degrading the genre or stepping too hard and fast on those peripheral scares. The best thing debutant director Soham Shah has done is to take his ingenious plot into the great wild outdoors. There's...more
Review from ./movietalkies.com
5000 tigers left in wild all over the world. Project - "Save the Tiger" - location - Corbett Park (India). National Geographic appoints ace tiger expert Krish Thapar (John Abraham) & his wife Riya (Esha Deol) to find out the reason behind the mysterious deaths caused by Man-Eating Tigers in the past two months. Dev (Vivek Oberoi) & Ishika (Lara Dutta) along with their friends set out for an adventure trip for the weekend... Destiny diverts them from going to the farmhouse they had planned to and they are led towards one of India's biggest jungle for an unexpeted ride. The...more
5000 tigers left in wild all over the world. Project - "Save the Tiger" - location - Corbett Park (India). National Geographic appoints ace tiger expert Krish Thapar (John Abraham) & his wife Riya (Esha Deol) to find out the reason behind the mysterious deaths caused by Man-Eating Tigers in the past two months. Dev (Vivek Oberoi) & Ishika (Lara Dutta) along with their friends set out for an adventure trip for the weekend... Destiny diverts them from going to the farmhouse they had planned to and they are led towards one of India's biggest jungle for an unexpeted ride. The...more
Review from mtvindia.com
Bole To: Kaal na hi hota to accha hota. Opening shot 1: Krish (John Abraham), a tiger expert National Geographic researcher runs after a Python, Peter Andre style, six-pack-showing; he jumps on it and wraps it around his body as if it were Mallika Sherawat. Then he casually wears it around his neck, looks at his mini-skirted wife Riya (Esha Deol, what big thighs you have) and answers his cellphone. Yes, this is Krish and yes, I'll go to Orbit Park to research some tiger related killings. Opening shot 2: Dev (Vivek Oberoi) pushes pedal to the metal in his new...more
Bole To: Kaal na hi hota to accha hota. Opening shot 1: Krish (John Abraham), a tiger expert National Geographic researcher runs after a Python, Peter Andre style, six-pack-showing; he jumps on it and wraps it around his body as if it were Mallika Sherawat. Then he casually wears it around his neck, looks at his mini-skirted wife Riya (Esha Deol, what big thighs you have) and answers his cellphone. Yes, this is Krish and yes, I'll go to Orbit Park to research some tiger related killings. Opening shot 2: Dev (Vivek Oberoi) pushes pedal to the metal in his new...more