Fida

About the film

Fida (translation: Infatuated) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film directed by Ken Ghosh, starring Fardeen Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Akhilendra Mishra. The film was released on 20 August 2004.

Plot

The film starts with someone emptying the bank accounts of many people, including Babu Anna, an underworld don, via an Internet theft. The police are clueless about the robber, and Anna wants revenge. Desperately wanting his money back, Anna assigns his men to find that hacker.

The film then shifts to a young man named Jai Malhotra who lives with his best friend, Sonia. One day he sees a woman named Neha Mehra and falls madly in love with her instantly. At first, Neha rejects Jai's advances and this causes him to attempt suicide and prior to that he carves "I love you Neha" on his hand with a knife. After Sonia chastises Neha regarding Jai's actions, she then falls for him too. Sonia, who’s secretly in love with Jai, becomes heartbroken and leaves for London to see the suitors for her marriage.

One day, Jai sees Neha trying to hang herself after getting a phone call. She tells him that her deceased father owed a huge amount of money to Babu Anna's underworld. To repay the amount, he became part of a gang of hackers who were responsible for Internet thefts. After his death, Babu's Anna underworld began pursuing Neha to recover the money. Jai and Neha try to sell their apartments to get enough money, to no avail. A visit from a client leads Jai to consider robbing a bank to get the necessary money. At a bank, Jai spots a rich man named Vikram Singh withdrawing a huge sum of money and instead decides to steal from him. However, Vikram catches Jai during his attempt to break into his house.

Music

The soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik, with lyrics written by Sameer.

Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam supplied vocals for Shahid Kapoor and Fardeen Khan, respectively. Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor lent their voices for the track "Aaja Ve Maahi".

According to the Box Office India, with around 14,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's tenth highest-selling.

Reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing "On the whole, FIDA has thrilling moments, but not enough to entice you completely. At the box-office, the film will find the going tough after the initial euphoria settles. Mainly a big city film, its prospects should be better at multiplexes." Anupama Chopra writing for India Today stated "Eventually, the novelty palls and the plot plods: the climax, in which Kareena is hanging from a bell, is both dated and ridiculous."

Shilpa Bharatan-Iyer of Rediff.com gave the film a positive review, writing "Fida has its share of incongruities. But having said that, let me add Fida is definitely paisa vasool! (a common Hindi phrase meaning "value for money")."

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