Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante

<p>Heart surgeon Dr. Viren Goenka ( ), his wife Sanjana ( ), and their seven-year-old daughter Anishka ( ) live in Mumbai. Their joys have just multiplied with Viren being honoured with a prestigious award for his contribution to the medical world. Viren is all set to visit New Delhi to receive this award. He promises to celebrate his daughter’s birthday once he returns. But fate has something else planned for Viren and his family: Anishka is kidnapped under Sanjana’s nose. She is startled by the presence of a creepy man named Krish ( ) in her house. Krish tells her that Anishka will be fine as long as Sanjana and Dr. Goenka follow his instructions. While Krish keeps Sanjana in the house, his partner Roohi ( ) keeps Viren confined in his hotel room, and their third associate Kabir ( ) holds Anishka at a remote location. The kidnappers keep strict half-hour checks with each other by cell phones and set the ransom amount at Rs. 3 crores. It doesn’t take much for Viren and Sanjana to realise that abiding by the kidnappers’ terms is the best thing that they can do to save their daughter’s life. Viren mortgages everything possible, including his dream hospital project and his house, and manages to collect Rs. 3 crores within the 24-hour deadline given to him by the kidnappers. But the kidnappers flee without any signs of their daughter and take the ransom money as well. Sanjana and Viren are uncertain about what could have happened and fear for the life of their beloved daughter. Viren wants his daughter back at any cost and thus exploits all his sources. The police search for clues, but there’s no breakthrough. Finally, Sanjana and Viren realise that the kidnappers’ motive is not ransom but revenge. In the end, the kidnappers return their daughter and all the money. The reason they kidnapped Viren’s daughter was to teach him the lesson that the medical profession is a noble one and that he had been extremely money-minded in treating some of his patients.</p>