Jungle

<p>Anu Malhotra ( ) and Siddharth “Siddhu” Mishra ( ) are in love with each other and would like to get married. Anu is ready to inform her parents about her future lifepartner, but everything is put on hold, as the family decides to go out on a group -like expedition. Siddhu also decides to go incognito. The group gets to view wildlife from fairly close distances. Tragedy strikes when the group (except Siddhu) is kidnapped by the Durga Narayan Choudhary ( ) and his gang. The bandits commit atrocities on the kidnapped people and finally behead one of the women in order to terrorize the government and extract ransom as well as release one of their men who is in police custody. Once their demands are met, the bandits release the remaining hostages, except Anu, whom the chief Durga Narayan Choudhary has started liking. This is unacceptable for his girlfriend Bali ( ), the only female bandit of the gang. When Siddhu does not find Anu among the released hostages, he sends the illegal arms supplier Dorai ( ) to request Durga Narayan Choudhary for Anu’s release. He secretly follows Dorai and finally reaches Anu. In the ensuing commotion, he is able to run away with her, with the bandits in their pursuit. They keep searching their way out of the dense forest. Meanwhile, the goons started to reduce in numbers as they get shot one by one during repeated police encounters. Finally, Durga is the only one left. Still mad about Anu, he searches for her. He is about to take Anu away once more but is intercepted by Shivraj ( ), whom he eventually murders, but finally Siddhu beats up Durga and he is arrested. He re-unites with Anu and the movie ends on a happy note. received generally positive reviews from critics. of gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, “Director Ram Gopal Varma deserves a pat on his back for choosing an offbeat subject, going in for a star cast that will not make the distributors’ heart beat faster and handling the subject with utmost honesty. To state that this is his finest effort, better than , and , would be absolutely right … Every character in has a well-defined role, which is why every performance stands out at the end of the day.” Aparajita Saha of said, ” is a movie where the violence is believable, the tension palpable, the emotions credible and the performances real.” The music for the film was composed by and penned the lyrics.</p>