Baaz: A Bird in Danger
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tinnu Verma
Written by	Shyam Goel
Produced by	Tinnu Verma
Starring	Sunil Shetty Jackie Shroff Karishma Kapoor Dino Morea Preeti Jhangiani
Cinematography	Raju Kaygee
Edited by	Keshav Naidu
Music by	Ismail Darbar
Distributed by	Kapishek Films
Release date	7 February 2003 (2003-02-07)
Running time	176 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹4.8 crore[1]

Baaz: A Bird in Danger (English:- Falcon: A Bird in Danger) is 2003 Indian Hindi language psychological thriller film directed by Tinnu Verma, starring Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Karishma Kapoor, Dino Morea and Preeti Jhangiani.^[2][3]

Synopsis

This film revolves around a killer who suffers from a mental disorder which causes him to kill those who he is attracted to. Karisma Kapoor plays a girl from Delhi named Neha Chopra, who gets a new job as an interior designer in Nainital, and moves to lonely neighbourhood to pursue her career. She later falls in love with a man named Raj Singh, who is played by Dino Morea. However, the cops inform her that he may be the killer of many young beautiful girls in the area, and she doubts the cops until something causes her to doubt him instead, so she decides to leave the city. The police officer Harshvardhan Bhatti (played by Sunil Shetty) asks her to see the condition of the sister of a victim who witnessed the murder, but is in coma. Seeing her terrible condition, Neha decides to stay and help with the case and acts as if she is in love with Raj. Raj who has lost the love from Neha has to now gain her trust back and save her from the dangers that await her.

Plot

The film opens with the life of a child born with a strange disorder where he tends to destroy anything that fascinates him. His father had committed suicide and his mother is declared mentally ill. The doctors diagnose that he has inherited this condition genetically. He would be looked after by his grandmother.

Then the film moves to Nainital 17 years later, where Neha Chopra (Karisma Kapoor) from Delhi comes to Nainital to work as an interior designer for Jai Singh Dabral (Jackie Shroff), the city Mayor who is also a womaniser and attracted to Neha, at one of his secluded and deserted mansions. A serial killer is said to be on the prowl in the city, killing beautiful women ruthlessly and who is always eluding the police, getting away from the law without evidence if at all he gets arrested. Neha soon meets Raj Singh (Dino Morea), a loafer whom everyone in the city seems to avoid as he is the suspected serial killer, but she likes him, and soon both fall in love. The city police commissioner Harshvardhan Bhatti (Sunil Shetty) and subordinate Preeti Rastogi (Preeti Jhangiani) observe the movements of the couple all over the city, and soon they call Neha and warn her that Raj is a serial killer and she must help them nab him red handed as she is soon going to be his next victim. Neha refuses to believe, especially because Raj saves her life on one occasion. But later she finds items of murder in Raj's house, and thinks Raj is the killer. Brokenhearted, she then decides to leave Nainital for good, much against Dabral's wishes, but Harshvardhan and Preeti convince her to stay back and nab Raj red handed.

Raj goes to meet Neha but sees that she is very dull, knowing that something is wrong. Soon one of the killer's victim's sister comes out of coma and tells Preeti that she can identify the killer. Preeti informs Harshvardhan, but when they both arrive at the house, the comatose girl dies of shock unexpectedly. Later that night Preeti thinks over everything, and goes to question Harshvardhan. Dabral notices her racing in her car somewhere at night. The next day, Preeti is found murdered in Raj's house. Raj is chased by Harshvardhan and the cops until he jumps off a waterfall and seeks shelter in Neha's house.

Dabral threatens to demote Harshvardhan if he does not nab the killer in 24 hours, to which the latter replies assertively. Harshvardhan gives a mobile phone to Neha, telling her that if Raj calls on her, she must dial his number and inform him immediately. Raj does go to Neha to explain his situation but she pushes him off and dials Harshvardhan. Surprisingly, Harshvardhan does not answer the phone. She then leaves a voice message saying that Raj has come to kill her. Raj accidentally hits during the argument Neha and she falls unconscious.

Then the movie reaches its climax where Harshvardhan appears on the scene. He takes Raj and the unconscious Neha to a temple where Raj and Neha had been before and chains him there. Here Harshvardhan reveals himself as the serial killer terrorizing the town. He is the child with the strange disorder shown in the beginning of the movie. He was neglected by his peers due to his disorder and was never able to make any friends. He used to share all his sorrows with his mother during his visits to the mental asylum where she was being treated. Upon seein her son in pain, she told him to “make his own world” since people didn’t want him in theirs, thus triggering his killing spree.

Harshvardhan admits to committing all the murders and hiding the bodies in an underground lair. He also admits to murdering Preeti because she had found out the truth, told everything she knew to his grandmother, and had also stumbled upon his underground lair. It is also revealed that Harshvardhan never had any feelings for Preeti, although she was madly in love with him and was hoping he would reciprocate. He goes on to say that he has always searched for someone to love since he was a child and his search ended when he saw Neha for the first time and will take her by any means necessary.

He was the one who also framed Raj by placing the items of murder in his house. He says "Kaam mera, naam tera", meaning that the crime is his and the name will be of Raj. He does so by recording Neha's voice message stating that Raj is the killer, and as a result Raj will be convicted. Harshvardhan then takes Neha to his underground enclosure to kill her, where the bodies of all his previous victims are found to be kept in glass boxes, as though it were a park.

In the meantime, Dabral comes and frees Raj, and both of them attack him at his house. A huge fight ensues between the three of them and suddenly, Harshvardhan's grandmother appears on the scene out of nowhere and shoots him multiple times.

The film ends with Raj and Neha planning to get married, and Dabral giving the deserted house for them to live in.

Cast

• Suniel Shetty as DSP Harshvardan Bhatti
• Jackie Shroff as Jai Singh Dabral
• Karishma Kapoor as Neha Chopra
• Dino Morea as Raj Singh
• Preeti Jhangiani as Inspector Preeti Rastogi
• Aditi Govitrikar as Winner of the beauty contest
• Razak Khan as Nathuram Nada
• Vivek Shauq as Constable Chautala
• Suresh Bhagwat as Tiwari Anand
• Antara Biswas as Naina Kohli
• Suhasini Mulay as Harshvardhan's grandmother

Soundtrack

References

External links

• Baaz: A Bird in Danger at IMDb