stated that "the film belongs to Sanjay Dutt.... If the adventure-action genre in Hindi cinema needed a wake-up call, this is it". Nikhil Kumar of Apunkachoice.com gave the film 0.5/5 stars, saying "Sanjay Gupta's movie Zinda works primarily because of its gripping, although unoriginal, story and a noteworthy acting performance by its frontman Sanjay Dutt". Awards 52nd Filmfare Awards: Won Best Villain – John Abraham Soundtrack The songs were composed by duo Vishal–Shekhar and released by T-Series. "Ye Hai Meri Kahani" – Strings "Zinda Hoon Main" – Shibani Kashyap "Har Saans" – Krishna Beura & Abrar-ul-Haq "Kya Main Zinda Hoon" – Shibani Kashyap "Maula" – Vinod Rathod "Zinda Hoon Main Y" – Shibani Kashyap "Chal Rahi Hai Saanse" – Kailash Kher "Har Saans (Black Mamba Mix)" – Krishna Beura "Ye Hai Meri Kahani (K Rap Mix)" — Strings & Jamie xx "Kabhi Muskura ke" - Sanjay Dutt Similarities with Oldboy At a November 2005 press conference, representatives of Show East, the production company that released Oldboy, expressed concern Zinda was similar to their film, and said they were investigating the similarities. They noted that at the time, they did not have the final version of Zinda available to compare Oldboy with. They stated that if they found there was "strong similarity between the two [films]", they would be contacting their lawyers." The Hindu reviewer Sudhish Kamath and Planet Bollywood reviewer Narbir Gosal both note in their reviews of Zinda that they found the two films to be very similar in terms of plot, as well as in the depiction of specific scenes. References External links Zinda at Extramovies 2000s Hindi-language films 2000s mystery thriller films 2006 films Indian neo-noir films Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar Films scored by Strings Indian films about revenge Films about suicide Indian nonlinear narrative films Films shot in Thailand Live-action films based on manga Indian mystery thriller films Indian action thriller films Films about kidnapping in India Indian remakes of South Korean films Films involved in plagiarism controversies Films directed by Sanjay Gupta 2006 action thriller films