Stockholm swooning: 10 films where victims fell in love with their captors
28 Aug 2015 5:25 PM IST
Stockholm swooning: 10 films where victims fell in love with their captors
There is something sadistic and darkly romantic about a kidnapped girl falling in love with her captor. Films often take romantic turns when the victim realizes that he had good reasons for threatening her and using her as a hostage or bargaining- The fairytale that we grew up with ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’, took a twisted turn when the huntsman who was ordered to kill Snow White, took a liking for the pale beauty, fought by her side and even on to become her ‘true love’ whose kiss
- If you are wondering how these dark and twisted tales made their way on to the big screen, you might want to take a look at those kiddie books. ‘The Beauty And The Beast’ also had a similar story that was mellowed down because of all the song, dance
- Sunil Dutt, a dacoit is smitten by the beautiful courtesan Waheeda Rehman. Sunil kidnaps her but she fights and keeps up with his advances. He then vows to reform his ways just to win her love. 'Mujhe Jeene Do' was one of the biggest grosser of that
- Not happy to offer just a single twist on the kidnap-relationship sub genre, director Mehboob Khan uses twits in this stylish mid-90s action-romance. Dilip Kumar is in love with haughty princess Rajashree, and tries hard to woo her. When everything
- Rahul Rawail's 'Betaab' was a perfect launch pad for Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh. The story revolves around childhood friends who grow apart and later meet as youngsters. Amrita, a spoilt brat doesn’t recognise Sunny and ignores him whenever they
- Sanjay Dutt's only daughter Minissha Lamba has been kidnapped and he is subsequently contacted by the kidnapper. However, money isn't the motive of Imran Khan who makes Sanjay perform a number of tasks, including burglary, breaking an inmate out of
- Who would have thought Riteish and Genelia's first encounter in 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya' would lead to an impromptu abduction? To escape an undesired wedlock, Genelia gets herself kidnapped by the hands of a rickshaw driver Riteish. Mandeep Kumar's
- Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. Suddenly, her life is swung away from the brocade and jewelery of marriage to the harsh brutality of abduction. Strangely as the time passes, it is in this captivity
- The Sooraj-Athiya starrer is a remake of Subhash Ghai’s 1983 love story by the same name. The film has tall, handsome Jackie playing a sidekick of a don Pasha who kidnaps Meenakshi under false pretenses. As they trudge through forests and valleys,
There is something sadistic and darkly romantic about a kidnapped girl falling in love with her captor. Films often take romantic turns when the victim realizes that he had good reasons for threatening her and using her as a hostage or bargaining
Stockholm swooning: 10 films where victims fell in love with their captors
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