When work on KIDNAP began a year back, it was mainly the coming together of two Sanjays - Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gadhvi - that got the excitement quotient on. Minissha Lamba was a pretty face with good acting skills, as evidenced in films like YAHAAN and HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD. while Imran Khan was a newbie who was roped in for a role which clearly had grey shades.

The film started progressing well and as it got close to the finishing line; its fortunes started improving for better. Rea