Making a film with a similar story line to one released in the recent past can be self defeating. When that story is a thriller, it only makes matters worse. That's the essential problem with Tips Film's Fida, directed by Ken Ghosh.

Jai [Shahid Kapoor] has a vision of a girl he's going to fall in love with and one fine day, he sees her. She's Neha [Kareena Kapoor].

Jai woos her relentlessly, even swallows sleeping pills to prove his love. Neha realizes that not only does he love her, but is completely smitten and obsessed. She reciprocates...

Everything's going fine for Jai and Neha, till Neha tries to attempt suicide one day. Reason: Her father, now dead, was a criminal who had taken a loan of Rs. 6 crores. It's payback time for Neha. If she doesn't return the sum within three days, the gangsters would settle scores with her.

Jai learns of it, he decides to rob a bank. But Neha forewarns him against doing something drastic like that. Yet, Jai visits a bank and to his surprise, finds a man withdrawing a big sum from his account. The man is Vikram [Fardeen Khan].

Jai follows him to his plush mansion and attempts to rob him in the night, but Vikram outsmarts him and captures him. Jai tells Vikram the motive behind the robbery. Vikram strikes a deal: Tell the cops that Jai is the hacker and he’ll give him the Rs. 6 crores that he requires so desperately. Jai agrees. He is arrested by the cops and is about to be produced in court when the underworld don’s henchmen attack. The don wants Jai. There’s exchange of gunfire and Jai escapes. He lands up at Neha’s house and is shocked to see something that shakes him up completely. Jai's love-life comes to a screeching halt, he feels betrayed, he seeks revenge.

There are just four songs in the film but the first three are crowded into the beginning making the audience restive. And despite the fact that the music is catchy (Anu Malik) and they are slickly shot they don’t hold the audience.

The performances are probably the highlight of the film. Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor are good, while Fardeen Khan isn’t too bad either. These three performances are the only reason why you should see the film. Akhilendra Mishra is too loud for one to comprehend.

On the whole, FIDA has thrilling moments, but not enough.