The abduction scene at the beginning of Jazbaa sets the tone for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's much touted comeback vehicle.
The camera captures her running in slow motion in a parents' race at her daughter's Sports Day event before the little girl is abducted, and Ash starts screaming frantically for her. All 500 people present at the event simply walk off, leaving a lone woman screaming hysterically for her daughter in an empty field.
That scene encapsulates Sanjay Gupta's cinematic vision for this film – capitalize on Ash's beauty, make her scream her lungs out (a....