Kidnap

I saw this bollywood movie called kidnap and one thing which struck me was the interpersonal relationship between the characters of the movie. The movie basically is about this 18 year old girl who lives with her mother and grandmother.

One day after an argument with her mother involving her father, she drives off alone and gets kidnapped. The kidnapper is actually taking revenge for what her father had done to him when he was young.

The relationship between the girl and the kidnapper is nothing like the ones we learnt in com 101. It does not follow the Knapp Model or any other theory but has a pattern of its own.

Both the protagonist get attracted to each other by a kind of proximity. Their closeness for the amount of time they are together, helps each to understand what the other is like.

Dissimilarity also helps them come close to each other. The fact that the girl was born and brought up in a rich family unlike the kidnapper who has lived his life in adoloscent prison plays a major role in attracting them towards eachother.

There is a point of time when the kidnapper is seriously injured and this is her only chance to escape but instead she actually stays back and saves him. This brings their relationship to the next level.

When she realises what the motive for the guy to kidnap her was, she tries to understand him. The kidnapper also tries to make her as comfortable as he can and actually lets her out for a while for a change. This brings their relationship to a next level where they talk and try to understand eachother.

Then their relationship comes to a standstill. No more integrating or bonding. The girl gets saved from the kidnapper and this is where their relationship ends. Although, the ir relationship may have followed some of the stages of the Knapp model, not all the stages are covered in this relationship!