March 19, 2010 Y. Sunita Chowdary
Cast: Aditya Narayan, Shweta Agarwal, Rahul Dev, Shubh Joshi, Murli Sharma, Nishigandha Wad and others.
Banner: ASA Production & Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
Cinematography: Pravin Bhatt.
Lyrics: Sameer.
Music: Chirantan Bhatt.
Executive Producer: Manmohan D. Singh.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.
Release Date: March 19, 2010
The most terrifying part of a horror film is it's propensity to make it's audience laugh at every creak in the cupboard and everytime the lights konk. Shaapit is for the cursed, the audience. It's a classic example of how not to make a horror film and how to tear a decent, reasonable story into shreds.
Aditya Narayan is better off singing, not that he ain't a good actor but he can still evolve a style of his own rather than imitating Aamir Khan. He can still wait for those kiddish looks to disappear before plunging into love stories..but the complaint is that he never looks scared. He is just doing justice to his role by getting hurt, having books flung at him, bleeding lips and that sinking feeling…there is no emoting, just moist eyes that can be understood as love and pain.
The heroine is a Mallika Sherawat look alike. Now the best part of the film is the climax but if you are willing to see it then it is imperative you go through the first half with a brave heart..no not that it scares you, the plot has so many connections and even if you miss one, you'll end up giving blank stares.
The hero and the heroine are in the hospital, they are lucky having escaped death. The heroine's parents reveal that she cannot marry as the family is cursed and the film takes you to history..to palaces, kings and step mother scorned. Aman, refuses to let go his girl and let her succumb to the evil soul. He approaches Rahul Dev for help who is an expert in reading vestigal alphabets, understands witch craft, and solves problems through psychometry. He stands by them through the last but makes a fool of himself when he declares that he'd been in love too…that too when they are midst of discovering the ghost.
Life is not worth living if you don't have something to die for and Aman and company begin their journey to set the evil spirit free. The movie is ridden with clichéd ending, you don't know why the heroine wears the ring as a pendant when it needs to be there on the finger.
The art work, settings are good but cinematography is mediocre. The ridiculous dialogues like the heroine begging the hero to ignore the spirit and the curse and marry is outdated and over pronounced. The ending of the film would have been received well had the rest of the movie not been so muddled and bad. A poorly constructed story line with adolescent actors in lead roles trying their best to make it realistic.
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