Sunday, March 28, 2010

Shaap on Bollywood

 Director: Vikram Bhatt Producer: Vikram Bhatt
Star Cast: Aditya Narayan, Rahul Dev, Shweta Agarwal, Shubh Joshi
Rating: * * * 1/2
After 1920 and Raaz, Vikram goes a step ahead in his horror flicks. The limits of scary scenes of horror movies set by Bollywood till date are undoubtedly crossed by Shaapit and they are more than enough to make you sit on the edge of your seat.
Audience enjoyed the fear while watching the movie. It starts with Aman (Aditya) proposing Kaaya (Shweta) and they goes on a long drive. At that time, their car takes a spin and bounces of the road and almost kills Kaaya. They rush to the hospital. When Shweta’s parents come to see them, they reveal to them the curse their family had for the last 300 years by a Brahmin. According to it no girl in their family can marry and if she tries to do so then her death is inevitable. But deep in love Aman decides to fight this curse to marry her. He along with his friend Shom (Shubh Joshi) takes the help of a famous occult professor Pashupati (Rahul Dev).
The professor at first doesn’t agree helping Aman but after Aman shows him his dedication then he decides to help him out. Rest of the film deals with adventurous journey of Aman, Kaaya, their close pal and professor Pahsupati of winning over fate.
Aditya Narayan is extremely natural. Also, it's a rare thing for a Bollywood hero to sing his own songs and he did it really well. Shweta Agarwal is impressive; Shubh Joshi is just perfect for the part. Rahul Dev has portrayed the role of the professor nicely. Murli Sharma, Nishigandha Wad as Shweta's parents act ably.
Vikram Bhatt has become an authority on the films referred to the genre of horror. Shaapit is a well made film with high technical and production values. Everything in the film appears pretty convincing. This film proved the fact that when it comes to handling horror films then no one can beat Vikram.
Shaapit is interesting, different love story and a great scary fun.

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