Star Cast: Aditya Narayan, Rahul Dev, Shweta Agarwal, Murli Sharma, Shubh Joshi
After Raaz and 1920, if you were expecting a horror movie in Shaapit from Viram Bhatt, your expectations have come true. Though like all horror movies, one of the key feature of Shaapit is that the story moves at two levels, the past and the present, it’s a different thing altogether that the flashback takes you further back than you could imagine, about 300 years back.
The highlight of Shaapit is that just as a good horror story ought to do, this film scares you at the right places and at the right time
The film starts with Aman [Aditya Narayan] proposing to Kaaya [Shweta Agrawal]. Aman also gives Kaaya an engagement ring on the day of their engagement. But as the newly engaged couple drives off after their engagement, their car bounces off the road and the two are almost killed.
On hearing about the accident, Kaaya’s parents (Murli Sharma, Nishigandha Wad] rush to the see their daughter. On seeing the engagement ring in her daughter’s finger, Kaaya’s father explains that the accident took place because of a curse from a Brahmin, which did not allow girls from his family to get married.
Aman also meets Pashupathi [Rahul Dev], a spiritual master, who tells him that according to a belief in some cultures, curses affect generations and effect people, who are born much later.
On being asked, Pashupathi tells Aman that though there is a way out but it is full of danger because if Aman tries to destroy the evil spirit, it would come to know about the plan and hit back. But Aman gets ready to take the risk for the sake of his love.
The concept of evil spirits, story and screenplay of the film Shaapit have been written well and are bound to go well with the audience. The way the story moves into past and present is great to watch. Some of the scenes like while returning from a late-night party, Shweta watches an old woman sleeping in the middle of the road;, Aditya’s efforts to get a particular book from the library; Aditya and Shweta’s encounter in a dilapidated cinema hall, Shweta waking up in the middle of the night and not finding Aditya, Rahul Dev and Shubh Joshi in their respective beds are great to watch.
But certain parts of the film like Shweta going into comma and her revival at the climax looks somewhat odd. Why doesn’t the bad spirit eliminate her when Shweta is in comma is difficult to understand. A few flashback scenes about king’s wife are also absurd.
The climax of the film has been shot well.
The direction by Vikram Bhatt is good. He does manage to scare you to a large extent. Camera work by Parvin Bhatt, dialogues by Girish Dhamija, production design by Rajat Poddar and Costumes by Rahil Raja are also good. The special effects in the film are a treat to watch.
The performances by debutant actor Aditya Narayan, Shubh Joshi and Rahul Dev are outstanding. Murli Sharma and Nishigandha Wad look decent in their respective performances. Unfortunately, Shweta Aggarwal does not get much scope in the film Shaapit.
Though the film is rather long than it should have been, director Vikram Bhatt and his team has given a good horror film. So, if you are interested in such movies, go and watch this one.
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