Movie Review Shaapit

Movie: Shaapit

Starring: Aditya Narayan, Rahul Dev, Shweta Agarwal

Rating: *

Are you ready to face the dreadful fact? In present times, horror flicks are no longer considered as exciting and nerve gripping. In such a scenario, Shaapit is like a formula film which has the tone, tempo and variation of the background score to determine the moment of spook.

The story revolves around Kaaya (Shweta Agarwal) who carries a generational curse. According to the curse, any female in their family would die on marriage. This curse prohibits her from getting married to her love Aman (Aditya Narayan). After enough sobbing and singing songs on her staircase, Aman decides to fight against the curse and win his love.

A standard sidekick friend (Shubh Joshi) introduces Aman to Professor Pashupathi (Rahul Dev) who knows it all. Together they are out on a ’soul’ searching journey. In their journey, they end up in long-lost village Dak Bungla where some Ramu kaka is waiting for them. The girl gets in trouble and slips in coma and now the guys attempt to dig the past.

You are taken into a flashback mode that narrates a raja-rani tale and through tavees , tantra -mantra and Theban language, the spirit is traced.

Vikram Bhatt has his own style of dealing with the spirits. His earlier works included treating the spirit by burning it as it was done in Raaz. Now after using the first element of life, Vikram uses water in this flick. So while the spirit was set afire in Raaz , here the ashes have to be immersed in water.

The end is stretched and could have been made less exasperating. You can still go and watch the flick if you may wish but do not end up cursing yourself for the decision you have made.