Haunted Hindi Movie
Before the screening of any film, the theater keeps it a mandate to display the options of emergency exits just in case of any calamity. Well, while watching Vikram Bhatt's Haunted 3D, you only curse yourself for not paying attention to it! After his last Aditya Narayan starrer debacle Shapit, once again Vikram's itch for scary movies takes the better of him and he comes up with one of the most shoddily written horror films; this time with the only add on of 3D.
In a very bizarre and partly mundane plot, Haunted 3D is the story of Rehan (Mahaakshay) who goes to Dalhousie in order to complete the sale of a house Glen Manor which his father had initiated only to witness some scary nocturnal activities taking place. Seeking advice from a psychotic, pot smoking, druggie baba, he tries understanding what the occurrences are trying to convey. The film then goes in flashback with the sordid story of a girl getting raped by the ghost of her music teacher and now after being dead for 80 years is still trapped in the clutches of the very ghost.
Being touched by the story of the girl, Rehan with the aide of the druggie baba goes back in time to help the girl. In a clear case of 1920 meets Shapit meets Action Replayy, Haunted boasts of being India's first stereoscopic 3D film. However, once you enter the film you only wish if the same advancement could be brought about in the story as well.
So you still have a sad spirit expressing herself by singing eerie songs, mud-faced ghosts who otherwise can fly, pass through walls etc. but gets trapped in a room and try breaking the door instead of passing through it when the script demands. And if that wasn't enough you have 3 excruciating hours of Mimoh in your face, taut with just one expression throughout. Scarier than the ghost itself! The only two good things in this film are some of the 3D effects that actually manage to startle you and the unintentional humour that the story creates. The rape scene by a ghost that was better executed in the past in Tabu starrer 2003 release Hawa, is one of the most ludicrously shot scene of the film.
On the acting front, Mithun Charaborty's son Mimoh who gets re-introduced as Mahaakshay shows change only in name. He needs to seriously work on his acting skills. Tia Bajpai is nasal and irritating.
Over all, Haunted 3D humours or exasperates you instead of scaring. Watch it in groups for great rounds of laughter. I go ahead with just a star!
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