Movies on Witches,black magic and witchcraft are not very common in bollywood. However,in this dynamic period of Hindi film industry,where every newly arrived as well as old prominent director is intending to rapidly experiment with his work,in order to come out with something new and appreciable,Ek Thi Daayan surely makes a special mark.Directed by Kannan Iyer,Ek Thi Daayan,is a bollywood horror film,with Emraan Hashmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin and Huma Qureshi in lead roles.
Now,beginning with the review:
Title - The main purpose of the title of a movie is to forecast the main idea behind the plot of the movie,thus letting the audience know what the movie is all about.But,on the other side,care is also taken,so that the audience does not come to know too much about the movie.In case of this movie,the title "Ek Thi Daayan", clearly indicates the fact,that the film is based on witches and witchcraft.But,the title does not let the audience know more of the movie.Hence,curiosity is generated and preserved.So,in a way,the title appropriately justifies it's purpose.
Story Line - The story line of the movie is executed more or less sequentially,with little leaps in a few or more parts.The story begins with introducing Bobo(Emraan),a very famous and successful magician and illusionist,who is at the peak of his career,and is planning to get settled,after marrying his beautiful girlfriend Tamara(Huma). But,unknown to even his girlfriend,he is continuously being haunted by voices from his past life.Scary hallucinations about his dead little sister,are casting a dark shadow on his life,threatening his own sanity.Left with no option,he seeks psychiatric help from Dr.Palit(Rajatava Dutta),and is then hypnotized to his distant past, when it all started.
The scene then shifts to his childhood,when after reading from a book,he had accidentally opened the door to hell,thus letting a witch enter into his life.The witch in the form of Diana(Konkona) seduced his father,and finally killed his father along with his sister,who was then only 6 years old,in order to restore her dark powers,on the night of the red moon,which was coincidentally the witch's birthday.But,remembering that the power of a witch lies in her pony tail,Bobo quickly got hold of a dagger,and cut her ponytail.However,on the verge of death,the witch had promised to come back.
The scene then again shifts to present and marks the entry of Lisa Dutt(Kalki),whom Bobo predicts to be the witch.His prediction is turned into belief,when Lisa buys his old apartment,and his girlfriend is seriously injured on the occasion of house warming party.
Then more serious events follow,accompanied by death of Dr.Palit and disappearance of Zubin,adopted child of Bobo and at the climax,it is revealed that Tamara is the original witch and not Lisa.However,Bobo coming to know of his special powers,finally overpowers both Diana and Tamara,thus saving Zubin and there arrives a happy ending for the movie.
Some elements of the story seem to be inspired from the 1968 thriller "Rosemary's Baby".
Acting - Emraan Hashmi proves his worth once again in this movie.A large part of the movie rests on his shoulder,and he successfully carries it.He is surely "The Dark Horse" of bollywood.
Konkona Sen Sharma,in the role of Diana,seems to be too legit.Her facial expressions at some particular scenes are scary enough,may be less due to lack of special techniques,but she is able to portray herself into the shoes of a witch with confidence and ease.
Huma Qureshi,in the role of Tamara,a caring girlfriend,who later turns out to be a witch,does her role surprisingly well enough.However,her witch avatar is not scary enough.
Kalki Koechlin,in a very minor role of Lisa Dutt,is also able to impress.
Rajatava Dutta and Pawan Malhotra in their supporting roles,also score pretty well.
Music - The music of the movie,although does not score too well,is proficient enough.The creepy track at the start and the romantic cum creepy track at the end,are not too hummable,but are able to spread the fear.
The track "Yaaram" seems to be the only hummable track,and the most popular song of this movie. Overall,the music scores 3/5.
Special Effects - The special effects applied in this movie are not up to the mark.There were ample chances of improvement and use of better technology,to create better effects.Neither Konkona nor Huma,seem to be too scary as in terms of being a witch.The thrill is lost someway in between,and the movie becomes just a time pass,towards the end.The Climax also,is not as thrilling and scary,as it should have been.In a nutshell, special effects were not so effective and could be improved.
The movie gets a rating of 7/10.
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