Good idea lost in the noise

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

With Easter coming up,I decided to search around for a Bollywood Horror DVD that I could give to a friend as a present.Searching round on Amazon Uk,I was surprised to stumble upon a Bollywood chiller,which had only come out on Region 1 DVD,which led to me getting ready to look into Naina's eyes.The plot:Sitting in the back seat of her parents car, Naina Shah gets caught up in a car crash,which kills her parents,and leaves Shah blind.20 years later:Since she has become blind,Shah's aunt has looked at every option possible for Shah to regain her sight.Close to giving up,the family suddenly receive news that a suitable donors have been located,and that surgery can be performed on Shah.After living for 20 years blind,Shah has mixed feelings about regaining her sight,but decides to make her family happy,by agreeing to the operation.Opening her newly put-in eyes,Shah is told by Dr. Samir Patel that she may see strange "illusions" as she adjusts to a new vision.Laying in a hospital bed,Shah hears a strange noise.Looking across the room,Shah is terrified to discover that she can now see the tormented spirits of the dead.View on the film:Taking (uncredited) inspiration from the Pang brothers Horror film The Eye, the screenplay by co-writer/(along with Sagar Pandya & Anjum Rajabali) director Shripal Morakhia disappointingly fails to show any hint of the 20 year toll that Shah (played by a very good,eye- catching Urmila Matondkar) spent blind,which blinds the viewer from being able to fully experience the horror that Shah now faces,and also stops the relationship with her caring relatives to be fully explored.Whilst they fail from building a back story,the writers give the swift 104 minute running time, (with no songs!)a very creepy atmosphere,thanks to keeping Shah in an increasingly disorientated state,and also showing the ghosts/spirits as figures for sympathy,rather than fear.Backed by a silky score from Salim & Suleiman,director Shripal Morakhia reveals Shah's visions in scatter-shot whip-pans soaked in metallic dark blues & whites,which unveil with a piecing clarity the horrors that Shah is seeing.As Shah begins to undercover the origins of her new set of eyes,Morakhia lights up the title with bursts of vivid reds & yellows,as Shah aims to uncover the truth,at first sight.

********CONTAINS SPOILERS********* OK First of all if you watch this movie with a thought that its the copy of the 'The Eye', then please don't watch it. Naina has definitely got some elements from this Hollywood Remake. But the concept in the movie, the accident happened with the village girl Khemi, are quite original and the reasons she is accused for death is quite natural because such superstitions does exist in the villages of India even today.Naina was never promoted as a Horror movie. It was a supernatural thriller which got great reviews upon its release but couldn't get decent collections to get a commercial successful status. The film had great special effects and sound design.Urmila Matondkar is absolutely brilliant, Marvellous. I can't say anything more about this superb actress. She is the best we have in Bollywood today for thriller genre. Watch her in the climax when she struggles to get people out from the Train. Her act shakes u off your feet and moves your hand to clap for this efficient lady. I shouldn't say that she should have been nominated for this film.The film has some problems, but Urmila's acting keeps you on the edge. All in all a wonderful flick.

This movie was awful, and a misleading copy of "The Eye." Additionally, it is awful in a way that American remakes of Asian horror films often aren't. At least the Hollywood remakes are typically slick, bigger on budget, and look pretty. Certain scenes may even be improvements upon the original (and certain films like "Pulse" actually beg for a remake, because they are hardly flawless even though they may have a good concept.) But this movie...it had absolutely no redeeming qualities; many scenes were laughable! A smaller-budget remake (copy?) with no original ideas or twists on the story? That means it must have been done simply to change the language to appeal to Hindi-speakers. That's fine, but there's absolutely no reason for anyone who does not speak Hindi to see this...if you are going to read subtitles, watch the much superior original.And I do plan on seeing the American remake of "The Eye," even though I know that it can't be an improvement upon one of my favorite horror films. At least, however, I don't expect it to be the insult that this film is.The bad makeup job and hair cover on the "bald" cancer kid gave me the chills, for all of the wrong reasons.

The "Bhoot" of film Bhoot is still haunting Urmila and she is back to her histrionics and antics viz. screaming, flaring nostrils, Popping eyes et al. Imagine, the audience is subjected to Urmila making faces to camera for two plus hours. Unfortunately, there is no competent actor (like Ajay Devgan in Bhoot) to counterbalance these acts with his restrained, underplayed performance. Is it a show reel of Urmila's fear factor ? All this in the name of supernatural thriller packed with visual gimmicks, sorry effects ?. Too Much !!. Dearest director Shripal Morakhia, don't pick-up film-making influenced from Hollywood horror DVDs instead get real with your own story-telling. "Naina Barse Rim jhim Rim jhim"- can be a case only for distributors of this film as "Note nahi barse" at box-office.