IMDB Ratings: 4.5/10
Cast: Sunny Leone, Parvin Dabas, Divya Dutta
Director: Bhushan Patel
Producer: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Writers: Suhani Kanwar, Tanveer Bookwala
Genres: Horror | Romance | Thriller
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Release Date: 21 March 2014
Music Director: Honey Singh, Meet Bros Anjjan, Pranay M Rijia, Chirantan Bhatt
Singers: Meet Bros Anjjan, Kunal Avanti, Kanika Kapoor
Lyricist: Kumaar, Honey Singh, Manoj Yadav
Music Company: T-Series
After twice failing in her Bollywood entry, former pornstar Sunny Leone would have been hoping that third time is lucky for her in the world’s biggest film industry. It’s a shame though that in a film industry that outsizes even Hollywood in terms of films produced and the number of people that actually see them, where she could have portrayed just about anyone in the world, she had to end up portraying herself.
Guess the film fraternity isn’t going to give her much options in terms of roles that she can play, but all said and done as far as she is concerned, Sunny has done a real commendable job. Her physical prowess notwithstanding, she has emoted very well and dialog delivery is also good to a fault.
So the story is very simple indeed and would not need a rocket scientist to crack it open. It starts off where the prequel left off, with the deranged girlfriend still surviving in a mental institution. A director gets the crazy idea to make a film about the incident and shoot it at the same fateful mansion.
Thus you have all the right ingredients for a scary sleazy flick about a scary sleazy flick in itself. The creators of the film have tried to extract the last bit of oomph mileage they can from Mrs Leone (yes she is married) by having her gyrate to item numbers, trotting her around in some very lavish lingerie as well as including a scene where she exposes her assets, and last but not least a liplock with another actress.
The crew and actors arrive at the scene of the haunted house and start shooting for the film and expectedly they start to disappear one by one. The witch or chudail, if you like your colloquial better, steadily gains ascendancy over the occupants of the house until they finally figure out a way to drive her out.
And in this driving out process comes in the psychologist, complete with a totally non-scientific book of mantras (the witch would supposedly curse you if you tried to add logic to the film) and does the clean-up job.
Other than the obvious large swathes of skin that you are exposed to, the film also proudly features a smattering of corny double meaning dialogues, insider jokes which only an insider can actually come up with and some insipid scares, only a few of which would actually raise your eyebrows.
Music Review
The baby doll number is topping the charts right now thanks to the thump-thump music and the catchy Punjabi lyrics. Yo Yo Honey Singh has managed to convert the char bottle vodka song into a popular number. Other than these two none of the other songs or even background music actually stand out.
All in all, it is definitely a film which deals with the more erotic side of horror than the horror itself. I guess the creators were trying to improve upon the previous achievements of the leading lady, coming up with one of the most memorable scenes of the film, the sight of Sunny Leone’s censored assets.
