Horror Story (film)
| Horror Story | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ayush Raina |
| Produced by | ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. |
| Written by |
Vikram Bhatt Mohan Azad Sukhmani Sadana |
| Starring |
Karan Kundra Nishant Malkani Ravish Desai Hasan Zaidi Aparna Bajpai Radhika Menon Nandini Vaid Sheetal Singh |
| Music by | Amar Mohile |
| Edited by | Kuldip Mehan |
| Distributed by | ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 Minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | Domestic collections:2nd weekend: Rs 6.62 crore |
Horror Story is a Bollywood dramatic horror film written by Vikram Bhatt and directed by Ayush Raina.[1] The film stars Ravish Desai, Hasan Zaidi, and features the Bollywood movie debut of noted television actor Karan Kundra.[2] The film was released on 13 September 2013.[3] The plot revolves around a night spent by seven youngsters at a haunted hotel.The film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office.[4] The film is based on the Stephen King short story 1408.
Plot
The film opens with Vikrant Nerula (Bikramjeet Kanwarpal) entering the deserted hotel Grandiose all by himself. He proceeds to room 3046, then goes to the terrace and jumps off, killing himself.
Seven friends, Sam (Hasan Zaidi), Margesh(Ravish Desai), Achint(Nishant Malkani), Neel(Karan Kundra), Meera (Radhika Menon), Sonia (Nandini Vaid)and Maggie(Aparna Bajpai), reunite in a local pub after several years apart to celebrate the farewell of neel, who is going abroad. They learn about an abandoned hotel that is reportedly haunted through news on television. It had originally been a mental asylum for the criminally insane but was almost completely destroyed in a fire, the origin of which has never been fully explained. After years of neglect, the ruins were refurbished into a five star hotel by a builder who is Vikrant Nerula. The hotel was unsuccessful due to the strange happenings and drove the owner to suicide, though rumors state that he was pushed by the ghost of an asylum inmate.All of them took it as a serious thing except Maggie and Sam they said that they wouldn't believe about the thing they have not seen, a worker of the bar said that-"you would not be alive to believe ones you saw it. Sam suggested and the group decides to explore the abandoned building.
They tried to enter the hotel from the main door but they couldn't so decided to enter by the back door and Meera observes strange things but Neel brushes her claims aside. They find a TV set on with no transmission or power and both Achint and Neel hear the sounds WELCOME.Ignoring it as mental concotion, they proceed to room 3046, a notorious suite room and there, Sam is killed first. The group flee in panic and shock and come to realize that they are trapped inside the hotel with no way out. Achint & Margesh try to go to the terrace to find the network where Margesh is killed by ghost spirits and the group start being terrorized by a ghostly woman. Sonia is dragged into the darkness by the ghost. With three people dead, the remaining four find an abandoned jeep, which they use to try to get out of the hotel amid ghostly apparitions. After a tiring drive through misty areas, the group reach someplace new, only to find that they are back at the door of room 3046. They realize that the only way to escape is to survive till dawn.
Soon they are confronted by Sonia, whom Achint and Neel think is the ghost, but a tearful Sonia tells them that it is really her. The group come to know that when the hotel was a mental asylum, a possessed girl named Maya(Sheetal Singh) was admitted after she murdered her entire family. Maya would always claim to have 'married the devil', and would become very violent at the hospital, even killing the doctors. The fire that broke out killed all the inmates. The group realize it is Maya who is terrorizing them.
Sonia tries to contact Maya to know what she wants. She gets a call from Maya, saying that the spirit wants to kill them all, nothing else. The terrified group then discover that Sonia is actually dead and Maya is speaking through her. Meera asks the time from Neel, only to be told that it is the same time (i.e 4:05 am) she had seen on the clock in one of the rooms shortly after entering the hotel. Believing it is some kind of intuition, they decide to go back to the same room to understand Meera's extrasensory perception. They find a book containing paranormal explanations and a way to locate the energy source of dark spirits. With the help of incantations from the book, they have hallucinations about the past when the hotel was a mental asylum and find that the energy source of the dark spirit is in a shock machine. They decide to burn it down to end the horror. Neel and Maggie go to kitchen in search of something flammable where Maggie first sees a chudail sitting on chair and reading newspaper and when she reaches towards her, Neel again brushes her asides.And then Maggie is killed by Maya who comes in the form of neel. Achint is beheaded by the spirit, leaving only Neel and Meera alive.
Neel tries to burn the machine but is pulled by the spirit into the closet. Then the spirit starts terrorizing Meera. Meera creates a flame and decides to finish the task, and amidst ghostly apparitions and obstructions and with the help of the spirit of the Vikrant Narula who had died in the beginning of the film, she manages to burn the machine down, resulting in the destruction of Maya's spirit. The film ends with the entrance doors of the hotel opening at dawn and a traumatized Meera, being the only survivor, walking outside.
Cast
- Karan Kundra as Neel
- Nishant Malkani as Achint
- Ravish Desai as Maghesh
- Hasan Zaidi as Samrat
- Aparna Bajpai as Maggie
- Sheetal Singh as Maya/Ghost
- Radhika Menon as Meera
- Nandini Vaid as Sonia
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Vikrant Nerula
Production
Of the film, Bhatt has stated that he did not want Horror Story to contain any songs or any sex scenes.[5] He also remarked that he wanted to avoid casting "big stars" in the film, as he believed that they "cannot turn the audience fearful" in what he termed as a "hardcore horror film".[5][6] Ravish Desai has commented that the movie will be the first in a franchise and that planning for further films has already begun.[7]
Bhatt had earlier made films in the same genre, namely - 1920, 1920: Evil Returns and Haunted. In an interview, he had commented, "While [my] Raaz 3 and 1920 were romantic sagas with songs and full-on drama, this one is more of a Hollywood kind of drama. The horror lies in the story."[8]
Marketing
The promo of the movie released at Tulip Star Hotel in Mumbai. At the event, the director-writer-producer unveiled both the look of the film and its cast.
Sequel
Work on a sequel is currently being planned.[7]
References
- ↑ "'Horror Story' has horror from the first scene to the last: Bhatt". Times of India. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ "Vikram Bhatt's tryst with horror continues". The Times of India. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ↑ "Vikram Bhatt spooks media with 'Horror Story'". India Glitz. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ "Vikram Bhatt's HORROR STORY preponed". GlamSham.com. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- 1 2 "No sex in Vikram Bhattâ's Horror Story". Times of India. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ "Vikram Bhatt's 'Horror Story'". MSN India. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- 1 2 "No set formula for success in Bollywood, says Karan Kundra". IBN Live. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ "I like to sell fear: Vikram Bhatt". Sakaaltimes. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
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