If spending money, on something that turns out to be ‘nothing’, scares you, then you are sure to get scared with RGV’s ‘Darna Zaroori Hai’.
A short take at the series of short stories is as follows:
>>> A reckless guy ignores his mother’s warning and trespasses the graveyard on Feb 13th after watching ‘Darna Mana Hai’. He, somehow, escapes the horror and comes out safe. Enjoying his successful escape, he turns around to get the shock of his life. He saw the terrifying poster of ‘Darna Zaroori Hai’.
>>> On a stormy night, five kids enter a deserted bungalow and there, an old granny promises them six horror stories, but tells them only five. The kids realize it late that they themselves are a part of the sixth one.
>>> An old professor recognizes a stranger existing in his house. The stranger wants to be the professor. But, when the professor’s student finds no such stranger existing, the professor takes him to the mirror. In the mirror, the student finds his own image and that of the stranger (professor’s image is missing).
>>> >>> >>> For those who have already watched Darna Mana Hai, the rest of the stories are not worth a mention…
RGV’s initial films involved, ‘thinking out of the box’. ‘Darna Mana Hai’ was definitely a different trend of film-making. But as the days passed, one can realize that the Factory is just ‘thinking in a different box’ and not ‘thinking out of the box’. Now when that different box is no longer different, it is high time RGV thinks (‘out of the box’) about saving his reputation.
In an attempt to rectify the minor blemishes in their previously flopped films, the Factory is ignoring the fact that a big amount of monotony is seeping into their films. The audience is definitely not interested in those subtle improvements. In fact, they are more frustrated at the unexpectedly expected twists in the film.
In Darna Zaroori Hai, the acting department was first rate, but not all characterizations are effective. Amitabh Bachchan and Arjun Rampal are the only actors who got effective characters. And on a surprising note, this film revealed that Mallika Sherawat can act. Cinematography and editing are adequate. Screenplay, execution and the sound engineering get monotonous.
Credits:
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Suniel Shetty, Randeep Hooda, Zakir Hussain, Sonali Kulkarni, Arjun Rampal, Bipasha Basu, Manoj Pahwa, Makrand Deshpande, Rasika Joshi, Isha Koppikar, Shweta Prasad
Writers: Nikhil Mishra, Sajid Khan, Prawaal Raman, Manish Gupta, Ashish Deo, Arshad Dyed
Directors: Sajid Khan, Manish Gupta, Prawal Raman, Vivek Shah, JD Chakravarthy, Jijy Philip and Ram Gopal Varma