Oculus was a strangely atmospheric and fairly unique horror film from 2013.the name was a play on eye and illusion. the story was about a supernatural mirror that cloud creat illusion on its victims and drain their life force by making them go insane . Director prawaal raman has remade this film but taken liberties with its screeen play .where the original hollywood film was smart in its setup, Dobaara: see your evil play out like a witches, curses and revenge story.where the original had some smartly convinced horror set pieces .dobaara does not manage to scare at all in original film.
a sisiter hatches a plan to destroy an evil mirror known as the lasser glass. she does so to clear her brother name in murder charger against his father. the same thing happens in dobaara but the story here has some unnecessary additions like a witches spirit having been trapped in the mirror from 18th century england.also, unlike the original movies, which had just a idea of the father having an affair with a woman, Dobaara plays out with the father being a flirtious predator with a sexy woman.who’s actually the spirit of the witch.instead of being a value add to the original story.instead of being a add to the original story.these overdraft addition make doaabar seem like a monumentals mess.
the brother-sister duo of huma Qureshi and saqib saleem have reams of dialogue and their banter does not make the flim spooky . the first scare arrives late in the second half the flim.up until then, Dobaara plays out like a tepid family drama .The second half does have a few scares, but non match up to the menance of the orginal.also, the original idea of illusions and deceit just does not come through in the hindi adaption. the larg part of the blame goes to the clunky dialogue in the film.it does not help that the accents of the actore are all over the place too.