Review : Judaa Hoke Bhi : Love story laced with supernatural horror!

Produced by #KSeraSera and #VikramBhatt ’s new offering ‘#JudaHokeBhi’ is the first hindi film which has been shot virtually. Without stepping out of a set, variety of locations are created in the film which is a plus. The story is credited to #MaheshBhatt and he takes audiences back and forth through reality and supernatural world. The film has a few similarities of Bhatt camp’s films, Raaz Reboot and Creature 3D. Director Vikram Bhatt narrates the story with sincerity but the drama in the film is too cliched to hold one’s attention.

Aman Khanna (Akshay Oberoi) used to be a successful singer and musician but after death of his ten year old son he has become an alcoholic. He and his wife, Meera (Aindrita Ray), have compatibility issues and are constantly fighting. Due to troubled marriage, she takes up an lucrative assignment to write an biography of Siddharth Jaiwardhan (Meherzan Mazda) who is a successful businessman from Uttarakhand. After reaching Binsar situated in UK (Uttarakhand), she gets a shock of her life. Siddharth wants to possess her and through ‘Vashikaran’ he starts controlling her. Missing his wife, Aman ventures out to find her and reaches Binsar. He is guided by a blind man (Rushad Rana) who is aware of Meera being possessed. One things leads to another and after a combat with a giant creature Aman is able to rescue Meera from the clutches of Siddharth.

The story captures the love between the lead couple but it’s too short. The supernatural activities are uninspiring and unconvincing. Surprisingly Meera has not researched the place she was visiting as it’s shown deserted due to extreme cold weather. Only Siddharth and his handy man live there and despite cold weather Meera is only seen in chiffon and georgette sarees, though she looks good in them. Cinematography and technical aspects are excellent. The dialogues have some meat and music is very soulful and the title track really stands out. Akshay Oberoi plays his role with conviction. Aindrita Ray has delivered a nice performance. Meherzan Mazda, Jai Mustafa, Rushad Rana lend good support.

Loaded with spectacular visual effects Judaa Hoke Bhi is worth a one-time watch.

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