Tuesday 17 May 2016

1920 LONDON


1920 LONDON: is an Indian horror film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai starring Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra,Sushmita Mukherjee and Vishal Karwal. It is the third installment in the 1920 (film series),[3] after 1920 and 1920: The Evil Returns.

PLOT: The film opens into the life of Shivangi(Meera), princess of a Rajasthan royal house, now living in London with her husband Kunwar Veer Singh( Vishal Karwal) who, presently is in an extremely miserable state. And the reason for his condition happens to be a gift(a locket) that he got from Rajasthan. Post the 'arrival' of the gift, strange things happen to him and his physical, spiritual and mental condition spirals out of control. When even the best of medical treatment fails to yield the expected results, Shivangi gets to know that her husband is a helpless victim of black magic. On reaching India, Shivangi is told that the only person who can successfully cure Veer of the black magic is Jay (Sharman Joshi), the very person whom her family is reluctant to meet because of the failed love affair between Shivangi and Jay, which also resulted in Jay being falsely imprisoned for 5 years. But, when Jay sees Shivangi's sorry state of affairs and that too, for no fault of hers, he agrees to become the 'witch doctor' and cure Veer of the black magic. But, when Jay tries to enslave the spirits, he becomes unsuccessful.Amidst all this, a certain truth dawns upon Shivangi, which shakes her completely. What is the truth that shocks her so badly, is Jay able to enslave the spirit and set Veer free and was there a reason behind his failure in his war against the spirit is what forms the rest of the story.

PERFORMANCES: Sharman Joshi does a good job and justifies his character.Meera is likeable.Vishal Karwar does not have much to do in the film.

MUSIC: composed by Sharib-Toshi & Kaushik-Akash. "Gumnaan Hai Koi" has been recreated otherwise no song is worth mentioning.

The film's cinematography is very good. The DoP (Prakash Kutty) does a good job of capturing the serene beauty of London on the celluloid. A special mention to the film's vfx team, art department and the makeup (prosthetics) team for enhancing the look of the film and the characters.
The main problems are storyline,direction,script.Horror quotient is very low.Screen presence of ghost is also very less which is not acceptable for this genre of film.

Overall,the latest entry of 1920 series is totally disappointing.



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