Shapit an eternal curse ?. Review on Shaapit

Vikram bhatt, pulls of another horror story with newcomers aditya narayan and swetha agarwal with finesse of a master craftsmen. How can one pull off superstition and exoticism in modern age is to be seen to be believed. The plot does not provide scope for acting as such is my conclusion, but it definitely an edge of the seat experience with plenty of spooky situations.

Kaya's ( swetha agarwal ) family, who happened to be descendents of raja ranjit singh is cursed by a brahmin that in his clan girls should never be able to enjoy married life. The curse is revealed to aman ( aditya narayan ) who falls in love with kaya and wows her to marriage. In his earnest desire he plants the magical engagement ring on kaya's finger. They drive away happily to reach their destination, but the curse of the brahmin intervenes and the loving couple meets with a deadly accident. This is when the parents of kaya reveal regarding the ancestral curse haunting their family.

aman wants to prove his worth by fighting against the evil spirit. He engages the help of pashupati ( arjun dev) along with his friend to get rid of the curse. Pasupati is an author and teacher of paranormal and spiritual world. Pashupati is of the belief that such generational curse affects the people associated much after the actual event has taken place centuries ago due to the evil spirit embedded in dying person. How this curse can be mitigated is the crux of the film.

If one were to destroy the evil haunted spirit which has been living from the past few generation, than it calls for guts and even death like encounter. How pashupati, aman, kaya and joshi encounter the spirit and battle it through various chilling scenes is what the shapit about.

Shaapit movie reminded me of an english movie nun which i saw recently, with some rip offs naturally from the movie with regarding the special effects on ghost scenes. In terms of horror content one does have quite a chunk considering the 16 reels lengthy movie. The acting of aditya naryan, debuntant, son of udit naryan is nothing much to rave about, except that his innocent looks gives the feel that he is getting into the skin of the role. Swetha agarwal, looks glamorous and suits the role she plays as princess. Joshi another new comer looks impressive for a debut. Arjun dev has done full justice to his role as professor of paranormal field.

Music even though melodious is nothing much to rave about. The sound track and background score is truely horrifying for the weak hearted. Will aman survive the on slaughter of the evil spirit and win back his lady love from the clutch of comatose existence, go and watch the movie to know the ending.