Naina
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Naina
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When a woman who lost her sense of sight at the age of five finally regains her ability to see as a young adult, the darkness that surrounds her still refuses to lift in a frightening voyage into the supernatural from director Shripal Morakhia. Naina was only a child, when as the moon moved in front of the sun on that fateful day in London, she lost both her eyesight and her parents in a tragic roadside accident. Fast forward 25 years later and Naina is finally released from her dark prison thanks to miraculous advances in modern medical science. Naina's horrors are far from over, though. Now, despite her ability to view the world around her, a deadly curse plagues Naina's waking hours as it slowly burrows its way into her psyche and drives her to the brink of madness. ~ Jason Buchanan, RoviCast
- Urmila Matondkar
- Shweta Konnur
- Amardeep Jha
- Kamini Khanna
Credit
Muneesh Sappel - Art Director, Shripal Morakhia - Director, Amitabh Shukla - Editor, Salim-Sulaiman - Composer (Music Score), C.K. Muraleedharan - Cinematographer, Jonathan Bloom - Cinematographer, Firuzi Khan - Producer, Ashish Bha Tnagar - Producer, Leigh Took - Special Effects, D. Biju - Special Effects, Parikshit Lalwani - Sound/Sound Designer, Sagar Pandya - Screen Story, Shripal Morakhia - Screen Story, Sagar Pandya - Screenwriter, Shripal Morakhia - Screenwriter, Pankaj Advani - Consulting Editor| Nails (2004 Film), Nails (1992 Film) | |
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| Directed by | Shripal Morakhia |
| Produced by | Shripal Morakhia (screenplay), Sagar Pandya, Anjum Rajabali, Rakesh Mehra |
| Written by | Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang |
| Music by | Salim Merchant, Suleman Merchant |
| Cinematography | C.K. Muralidharan |
| Editing by | Amitabh Shukla Sanjay Shukla |
| Distributed by | iDream Productions |
| Release date(s) | 20 May 2005 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
Naina is a Hindi horror film released in India in 2005. It stars Urmila Matondkar. It is an uncredited remake of the Hong Kong film The Eye, meaning the original writers received no compensation as opposed to that provided by the American remake The Eye.[1]
Its release caused controversy in India because its depiction of the protagonist seeing ghosts after receiving a corneal transplant was similar to existing fears in India surrounding corneal transplants and it was feared the film would discourage people from donating corneas or seeking corneal transplants.[2][3][4]
Film is not to be confused with the Jayaram starrer Naina (2002 film) or Naina (1973 film) starring Shashi Kapoor, as the three films are completely unrelated.
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Plot
During the 1986 Surya Grahan, young Naina Shah, while traveling in the backseat of her England-based dad's car, is struck by glass from the shattered windshield during an accident, and loses her eyesight. Her parents do not survive, and she is brought up by her paternal grandmother. Years later, Naina gets a successful cornea transplant, and is able to see. She complains of vision problems, seeing hooded persons, and people dying, which a psychiatrist, Samir Patel, diagnoses as hallucinations. But when Naina reports seeing someone else in her mirror reflection, Sameer decides to investigate who the original cornea actually belonged to. This investigation will lead them to an impoverished village in New Bhuj, Gujarat, where she will find her life endangered by hostile villagers who believe that the donor of her cornea was cursed.
Cast
- Urmila Matondkar ... Naina Shah
- Anuj Sawhney ... Dr. Samir Patel
- Shweta Konnur ... Khemi
- Amardeep Jha ... Somabai
- Kamini Khanna ... Mrs. Shah
- Sulabha Arya ... Parvati Amma
- Morne Botes ... Burn Victim
- Dinesh Lamba ... Rathore
- Rahul Nath ... Ghost
- Anthony Rosato ... Police Officer
- Tom Saville ... Misc
Reception
Naina mostly got good reviews from the critcs. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama said, 'NAINA is one of the most imaginative and pulse-pounding horror films to come along in recent times. It leaves the viewer frightened, terrified and petrified. As a horror movie, it packs one genuine scare after another, right till its finale'. The film got a 50% opening in the First week but its collections increased heavily. At last it was given an 'hit' tag. it received a 10/10 rating and was said to be extremely scary
Urmila Matondkar was especially praised for her performance.
References
- ^ "Pang Brothers' IMDB page". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0659380/. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ Chandra, Anjali (2005-05-24). "Seeing is not believing". Times of India (Times of India). http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1120605.cms. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ "NAB also fails to see eye-to-eye with 'Naina'". Afternoon, Bombay, India (Cybernoon). 2005-05-20. http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=news&xfile=May2005_news_standard2133. Retrieved 2007-10-06.[dead link]
- ^ "Eye doctors see red over spooky movie.". IOL. 2005-05-21. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1116682607496R362. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
External links
- Naina at the Internet Movie Database
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