Shaitaan

Watch it for Madhavan's brilliant performance. And ofcourse, the initial suspense the film is successful in creating. Because the screenplay and story in the 2nd half doesn't do the concept any justice.

Some excellent acting Ajay Devgan, Jyothika and especially Janki Bodiwala, the actress from the original Gujrati film. Though the movie takes its time to establish the characters, the family dynamic (sometimes a bit too Bollywood and over the top) and to build the intrigue around what motivates Madhavan's character, they fail to deliver on it. The climax sequences had me yawning. The ending was unexpected, but ruined again by unnecessary over-the-top dialogues. All in all, it was a pretty forgettable Thriller.

The plot of the movie was very predictable, Madhavan really did a good job with his character variation. The film did really have some unique features which is why I cared to watch it till the end. Movie had songs which were not requied. Disappointed with Ajay's acting, he had a flat face all through the movie with no expressions. It could have been better if the horror part of the movie was more dramatized. I also think not all movies in bollywood should end in a happy ending. The title was not justified as Shaitaan. Most importantly they story line did not give a background on the characters.

The plot was good. The middle part (torture part) of the movie was stretched too long. It was boring and people were yawning. Audience enjoys horror NOT torture. Ajay Devgan films didn't realise that. Despite being a great actor Madhavan was not fitting for the role of that Tantric.

Rest of the actors' acting was good.

Villian could have been serious. The climax could have been shown with much more screen time. But they kept on showing how the girl was tortured and how she tortured the family for long. People lost interest then.

Audience were expecting more horror which was not there at all....

A family outing takes a terrifying turn when an intruder takes over the body of the teenage daughter, putting her at the mercy of increasingly sinister orders.

Performances are good from each member of the star cast. The best comes from R. Madhavan and Janki Bodiwala. Both have played their roles exceptionally well. Ajay Devgn, Jyothika, and Anngad Raaj also have played their roles really well.

The first half of the film does a good job in initially building the family dynamic so that when R. Madhavan enters we feel for each member of the family. After the good first half the second half starts off a bit slow as not much happens. However it does eventually become fine leading to a good second half of the film.

Overall a good enjoyable film and I recommend it.

What a waste of talent, what a waste of time, what a waste of money!

The best part of the movie was shown in the trailer. If you have seen it already, congratulations you have watched most of the movie. Watch article 370 twice instead.

Direction was great, actors were great, screen play was great, but the movie didn't have any story. It could have been wrapped up in a crime episode.

At some places we wished there was a fast forward option to 1.5X. Basically it was a short story which was dragged unnecessarily for 2 hours 12 minutes.

I don't have anything to say more, just completing 600 letters :P.