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Darna Mana Hai

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
4.4K
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Nana Patekar, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, and Sameera Reddy in Darna Mana Hai (2003)
Five children take shelter from the rain, inside a spooky bungalow. Encountering an old woman, they follow her upstairs where she proceeds to tell them six scary stories.
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After their car breaks down in the middle of the night, seven friends find shelter and tell one another stories to kill time till dawn.After their car breaks down in the middle of the night, seven friends find shelter and tell one another stories to kill time till dawn.After their car breaks down in the middle of the night, seven friends find shelter and tell one another stories to kill time till dawn.

  • Director
    • Prawaal Raman
  • Writers
    • Atul Sabharwal
    • Rajnish Thakur
    • Abbas Tyrewala
  • Stars
    • Saif Ali Khan
    • Boman Irani
    • Nana Patekar
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Prawaal Raman
    • Writers
      • Atul Sabharwal
      • Rajnish Thakur
      • Abbas Tyrewala
    • Stars
      • Saif Ali Khan
      • Boman Irani
      • Nana Patekar
    • 35User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

    Videos1

    Darna Zaroori Hai - You Gotta Be Scared (2006) Trailer
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    Darna Zaroori Hai - You Gotta Be Scared (2006) Trailer

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    Top cast24

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    Saif Ali Khan
    Saif Ali Khan
    • Anil Manchandani
    Boman Irani
    Boman Irani
    • Hotel owner
    Nana Patekar
    Nana Patekar
    • John Rodrigues
    Vivek Oberoi
    Vivek Oberoi
    • Amar
    Shilpa Shetty Kundra
    Shilpa Shetty Kundra
    • Gayathri
    • (as Shilpa Shetty)
    Rajpal Naurang Yadav
    Rajpal Naurang Yadav
    • Apple vendor
    • (as Rajpal Yadav)
    Sanjay Kapoor
    Sanjay Kapoor
    • Sanjay
    Sohail Khan
    Sohail Khan
    • Karan
    Antara Mali
    Antara Mali
    • Anjali
    Aftab Shivdasani
    Aftab Shivdasani
    • Purab
    Isha Koppikar
    Isha Koppikar
    • Abhilasha
    Raghubir Yadav
    Raghubir Yadav
    • Dayashankar Pandey
    • (as Raghuvir Yadav)
    Revathi
    Revathi
    • Pramila's mother
    • (as Revathy)
    Sameera Reddy
    Sameera Reddy
    • Shruti
    Sushant Singh
    Sushant Singh
    • Serial Killer
    Gaurav Kapoor
    Gaurav Kapoor
    • Romi
    Peeya Rai Chowdhary
    Peeya Rai Chowdhary
    • Mehnaaz
    Yusuf Hussain
    Yusuf Hussain
    • Purab's Father
    • Director
      • Prawaal Raman
    • Writers
      • Atul Sabharwal
      • Rajnish Thakur
      • Abbas Tyrewala
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    User reviews35

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    8Li_85

    Tales from the crypt Meet Bollywood

    Bollywood tries something never before seen in a Hindi film. A horror film about people telling ghost stories to each other. The main plot of the film is predictable and a little boring. The six stories have some good parts. Story One was pretty exciting towards the end only with Sohail Khan. Story Two is one of the Best and has dark humour added, with Saif Ali Khan and Boman Irani in powerful roles. Story Three is the boring one out of the lot about a teacher. Story Four was a bit stupid but good in some parts, with Shilpa Shetty. Story Five is the Best out of he lot, with Vivek who offers a hitch hiker Nana Patekar a lift. Nana claims to be a ghost, which leads to a amazing twist. Story Six is quite Fun, less horror about a boy who can STOP time. This is Far better then the sequel Darna Zaroori Hai. A good attempt in something different. Not Bad, quite entertaining.
    6manseetswaroop

    Okay movie

    Darna Mana Hai is a 2003 Bollywood horror movie. It is about a group friends who went on a trip and in between their car broke down at night. To pass the time till sunrise, they narrated each other horror stories. This is the premise of the whole movie.

    It's a one-time watch movie. The acting was not impressive. The concept of the film is the only thing that stood out. The climax was not justified.

    You can give it a miss if you want. Personally, i found Darna Zaroori Hai more engaging.
    7hansbearnl

    amazingly clever, great acting, but am I missing something?

    It's like reading a book of short stories from Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, or anyone like them. 6 stories bring to you the unimaginable, the unbelievable, something between fantasy and thriller. We learn about the consequences of bad choices we make in life and they are funny at times, and shocking as well. An earlier comment mentioned that the stories are weird, but that doesn't matter, it makes the movie well worth watching!!! The only minus in it all, is the reason we get for what is happening to our 7 friends who tell us their stories. That is indeed quite weird, but maybe YOU and I didn't even notice.....someone is missing at the end of the movie.......
    6The8thone00

    Bravo for the subject, The some of the mini stories were really bad picked?

    I was excited to watch the movie because when i read the names of the actors being used in the movie, i'm a big fan of Vivek oberoi and Nana Patekar, i like Saif Ali Khan's spotanuity, so i thought it will be a great experience all of these actors act together, so i was disappointed as soon as the first story started, but i admire that an indian films are turning into Hollywood style flicks without songs and subject that could be different from other movies. This movie cannot be compared with any other indian horror or thriller film. it stands by its own, but some stories were hard to believe and very comical at points. You cannot scare somebody if the story looses its believable factor. Like the first story was alright, it was scary with a twist. So was the School teacher one, it was very good it had a mystery element to it. Vivek oberoi's and Nana Patekar's story was scary and funny at the same time. it was well written i was just upset with their story's length. I thought they would have more of a role in the movie. Other stories were just a joke, The apple one, The cigarrete one and the stupidest of all was the Aftab shivadasani with supernatural powers one. It was hilarious more then it was scary. Scary was the seventh story the real one, with the six friends. At the end the movie had an issue to address that only way to get rid of your fears is to die. The ultimate fear is the death. This point was addressed very nicely. The movie would have been nicer if the stories would have chosen carefully. It would have been bit more scary.
    8folkpoet80

    Absolute MAGIC!!!!!!

    Now this was a true classic movie from Bollywood standards. I've had mix reactions about Ram Gopal Verma so far. Some of his classics include: Raat, Rangeela, and Road, whereas his major disappointments include Vaastu Shastra and Bhoot (foolish endings). However, "Darna Mana Hai" is a true classic! No songs, no wasting time. This is pure "edge of the seat" psycho thriller. Everyone played a great part from unknown people to Vivek, Nana, Saif and others. Antra mali played a good cameo in the first story that the group shares. Shilpa shetty and sanjay kapoor filled in pretty well as well. The Nana Patekar-Vivek Oberoi encounter was a true classic!!!!!!!!!! I would rate it as undoubtedly the best horror movie from Bollywood. 5/5

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    • Trivia
      Boman Irani was not a known face when he did this film,he came to limelight in the same year when he played Dr Asthana in Munnabhai MBBS.
    • Goofs
      In the 'Stop' story, in the end Aftab Shivdasni stands in front of mirror and says 'stop' to himself. This petrifies him and later on he is always shown with his mouth open in a long smile, which can't possibly happen, because as soon as he said 'Stop', he is petrified, and after speaking 'stop' one's mouth ought to be closed with lips protruding outward, not with a mouth open in smile.
    • Connections
      Featured in Darna Zaroori Hai (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Darna Mana Hai
      Written by Lalit Marathe

      Composed by Salim Merchant and Salim Merchant

      Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan and Ninad Kamat

      Courtesy of Zee Music

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    • Release date
      • July 25, 2003 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Fright is Forbidden
    • Filming locations
      • India
    • Production companies
      • K Sera Sera
      • Varma Corporation
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $132,348
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $82,347
      • Jul 27, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,335,493
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 1m(121 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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