Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

creedreaper Okay if u are a fan of horror and have seen the both Raaz movies, you will enjoy this one. The only problem I saw was that they used a lot of graphics and they were really cheesy. But the sounds effects were really good and the places were really spooky looking. The concept was nice but it wasn't at the level of the first RAAZ. In fact a lot of scenarios were taken from the the first RAAZ. If only they had better CGI technology, this would've easily become more scarier than the first RAAZ.Aditya Narayan was quite decent being it's his first movie, he didn't overdo his acting anywhere. And offcourse Rahul Dev was just as good as he usually is. It was interesting to see him not playing a negative role for once.Overall if u have time to waste, and ur alone and in a mood for something in horror, this will get u where u need to go!

manjodude I think this is the 1st Vikram Bhatt movie I've seen, and the impression I get is that he makes movies that look interesting at the edges but deep down is boring. Indeed, he does a decent job of creating creeps for the audience. Also, this movie has pleasant music and nice show of horror.But the movie package as a whole needs to be good too. I find the choice of cast to be hmm...err...funny. Aditya Narayan could have made a better debut in a romantic comedy. Although he acts well, he looks misplaced here. A serious drama lead at the beginning of his career doesn't seem like a good idea. Rahul Dev makes for a better villain than a know-it-all ghost expert. And the heroine Shweta Agarwal is okay-doke. Her role was really weak. Half the time, she's lying in bed :) And, lot of unexciting talks on the ghosts & spirits among the main characters that you lose whatever little interest you've had on the movie.Verdict: A dull horror movie, despite chweetie Aditya Narayan :)

bobbysing There are mainly only two formulas of making Horror movies in Bollywood. One is to easily go for an urban scary tale inspired from the foreign horror films famous in various parts of the world. And second is to go back to our own tried and tested formula of Ramsay brothers involving Kings & Queens of the past era. Vikram Bhatt tasted success with "Raaz" made on the first one and now comes up with "Shaapit" made on the second formula mentioned above. His latest venture reveals the secret of a curse being faced by only the girls of a family from many generations. When the young lead couple of the story deeply in love, are told about this curse by their parents, then instead of compromising with the situation, they decide to go on a search for the evil spirit and finish it off. The same plot was earlier used by Ramsay brothers in their 1984 movie "Purana Mandir" and now Vikram Bhatt uses it again with some re-touches of his own along with the new advanced technology and gimmicks.Initially, the movie does well to keep the viewer interested. The ground work to introduce various characters and situations is well worked upon and impresses. But on the later stages, the story loses the grip and starts boring you with its prolonged sequences and proceedings. However, in the first hour, "Shaapit"' has few worth watching scenes like the one where the boy goes for stealing a cursed book from the library and when the girl sees an old lady lying on the road in front of her car. But post intermission the movie relies heavily upon the action scenes between the human and the spirit and those too are stretched to a great extent.Ideally a horror movie should never be lengthy enough, leading to loss of interest. It should be very fast and quick, which scares you off at once and doesn't provide any dull moments for thinking. Unfortunately, Shaapit scores very low in this direction as its quite lengthy requiring a great amount of trimming from its director. Post interval, even after the whole secret has been revealed to the viewers, they still have to wait too long for the movie to get over. And that proves to be the biggest drawback of an otherwise average Shaapit.The special effects used in various scenes are also in huge contrast with each other. At one end the graphics representations are good enough to scare you off but at the same time, they are very childishly done in a different scene. For instance, in the climax scene, where the water starts pouring in from the broken wall, you can clearly see "the blurred chroma cutting edges" around the characters and elements. (Readers having the knowledge of graphics and editing would easily understand what I am referring to.)But there is one major contribution made by the movie in the form of "Aditya Narayan", who is a complete natural in front of the camera and is really a blessed child of the Holy Creator. He is the best example of the fact that a Star Child is just not given a chance due to his family connections. He was chosen for the role only because the director could see that he can act. Aditya, not only looks smart and fresh on screen, but he also delivers a polished act without any signs of nervousness on screen. Along with his singing, acting is another aspect of his future career, for which he should now seriously plan and think, as we are willing to see more of him pretty soon.Shweta doesn't get much scope on screen as most of the time she is lying on the hospital bed in coma and gets no major scenes to show her talent. Thankfully Rahul Dev is not over the top this time and makes an impact. Debutant Shubh Joshi acts well with great confidence and rest all in the cast do justice to their roles as required. In the music section, two songs seem to be interesting while watching the movie. Especially "Tere Bina" has got the pain of separation and love. But still the music is not as rich as compared to the earlier hits given by Vikram Bhatt. Background music is loud at times but rightly provides the scary moments too when needed.On the whole, "Shaapit" is not a very fine horror flick, coming from the house of Vikram Bhatt this time. It has an interesting and watchable first half but crashes down to a large extent later on. The only worth mentioning merit of the movie is "Aditya Narayan" who forces you to notice him and his acting skills with élan.

mr-mash The basic premise of a curse living through centuries because it gets attached to a 'buri aatma' (evil soul), and Vikram Bhatt's previous attempt '1920′ was what made me go to the theatre to watch Shaapit. But, what finally turned up on-screen was way too bad. The face of the 'buri aatma' felt like a straight lift out of an old Ramsay flick. The accident in the beginning as well as the next car scene was a pure wtf moment. Aditya Narayan looks good and has screen presence, but he has a long way to go in terms of acting. The actress Shweta Agrawal was a bad choice. And also, there love story was very unconvincing, you never feel for them. Rahul Dev was OK, but some of his scenes were pretty long winding, his character could have been a lot better. There were two scenes in the post-interval portions which could be counted as good, but they are not enough to salvage this mess. There was no need for songs in this movie, but still there are and they irritate, a lot! Also, the reference to Mayans, Incas, and all the Theban language thing didn't work at all. A brilliant concept wasted.