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Adah Sharma, Rajneesh Duggal and Anjori Alagh at the promotional event of their film ‘1920’ Film: 1920 Cast: Adah Sharma, Rajneesh Duggal Direction: Vikram Bhatt Did God create man or did man create Him to create the fear of the unknown? Vikram Bhatt’s supernatural thriller hangs on this timeless debate. The director who once gave us Raaz has returned to his forte and does not disappoint. It is the story of an architect in love with a Christian girl. His father becomes an obstacle in the name of religion, so he leaves his religion and becomes an atheist. Normalcy returns till he gets an offer to renovate a palace into a hotel. The palace is possessed by an evil spirit, who is related to his wife! The film has all the staple ingredients of a horror film. An old mansion, an ice maiden, which you fear will be possessed by the devil, flying objects, creaky doors, a gramophone that plays on its own and above all a lingering musical score. What’s interesting here is we come to know quite early that the devil is not much affected by the Cross, promising a healthy fight in the second half. BelievableThen, Vikram has created Palampur in picturesque Yorkshire. You know he is faking it but then the castle, the scenery and the horses take you over, creating a concoction of scary and delightful sights. That the film is set in 1920, the Victorian flavour, renders some semblance of believability, much needed for such a story. Adnan Sami’s piano and Pandit Jasraj’s voice add the haunting effect. The scene stealer is debutante Adah Sharma as Lisa, the ice maiden. Her eyes reflect vibrancy and inertia as per the twists in the plot. Model Rajneesh Duggal has made an average start as Arjun, the architect. As with most films of this genre, the devil becomes so big that any end would have seemed contrived. The crucial flashback where the identity of the devil is established takes too long in coming and when it comes it refuses to go. Vikram’s premise that where God failed, Bhagwan will come to the rescue doesn’t appeal to the mind. But you don’t go to watch a horror film with the mind. Do you? — Ziya Us Salam
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