Darna Mana Hai (2003)

Seven friends, after their car breaks down in the middle of the night, find shelter and tell one another stories to kill time till dawn.

Director:

Prawal Raman

Writers:

Atul Sabharwal, Rajnish Thakur,

Stars:

Sameera Reddy, Antara Mali, Sohail Khan

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sameera Reddy	...	Shruti
Antara Mali	...	Anjali
Sohail Khan	...	Karan
Saif Ali Khan	...	Anil Manchandani (Photographer)
Boman Irani	...	Hotel owner
Raghuvir Yadav	...	Dayashankar Pandey (Teacher)
Revathy	...	Pramila's mother
Shilpa Shetty	...	Gayathri
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Sanjay
Nana Patekar	...	John Rodrigues
Vivek Oberoi	...	Amar
Aftab Shivdasani	...	Purab
Sushant Singh
Isha Koppikar	...	Abhilasha
Rajpal Yadav	...	Apple vendor

Storyline

Six city students take refuge in deserted ruins when stranded on a highway, and start telling each other scary stories to keep amused. The stories include: A husband trying to scare his wife; a man stuck at a creepy "healthy hotel"; a school teacher spooked by a child's homework; a housewife scared of apples; a bizarre lift on a freeway; and a college kid with an unusual power. Unlike the usual Indian horror film, this does not resort to sound effects and visuals for thrills. Each sketch has its moments, though a couple of them could have been brilliant with small script changes, and a resistance to oversimplifying. Most of the actors do decent jobs, especially Raghubir Yadav as the freaked-out school-teacher.

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Plot Keywords:

group of friends | apple | power | idol | psychopath | 

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Taglines:

Six stories. One ending.

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Genres:

Horror | Adventure

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

25 July 2003 (India)

Filming Locations:

India

Company Credits

Production Co:

K Sera Sera, Varma Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Karan's ghost drove away with his wife after putting water in the car's engine, the brake lights of his car were on as the car's distance increased from the camera indicating that it was not actually being driven but rather being hauled away by something else as the driver's foot was on the brakes.

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Connections

References Campfire Tales (1997)

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Soundtracks

"Stop"
Written by Abbas Tyrewala
Composed by Salim Merchant and Suleiman Merchant
Performed by Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan
Courtesy of Zee Music

User Reviews

A delightfully bizzare story

The movie basically consists of a couple of teens telling each other stories with a story running in the background. I have heard people say the stories where weird,unbelievable and unrealistic. But that is exactly what they were supposed to be! I liked each of them except the last story with Aftaab Shivdasani (he sucks!)!

If you like to read bizzare and dark short stories , you will enjoy the movie.

For once, stars are just characters, and not the USP of the movie.