1920 London (2016)

After her husband is possessed by an evil spirit, a woman turns to her former lover to perform an exorcism.

Director:

Dharmendra Suresh Desai

Writers:

Vikram Bhatt (story), Sukhmani Sadana (screenplay)

Stars:

Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, Vishal Karwal

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sharman Joshi	...	Jai Singh Gujjar
Meera Chopra	...	Shivangi
Vishal Karwal	...	Veer
Surendra Pal	...	Shivangi's Father
Charu Rohatgi	...	Shivangi's Mother
Sushmita Mukherjee	...	Kesar Maa
Siraj Mustafa Khan	...	Rana Jag Pratap Singh
Jalpa Bhatt	...	Bua
Jagat Rawat	...	Kaka
Vishal Malhotra	...	Surya Pratap
Dinesh Mehta	...	Rudra Pratap
Kamal Adib	...	Pratap Singh
Jyoti Chudasma	...	Possessed Girl Mother
Mansi	...	Possessed Girl
Sujay Hulchal	...	Sharman's Lawyer

Storyline

Shivangi (Meera Chopra) lives in London with her husband Veer Singh (Vishal Karwal). One day, he receives a gift from Rajasthan. From then, strange things happen with Veer and his condition deteriorates. Shivangi, thinking that this is because of black magic, goes to Rajasthan and finds Jai (Sharman Joshi), an exorcist and begs for help. Jai help Shivangi and her possessed husband from the evil spirit forms the crux of the story.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1920 | 1920s | 

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Taglines:

Fear strikes again

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Sharman Joshi's 2nd Horror Film. First being Gang of Ghosts

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Connections

Spin-off 1921 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Aafreen
Written by: Prashant Ingole
Produced by: Kaushik Das and Akash
Performed by: Krishnakumar Kunnath and Antara Mitra

User Reviews

This shrman joshi- starrer is poor attempt at horror

Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, 1920 London is the third supernatural drama produced by Vikram Bhatt set in that year. The fascination began in 2008 with 1920, which was centred around a ghostly stately manor and an exorcism.

In 2012's 1920: The Evil Returns, the director, cast and locations were new, but the story revisited the themes of possession and evil spirits idea. Desai's 2016 film is set between in 1920s London and Rajasthan.However period correctness is clearly not a priority with the filmmaker as we see Shivangi, a royal married woman with her head uncovered in a Rajput court, and gliding around her manor in the UK with her knees and arms exposed.

This is a fashion forward Victorian era! If one were to dwell on authenticity, it would be hard to get past the changing length of Sharman Joshi's beard and hair.

So let's cut to the plot instead. The life of a happily married young couple in London changes horrifyingly after the arrival of a surprise gift from India. A spirit seeps out and possesses the husband. Shivangi (Meera Chopra) returns to India to seek help as she sees her husband Veer Singh's (Vishal Karwal) health decline dramatically.

Fearing that a dangerous spirit has possessed him, she approaches a renowned exorcist. He turns out to be none other than her former lover, Jai (Sharman Joshi). In spite of having been dumped and served jail term because of Shivangi's betrayal, Jai travels to London to save Veer.

The story relies on pulling off one major twist, but it's a rather obvious one and once you figure it out the sporadic and half-hearted attempts at grisly, jumpy scares ebb away. A jilted lover with black magic expertise is hardly likely to be a saint.

Sharman Joshi tries hard to play menacing, mysterious and repentant but he's just out of step in the part of an exorcist. Meera Chopra is unimpressive as the helpless wife while Karwal spends most of the film lying in a bed being eaten away by the evil spirit.

Besides one extended exorcism scene, and the painstaking make-up that shows Veer's gradual degradation by the spirit, this is a drab effort with hardly a shock sandwiched between all the frills, frocks and Rajput finery.

Perhaps all the horror there was, has been sucked out of 1920.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

6 May 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

1920 London

Filming Locations:

Mahabat Maqbara, Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,077

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reliance Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color