Ek thi daayan

A young boy is obsessed with the occult. As he grows up, he takes his obsession to giddy lengths—often letting the lines between reality and fiction blur. When you meet the unassuming, bespectacled Kannan Iyer in person, you will never guess that he’s the man who has served up one of Indian cinema’s taut supernatural thriller’s Ek Thi Daayan. It’s piping hot (it’s got Emraan Hashmi--who calls himself a tiger in bed), terribly scary and yet it’s aesthetically garnished. Set in contemporary Mumbai; the film tells you a believable story of Bobo(Emraan) the magician, who is a master in his craft. But when you scratch the surface, scars from his growing up years come to light. movie Cut to Bobo’s childhood. He’s a curly-haired, cute moppet(Vishesh; he plays the young Emraan) who grows up reading about witch-craft and is inexplicably drawn to magic. He doesn't realise that his fascination is fast becoming an obsession. Things reach a head, when his widower father (Pawan Malhotra) brings home a new bride Diana (Konkana Sen Sharma). The boy equates a step-mother to a daayan(witch) and his young mind plays tricks with him. You find yourself biting your nails in nervousness and digging your heels hard into the carpet in the cinema hall as this spook-fest unfolds. Woven beautifully between the world of magic, occult and suspense, Ek Thi Daayan, makes for compulsive viewing, providing some spine-chilling thrills at short gaps. The narrative in the first half is almost faultless. There...

A Bobo is Indias leading magician. But unknown to even his girlfriend Tamara, Bobo’s life is falling apart. His constant hallucinations leave him with no option but to seek psychiatric help. When he is put through regression hypnosis, a terrifying childhood story surfaces, in which a sinister power (daayan), which has destroyed his family, promises to return to haunt Bobo. Bobo ignores it and moves on with life. His romance with Tamara is at full throttle and his career as a magician reaches great heights. The going is good till the irresistible Lisa Dutt enters his life. He is convinced that she is the daayan. But is she, really? Or is Bobo just losing his mind? An entertaining romantic thriller with an electrifying jolt at the end, Ek Thi Daayan marks the first ever association of two creative powerhouses – Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj.While it is Balaji’s third outing with Emraan Hashmi (after Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai & The Dirty Picture), it is the maiden combination between Emraan Hashmi and Vishal Bhardwaj, which promises explosive, chartbusting music. Hashmi’s new avatar as a magician coupled with the film’s theme gives Ek Thi Daayan an additional invaluable appeal to children.

When gifted magician Bobo finds himself assailed by hallucinations and seeks professional help, he learns he's being haunted by a sinister spirit. When gifted magician Bobo finds himself assailed by hallucinations and seeks professional help, he learns he's being haunted by a sinister spirit. When gifted magician Bobo finds himself assailed by hallucinations and seeks professional help, he learns he's being haunted by a sinister spirit.