Darr @ the Mall

Darr @ the mall
First Teaser Poster
Directed by	Pavan Kirpalani
Produced by	Abhimanyu Singh
Written by	Pavan Kirpalani Agrim Joshi
Starring	Jimmy Sheirgill Nushrat Bharucha Arif Zakaria Asif Basra Nivedita Bhattacharya Shradha Kaul Neeraj Sood Josi Hasi
Music by	(Songs) Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Score) Ranjit Barot
Cinematography	Gargey Trivedi
Edited by	Pooja Ladha Surti
Production company	Multi Screen Media Motion Pictures Contiloe Entertainment
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	4.95 crores

Darr @ the Mall is an Indian horror film^[2] directed by Pawan Kripalani of Ragini MMS fame. The film was released on 21 February 2014^[3][4] and stars Jimmy Sheirgill^[5] and Nushrat Bharucha in the lead roles. The film is produced by Multi Screen Media and Contiloe Entertainment.^[6][7]

Plot

Asia's largest mall "Amity Mall" is ready for inauguration, although there is controversy surrounding the recent deaths of construction workers and the mall staff, leading the media to label the mall as haunted. Vishnu (Jimmy Sheirgill) is mysteriously recommended for the job of chief security officer on the eve of the inaugural party.

On the night of the party, the owner of the mall Mr. Manchanda (Arif Zakaria) and his associate, Mr. Khan (Asif Basra), children of Mr. Manchanda, Ahana (Nushrat Bharucha) and Naveed along with their friends are also at the party. One by one, a ghostly apparition targets the teenagers and mall investors. Meanwhile, Vishnu slowly uncovers clues about the identity of the ghost.

As the party ends, Mr. Manchanda, Mr. Khan, their children and Vishnu along with the mall's event manager find themselves locked inside after all the guests have gone home. The six of them struggle to stay alive as the ghost continues its killing spree.

Through a flashback the ghost of a child reveals to Vishnu, that the mall was built over what used to be an orphanage, that burned to the ground two decades ago. Vishnu’s connection to the killings is that he was one of the orphans living with the nun and other children at the orphanage.

Mr. Manchanda and Mr. Khan tried to get the nun to sell the orphanage, but when she refused, they had the orphanage burnt down. Vishnu (known as Arjun as a child), managed to escape but due to an injury he lost his memory of what transpired.

The horrific smokey apparition is the ghost of the nun who kills all those involved in the crime. The ghosts of the dead children play their part in the killings as they simultaneously warn, befuddle and scare the people within the mall killing not only those involved but guiltless people as well.

After the nun kills Mr. Manchanda, she also attempts to kill Ahana, till Vishnu begs the nun to stop as she has already killed the men responsible. The movie ends with the nun sparing Ahana and she and Vishnu are shown walking out of the mall.

Cast

• Jimmy Sheirgill as Vishnu Sharma/Arjun
• Nushrat Bharucha as Ahana Manchanda
• Arif Zakaria as Alok Manchanda
• Asif Basra as Javed Khan
• Nivedita Bhattacharya as Tisha
• Vikram Raj Bhardwaj as KD
• Shraddha Kaul as Mother Madeline
• Neeraj Khetrapal as Sahni
• Yaushika Varma as Mandy
• Anadya Sharma as the little girl
• Geet Sharma as Nanau
• Pramod Pathak as Rana
• Neeraj Sood as Rajendra Solanki, mall security guard
• Charlotte Desmond
• Rahul Mishra
• Vishal N Jethwa
• Danish Akhtar
• Amit Roy

Promotion

Darr @ The Mall has done over 8 television show integrations. The movie is promoted at a Sony TV Shows Adaalat,^[8] Bhoot Aaya, CID,^[9] Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein on Zee TV, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on SAB TV, Chidiya Ghar on SAB TV, F.I.R. on SAB TV. The Official Music Launch was on Boogie Woogie Kids Championship^[10] the episode of which aired on 18 January 2014

Music

The soundtrack of the film is given by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, while the lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The album includes three original tracks, one remix track and one instrumental track.^[11][12]

Critical reception

DNA India said that The Mall is a spine chilling tale of one night and an encounter with the past.^[13]

References

External links

• Darr @ the Mall on IMDb
• Darr @ the Mall at Bollywood Hungama