Ek Thi Daayan

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Ek Thi Daayan

2013

2h 13m

Horror

Romance

Mystery & Thriller

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An illusionist is haunted by a Daayan witch.

Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Ek Thi Daayan starts out as a well-acted, well-produced supernatural thriller, which could, and should, have climaxed with a knock-out punch. To which end, somebody should have walked across the wrap with a deft pair of webbed feet.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 20, 2019

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Anil Sinanan

Time Out

The inclusion of unnecessary background songs (not subtitled) and a romantic subplot result in a sluggishly paced story, which is further undermined by a lengthy flashback and a preposterous final reveal.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 23, 2017

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Sankhayan Ghosh

Film Companion

[The] childhood part of the story has some of the most terrifying scenes, including a hide-and-seek sequence that racks up the tension, and a pretty well-done ritualistic black magic sequence it culminates in.

Oct 30, 2020

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Carolyn Mauricette

View From The Dark

Ek Thi Dayaan is a supernatural crowd pleaser that bypasses the usual Bollywood melodramatic themes and gives you lots of witchy chills.

May 16, 2019

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J Hurtado

ScreenAnarchy

Ek Thi Dayaan is better than it deserves to be.

Nov 6, 2017

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Day: Thursday Date: 10 March 2016 Time: 10.30 pm With: No One On: HDTV

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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A great performance by Emraan and Konkona Sen Sharma makes this horror movie a good entertainer

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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modi m

If this film had ended at the interval point, I would have given it 5-STARS rating. The first half is absolutely Terrific and is the best horror ever made in Bollywood.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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something different from the run-of-the-mill bollywood movies. sustains the interest till the end, although the end was a bit of a letdown for me.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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After watching it's promo, I was expecting some quality horror in Bollywood film but alas this one suffers from "Curse of Second half & cliches". After it's terrific & scarier first half with excellent background score by Clinton Cerejo & some fine performances by Konkana Sen Sharma, Pawan Malhotra & Vishwesh Tiwari film does offer you something new. But it's the second half which is almost like some Vikram Bhatt movie with full of cliches where only Emraan Hashmi infuses some life but that tepid & stale writing reduces the second half to pure non sense. Massively disappointed by Vishal Bhardwaj's writing & pathetic performances by Huma Qureshi & Kalki Koechilin.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Love Konkona Sen Sharma!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Synopsis

An illusionist is haunted by a Daayan witch.

Director: Kannan Iyer
Producer: Vishal Bhardwaj, Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Rekha Bhardwaj
Screenwriter: Vishal Bhardwaj, Mukul Sharma
Production Co: Balaji Motion Pictures, Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures, ALT Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 2h 13m

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