Click (2010 Film)

''Click'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film directed by Sangeeth Sivan, starring Shreyas Talpade, Sadha, Sneha Ullal, Rehan Khan, and Chunky Pandey. It is the third unofficial Indian adaptation of the 2004 Thai horror film '' Shutter'', following the 2006 Telugu version, ''Photo'', and the 2007 Tamil version, '' Sivi''. Overall, it is the fourth adaptation, preceded by the 2008 official American remake, also titled '' Shutter''. The film centers on a photographer and his girlfriend who start to experience paranormal events after accidentally hitting a woman with their car.

The film was released on 19 February 2010, receiving praise for the performances and the climax, and criticism for the length. It ended up as a major box office disappointment, grossing 1.6 crore worldwide against a budget of 7.5 crore.

Plot

Avinash “Avi” Mehra is an ace photographer who is in a live-in relationship with Sonia, a model. One night, while returning from a party, the couple accidentally hits a young girl with their speeding car. As Sonia was driving, to avoid further complications, Avi insists on fleeing from the accident scene. But trouble starts for the couple soon after strange white marks begin to appear in Avi's photos, and Sonia starts having spooky experiences. Avi also develops severe neck pain, and even though he does not appear to be overweight, a scale reveals that he weighs 120 kilograms (264.6 pounds). Avi, too, starts having experiences similar to Sonia's. The couple is petrified when all of Avi's best friends commit suicide in a similar manner. It then comes to light that the spirit haunting them has a connection to Avi's college life. Meanwhile, Sonia finds out that Avi was friends with a girl named Aarti Kaushik during his college days.

As Avi and Sonia are still being haunted by Aarti, they go and visit her, but realize that Aarti is dead, having apparently committed suicide by using a knife. Aarti's mother believes that she is still alive, thinking that she is merely ill and will recover. On the way home, Aarti continues to haunt Avi and Sonia, and again during the night at the hotel, she also haunts Avi in his sleep, ending with him being thrown off the fire escape.

Later, Avi is in the hospital, and Sonia tells him that Aarti will be cremated. They visit her funeral before returning to their hometown. Sonia finds some photos of Aarti, where she is crawling to get something. As she follows the pattern indicated by Aarti, Sonia discovers that Avi's best friends (who later committed suicide) had raped Aarti. When Sonia talks to Avi about this dark secret, he tells her that he only wanted Aarti to understand his feelings, but when his best friends tried to talk to her, Aarti hurt Avi's friend Tarun, who became angry and, along with another friend, raped her. Avi claims that when he entered the room, he was shocked at the scene and tried to help her, but Tarun then accused Avi of planning the rape, saying it was Avi who had asked them to do it to avoid jail, and that one of Avi's friends had taken the pictures. Avi then tells Sonia that the reason he kept the photos was to remind himself that he failed to protect Aarti and says he is the guilty one. But Sonia leaves him and wishes that Aarti may forgive him.

Later on, Avi attempts to kill himself in the same way his best friends did, but as a Polaroid camera clicks towards him, he sees Aarti sitting on his shoulders. Avi is suddenly thrown through the window and ends up in the hospital, where it is revealed that the reason she was sitting on his shoulders was because Aarti had still loved Avi. As Sonia takes another photograph of Avi, she speaks to Aarti, asserting that one day she will let go, as the reflection in the mirror shows Aarti still leaning on Avi's back.

Cast

* Shreyas Talpade as Avinash "Avi" Mehra
* Sadha as Sonia Kaushal
* Sneha Ullal as Aarti Kaushik
* Rehan Khan as Tarun
* Chunky Pandey as Manu Sharma
* Jyoti Dogra
* Avtar Gill as Ali bhai
* Riya Sen ... Special Appearance
* Shishir Sharma as Aarti's father
* Kavitta Verma

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shamir Tandon and released by T-Series. All lyrics were penned by Shabbir Ahmed.

Joginder Tuteja from ''Bollywood Hungama'' gave the soundtrack 2 stars out 5, singling ''Rubayee'' and ''Yaadein'' out for praise.

Release

Theatrical

The film was released theatrically on 19 February 2010. A Tamil dubbed version titled ''Monica House'' was released in January 2016.

Home media

Moser Baer released the film on DVD and VCD in India. Reviewing the DVD, Joginder Tuteja from ''Bollywood Hungama'' gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and praised it, adding that the DVD came in a regular plastic case with no special features and priced at 99/- only, it had a 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation with English subtitles and audio tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 and stereo.

Reception

Critical response

Nithya Ramani of ''Rediff.com'' gave the film 3 stars out of 5, lauding the performances, effects, background music and cinematography, while feeling the songs were unnecessary. Taran Adarsh from ''Bollywood Hungama'' felt the film was heavily inspired by the Thai film '' Shutter'', and awarding the film 2.5 stars out of 5, praised the performances, sound design, background score and the culmination to the story. However, he remained critical of the spirit's makeup and found the songs "strictly okay" but worsened by their non-promotion. Writing for ''Times of India'', Gaurav Malani gave the film 2 stars out of 5, criticising the film for not crediting the Thai original and felt the writing was contrived while the cinematography was "no great shakes" and the editing, lousy. Nonetheless, he also found the culmination "inventive and interestingly handled." Another reviewer from the same website gave the film a 2.5/5 star rating, remarking that the film worked only in fits and starts, and while Talpade did try hard to keep the momentum going, the campy special effects left a lot to be desired. The reviewer, however, recommended the film for the final twist and some goosebumps in the beginning.

Box office

The film grossed in India, failing commercially.

References

External links

Official website
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2010s Hindi-language films
2010s Indian films
Indian supernatural horror films
2010s supernatural horror films
2010s ghost films
2010 films
Indian rape and revenge films
Indian horror film remakes
Indian remakes of Thai films
Films about suicide
Films set in India
Indian ghost films
Indian mystery films
Fiction about photography
Films directed by Sangeeth Sivan
Hindi-language horror films
Films about photographers
Films based on urban legends
Films about road accidents and incidents
Films about stalking
2010s mystery horror films
Indian mystery thriller films
Unofficial film adaptations