''Dobaara: See Your Evil'' () is a 2017 Indian

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written and directed by

Prawaal Raman Prawaal Raman is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. He has written and directed films like '' Darna Mana Hai'' (2003), '' Gayab'' (2004), '' Darna Zaroori hai'' (2006), '' 404'' (2011) and '' Main Aur C ...

. It is an official adaptation of the 2013 American

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film '' Oculus''; the original film's director and co-writer, Mike Flanagan, serves as executive producer and received story credits. The film is a B4U Motion Pictures presentation in association with

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and Zahhak Films Limited. ''Dobaara: See Your Evil'' is produced by Ishan Saksena, Prawaal Raman, Sunil Shah and Vikram Khakhar and stars

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and

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, with

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, Abhishek Singh, and

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in crucial supporting roles. It was released worldwide on 2 June 2017.

Premise

It's a story about a mirror believed to be haunted, and the contradictory views between a brother (

) and sister (

) dealing with the killing of their parents (

and

) eleven years ago. One day they go to a forest and they forget their home's address. At night, they go to an old home. There lived a man called Khanna (

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Cast

as Natasha Merchant :*Rysa Saujani as Young Natasha Merchant *

as Kabir Alex Merchant :*Abhishek Singh as Young Kabir Merchant *

as Alex Merchant *

as Lisa Merchant *

as Tanya *

as Mr. Khanna * Madalina Bellariu Ion as Anna

Soundtrack

Release

''Dobaara: See Your Evil'' was released worldwide on 2 June 2017.

Critical reception

According to the

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website

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, 29% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 7 reviews. Rohit Vats of

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gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 saying that, "It's a faithful remake of ''Oculus'' and can make your hair stand at times. Hindi filmmakers rarely achieve such finesse in mostly predictable paranormal stories." Meena Iyer of

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gave the film a rating of 2.5 saying that, "This one had the potential to be more, but it seems so stretched that you are almost willing to tear the screen yourself and attempt to silence someone." Rohit Bhatnagar of

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gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 saying that, "On the whole, ''Dobaara'' is engaging and definitely not avoidable." Prasanna Zore of

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gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 and said that, "Watch ''Dobaara'' only if you have the guts to overcome, not fear, but boredom." Saibal Chatterjee of

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gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 saying that, "While ''Dobaara: See Your Evil'' isn't half as messy as all those grisly ghosts-and-ghouls flicks that Bollywood foists upon us, it isn't a spine-chiller either."

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gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 saying that, "On the whole, the essence of ''Dobaara: See Your Evil'' being a psychological thriller set in the horror genre doesn't come across and is limited to a few scenes." Anupama Chopra of ''Film Companion'' gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 and said that, "''Dobaara'' is too silly to be scary."

Box office

''Dobaara: See Your Evil'' had a very low

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collection, taking only 10 lakhs on its first day. It ran in theatres for 60 days and had a total collection of just 1.36 crore.

References

External links

* * {{Bollywood Hungama movie, dobaraa-see-your-evil 2017 films 2010s supernatural horror films 2017 horror films 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s Indian films Indian supernatural horror films Films scored by Samira Koppikar Films scored by Arko Pravo Mukherjee Hindi remakes of English films Intrepid Pictures films Indian remakes of American films Indian horror film remakes Films directed by Prawaal Raman Films produced by Mike Flanagan