Director: Vikas Bahl
Writers: Aamil Keeyan Khan, Krishnadev Yagnik
Solid: Ajay Devgn, Janki Bodiwala, R. Madhavan, Jyotika, Anngad Raaj
Period: 132 minutes
Accessible in: Theatres
The primary 10 minutes of Shaitaan introduce the kind of household that’s destined to endure as a result of they’re too comfortable. It’s the Indian-movie thumb rule: The happier they’re, the upper the stakes. Conversely, the American-movie thumb rule is: The extra dysfunctional they’re, the juicier the stakes. There’s Kabir (a Drishyam-lite Ajay Devgn), the indulgent dad who retains a watchful eye on his children (learn: he is aware of all their passwords and disguises a risk – “I’ll discover you in any nook of the globe” – as fatherly affection). There’s Jyoti (a dedicated Jyotika), the agency however loving mother. There’s Dhruv (Anngad Raaj), yet one more annoying eight-year-old who speaks like an grownup and addresses his father by his first title. And there’s Janvi (Janki Bodiwala), {the teenager} neck-deep on the planet of cellphones, boyfriends and zero-carb diets. The dad and mom aren’t controlling: Janvi is allowed on a Ladakh journey so long as she calls them every single day. They let her reside.
The bubble bursts when the household’s farmhouse vacation is gatecrashed by a stranger. (This stranger’s entitlement makes him look uncannily like an older model of the Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) hero). It begins at a freeway dhaba, the place this seemingly regular man, Vanraj (Madhavan), casts a spell over Janvi. Quickly, he reaches their villa and turns Janvi into his puppet; the hypnotised teenager obeys his more and more creepy directions. Vanraj declares himself a God, and vows to reclaim the authority and management that he thinks people – and households corresponding to these – have begun to lack. Mainly, he’s a really bored satan with an evening to spare. The way in which he mercilessly orders Janvi round, he appears to be like like a director exploiting his crew below the pretext of freestyle film-making.
