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Darna Mana Hai (2003)

Darna Mana Hai poster
Original title
डरना मना है
Directed by
Prawaal Raman
Genre
horror film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
A
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This Indian horror film is a collection of six separate scary stories. A group of people share tales about fear and the supernatural. Each story has a different cast of characters and a different twist.

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What happens

Darna Mana Hai (English: Fear is forbidden) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language anthology horror film. The film consists of six different short stories. It stars Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Shilpa Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Isha Koppikar, Saif Ali Khan, and Sohail Khan, among many others. Upon release, it met with an extremely negative response. Despite the fact, it became a cult classic movie. Like previous Ram Gopal Varma film Bhoot, it did not feature the songs composed for it. Later in 2006, Ram Gopal Varma, the producer, spawned Darna Zaroori Hai, a sequel with a different ensemble cast, six new cinematographers, and seven different directors. Only Rajpal Yadav and director Prawaal Raman were back from the previous installment. Darna Mana Hai has been dubbed and released in Telugu with the same title. It is loosely based on the 1997 film Campfire Tales. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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