Naina (2005)
- Directed by
- Shripal Morakhia
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 4.1 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman who lost her sight as a child gets a corneal transplant as an adult. After the surgery she begins seeing ghosts and other disturbing visions that others cannot see.
unsettlingsupernaturalslow-burntensespookymelancholicvisually eerie
What happens
Naina is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film directed by Shripal Morakhia starring Urmila Matondkar as the titular character who loses her sight as a child, regains it as an adult with corneal transplantation and starts seeing images beyond the general surroundings. The film is an unofficial remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Singaporean horror film The Eye directed by the Pang brothers, with a subplot borrowed from the 2002 Japanese film Dark Water. The film was premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Released theatrically on 20 May 2005, Naina flopped at the box office, grossing ₹6.94 crore against a ₹5 crore budget. It was also seen as controversial due to its depiction of the protagonist seeing ghosts after receiving a corneal transplantation was similar to existing fears in India surrounding corneal transplants and it was feared the film would discourage people from donating corneas or seeking corneal transplants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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