| Darna Mana Hai | |
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Movie poster for Darna Mana Hai |
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| Directed by | Prawal Raman |
| Produced by | Ram Gopal Varma, Taufiq Ahmed |
| Written by | Atul Sabharwal, Rajnish Thakur, Abbas Tyrewala |
| Starring | Saif Ali Khan, Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Boman Irani, Sanjay Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Sohail Khan, Antara Mali, Sameera Reddy, Rajpal Yadav, Aftab Shivdasani, Isha Koppikar, Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Revathi, Raghuvir Yadav |
| Music by | Salim Merchant, Suleman Merchant |
| Cinematography | Vishal Sinha |
| Distributed by | K Sera Sera Productions |
| Release date(s) | July 25, 2003 |
| Language | Hindi |
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Darna Mana Hai (Hindi: डरना मना है, Urdu: ڈرنا منع ہے, English: Getting Scared is Forbidden) is a Bollywood production, released on July 25, 2003. Ram Gopal Varma ( Telugu: రామ్ గొపాల్ వర్మ Hindi: राम गोपाल वर्मा born April 7 1962 is a Saif Ali Khan ( Hindi: सैफ़ अली ख़ान Urdu: سیف علی خان sɛf əli xɑn born August 16 1970 in New Delhi, India Nana Patekar ( Marathi: नाना पाटेकर (born 1 January, 1951 as Vishwanath Patekar is a highly acclaimed Indian Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi ( Hindi: विवेक ओबरॉय born September 3, 1976 is a Bollywood Actor Boman Irani (born in 1962 Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian film and theatre actor Sanjay Kapoor (born 17 October 1965 in Mumbai, India) is a Bollywood actor and the brother of actor Anil Kapoor and producer Shilpa Shetty ( Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress and model. Sohail Khan ( Hindi, सोहेल ख़ान born December 20, 1970) is an Indian Bollywood actor producer and director Antara Mali is an Indian actress who stars in Bollywood films Sameera Reddy (समीरा रैडी సమీరా రెడ్డి (b Rajpal Yadav is an Indian actor who is known for his eccentric comedy Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978 at Mumbai, India) is an Indian film actor Eesha Koppikhar (ईशा कोपिकर (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress and model Peeya Rai Chowdhary is an Indian Actress. She played Lakhi in Gurinder Chadha 's Bride and Prejudice. Revathy, also known as Revathi ( Malayalam:രേവതി ( Tamil: ரேவதி (born as Asha Kelunni on 8 July, Salim and Sulaiman are Hindi music directors and singers in India. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was considered a unique and innovative attempt by (joint) producer Ram Gopal Varma and director Prawal Raman to provide Indian audiences with an anthology horror film which consists of six different short stories. Ram Gopal Varma ( Telugu: రామ్ గొపాల్ వర్మ Hindi: राम गोपाल वर्मा born April 7 1962 is a ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 This concept was inspired from the popular Canadian TV-series Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Tales from the Crypt. Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a science fiction/horror-themed children's Television series. Tales from the Crypt is a horror anthology American TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the Premium Cable channel It stars a host of Bollywood celebrities including Aftab Shivdasani, Vivek Oberoi, Saif Ali Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Isha Koppikar Nana Patekar, Sohail Khan, and more. Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978 at Mumbai, India) is an Indian film actor Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi ( Hindi: विवेक ओबरॉय born September 3, 1976 is a Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan ( Hindi: सैफ़ अली ख़ान Urdu: سیف علی خان sɛf əli xɑn born August 16 1970 in New Delhi, India Shilpa Shetty ( Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress and model. Sameera Reddy (समीरा रैडी సమీరా రెడ్డి (b Eesha Koppikhar (ईशा कोपिकर (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress and model Nana Patekar ( Marathi: नाना पाटेकर (born 1 January, 1951 as Vishwanath Patekar is a highly acclaimed Indian Actor Sohail Khan ( Hindi, सोहेल ख़ान born December 20, 1970) is an Indian Bollywood actor producer and director
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Darna Mana Hai interweaves six stories into one film. Six friends get stuck in the middle of a forest when their car breaks down, and they find refuge in an abandoned house. To keep each other amused, they tell each other horror and supernatural stories that they have heard over a bonfire.
The first story is about a married couple Karan (Sohail Khan) and Anjali (Antara Mali) who get stuck in the middle of a forest. Sohail Khan ( Hindi, सोहेल ख़ान born December 20, 1970) is an Indian Bollywood actor producer and director Antara Mali is an Indian actress who stars in Bollywood films After the car stops suddenly, Karan gets out to investigate the problem. After his disappearance, and his constant cries for help from the desolated forest, Anjali runs in to attempt to rescue him. After finding Karan's torch covered in blood, and being stalked by an unseen person or supernatural being, Anjali runs around panicking to find a hand reaching out of a swamp. She then becomes terrified to find that the hand is wearing a watch identical to her husbands. After failed attempts to rescue him, the hand disappears. Someone creeps up on her and as Anjali screams, it turns out to be Karan. Karan seems normal and fine while Anjali, whimpering, attempts to tell him that she heard him screaming. However, Karan tells her that he heard her screams from the forest when he went to retrieve water. She looks at the torch she is holding which is now clean of the blood and then hurries back to the car with Karan telling him to get them both out of there. After quickly fixing the problem with the water, Karan and the panicked Anjali climb into the car and drive off. After seeing the anxious and worriedstate of Anjali, Karan puts his arm around her as she leans on himand closes her eyes. He then smirks and looks into the rear view mirror of the car in which his reflection is not visible and Anjali seems to be leaning on nothing, thus conveying that he did die in the swap and is now a ghost.
The second story involves a photographer Anil (Saif Ali Khan) who checks into an inn while he is on his way to Mumbai. Saif Ali Khan ( Hindi: सैफ़ अली ख़ान Urdu: سیف علی خان sɛf əli xɑn born August 16 1970 in New Delhi, India Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial The manager and owner (Boman Irani) of the lodge is a strange and eccentric man and insists that smoking is strongly prohibited in his lodge. Boman Irani (born in 1962 Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian film and theatre actor When Anil tries to go outside for a smoke, the man restricts him, telling him about the diseases that come along with smoking. The owner then locks Anil inside the lodge and tells Anil that in a matter of months, he can cure his smoking addiction. The owner takes Anil to a basement of sort and shows him piles of dead bodies, telling him that he tried but these people would not stop smoking. After a few months, Anil is now seen working in the lodge, and acting strange and eccentric himself. When a customer walks in smoking and asks him for a room, Anil tells him that smoking is strongly prohibited and then proceeds to shoot the man with a gun. The story ends with Anil and the owner sitting together, smiling and watching T. V. , when an ad against smoking runs as a commercial.
This story is similar to the story sung in The Eagles' 'Hotel California'. Hotel California is an album released by the American rock band The Eagles in late 1976 (see 1976 in music) It also shares many thematic elements with Alfred Hitchcock's thriller 'Psycho'. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Psycho is a suspense / Horror film directed by auteur Alfred Hitchcock, from the Screenplay by Joseph
The third story is that of a school teacher (Rajpal Yadav) who confronts a strange student, Pramila, who is always punished for not completing her homework. Rajpal Yadav is an Indian actor who is known for his eccentric comedy Then, suddenly she becomes a bright student and starts doing her homework regularly. This sudden change invokes a strange behaviour in the school teacher. It is revealed that he murdered his bright classmate in jealousy when they were in school. As the memories come reeling back, the teacher eventually loses his sanity.
The fourth story revolves around a housewife (Shilpa Shetty) who buys "mysterious" apples from a strange vendor (Rajpal Yadav). Shilpa Shetty ( Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress and model. Rajpal Yadav is an Indian actor who is known for his eccentric comedy When she gets home her husband (Sanjay Kapoor) eats an apple and finds it very tasty. Sanjay Kapoor (born 17 October 1965 in Mumbai, India) is a Bollywood actor and the brother of actor Anil Kapoor and producer The wife worries if something might happen to him after eating them as she found the vendor who sold the apples to her very suspicious. The next morning when she wakes up she is shocked to find an apple next to her instead of her husband. She is shocked when she realises that her husband has turned into an apple after eating it. So she runs outside and is even more shocked to see apples everywhere on the ground after every person who has eaten them has turned into them. The vendor man then appears with an evil look offering her his last apple for free.
In the fifth story, an elderly man named John (Nana Patekar) is standing at a graveyard. Nana Patekar ( Marathi: नाना पाटेकर (born 1 January, 1951 as Vishwanath Patekar is a highly acclaimed Indian Actor A young man Amar (Vivek Oberoi) passes by and gives lift to John. Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi ( Hindi: विवेक ओबरॉय born September 3, 1976 is a Bollywood Actor Amar asks John why he was at the graveyard. (Amar thought that John's wife is dead so he might have come to her cemetery). But John says that it is him who is dead. Amar dismisses it as a joke. After some more conversation, Amar gets irritated by John's strange behavior. Amar, then gets out of the car and asks John to get out. Finally John says he works for MTV Bakra (Its a program on similar lines as Punk'd. Bakra means goat, a term in Hindi applied to someone who has been fooled. ) and Amar is the first person who was not scared. Amar says that he was not scared because he knew beforehand that John was not a ghost. He tells him that he knew this because he himself is a ghost. John thinks that Amar is now trying to play a prank on him. But when Amar takes off his sunglasses, his eyes are hollow. When John sees this, he dies of shock.
The sixth and final story is about a young student Purab (Aftab Shivdasani) and his love interest Abhilasha (Isha Koppikar). Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978 at Mumbai, India) is an Indian film actor Eesha Koppikhar (ईशा कोपिकर (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress and model Purab contemplates suicide because Abhilasha rejects his advances and nobody else in his college likes him either. He rants about not being special in front of an idol. Later, he suddenly discovers that he has developed an extraordinary ability - he can to stop time for a particular person just by saying “stop” to them. Purab uses his ability to freeze Abhilasha. Thereafter, Purab is in his room looking into the mirror, rejoicing over the fact that Abhilasha won't belong to anyone if she doesn't belong to him. However, he accidentally says "stop" to the mirror, freezing himself. His father finds him like that in his room, with a victorious smile frozen on his face. He is immediately rushed to the hospital but nothing can be done for him.
As soon as the sixth story finishes, the students stranded in the forest hear another person coming towards the abandoned shack. It turns about to be Sushant Singh, who claims that it is in fact his shack where they are resting. Sushant Singh is an Indian actor Biography He hails from Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh He says that he had been listening to their stories, and it is now his turn to tell one. He tells them, that there is a serial killer in the forests who murders anyone who enters it in the night, and describes some of the murders that had happened recently. It turns out that he is the serial-killer, and he has murdered most of their friends. Only Shruti (Sameera Reddy) survives last and runs as fast as she can but the killer catches up with her, and stabs her. Sameera Reddy (समीरा रैडी సమీరా రెడ్డి (b She manages to kill the serial killer and then falls unconscious. When Shruti wakes up next morning, she sees that the place is swarming with police. She tries to tell them what had happened but they can’t hear her. Then she is joined by her dead friends, that’s when she realizes that she to is dead.
The film, which opened in mid-2003, opened to an average response, but the box office figures declined rapidly after bad reviews and negative word-of-mouth. Domestically it earned $132,348. Although it was acclaimed for its daring and unique plot, DMH received a flop status [3].
| Darna Mana Hai: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| Studio album by Salim Suleiman | ||
| Released | 2003 | |
| Genre | Soundtrack | |
| Length | min | |
| Label | ZEE Records | |
| Producer | Salim Suleiman | |
The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by Salim Suleiman, with lyrics by Lalit Marathe. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing
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