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Starring: Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Saif Ali Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Sohail Khan, Sanjay Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Antara Mali, Isha and Sameera Reddy.
Director: Prawal Raman
Music: Sulim - Suliaman
Lyrics: Abbas Tyrewala, Lalit Marathe, Taabish Roman

Darna Mana Hai

K Sera Sera and Varma Corporation Ltd.'s Darna Mana Hai (A) is an unusual horror film. Unlike other films, this one has six different stories, each unrelated to the others. All of them are bizarre and even scary.

A group of seven friends is on a picnic. In the midst of a jungle in the dark of the night, their car tyre gets punctured and they are, therefore, forced to spend the night in a ruinous house. To while away their time, they narrate frightening stories they have heard in the past. In between the narrations, members of the group leave the house one by one under some pretext or the other, only to get killed by a mysterious being. The living persons of the group are unaware of the killings and don't have the faintest idea that even while they are enjoying the bizarre stories, their own friends are being eliminated outside under equally unbelievable circumstances.

A stranded couple (Sohail Khan and Antara Mali) who end up in a tense situation thanks to the husband´s habit of playing pranks. A homework obsessed school teacher (Raghuvir Yadav) looses it after a delinquent student suddenly starts improving, triggering a childhood memory which puts an interesting spin on things. A college going loser (Aftab Shivdasani) who suddenly gains magical powers (being able to freeze people) and uses this power to bag the girl of his dreams (Isha Koppikar). A chain smoking photographer (Saif Ali Khan) who ends up staying the night in a hotel run by a wacky man (Boman Irani) who can not stand cigarettes. A paranoid housewife (Shilpa Shetty) buys some apples from a seedy vendor (Rajpal Yadav) and decides to get rid of them only to find that the fruit is haunting her. This story just gets crazier and crazier as it progresses. Finally a young man (Vivek Oberoi) picks up a hitchhiker one night (Nana Patekar) only to realize that this guy may be dead. Darna Mana Hai gets into some strange territory as far as stories are concerned.

Performances are all generally well done, but only a few of the artistes make a lasting impression. Boman Irani deserves special mention as he makes his story much more watchable thanks to his mannerisms. Raghuvir Yadav also does an excellent job. Aftab Shivdasani makes an impact thanks to the edge that his role has. Roles like this one and Kasoor allow him to play around with his image which is good. Shilpa Shetty also deserves a mention for some of the touches she adds to her role. Vivek and Nana share excellent chemistry, and thanks to good dialogue-baazi, keeps the viewers attention. Rajpal Yadav has a small role but makes the most of it. Antara and Isha don´t do much for themselves and are wasted. Ditto for Revathy who is presented via some very unflattering camera angles. Saif looks cool, and is generally a good actor, but beside Boman he looks like an amateur. Sameera looked great in the promos but has very little to do in the film. Sanjay Kapoor and Sohail Khan are hardly there. The rest are hardly worth the mention.

Overall, it has various exciting songs that keep up the tempo of the album (except for 'No Smoking'). Though the album doesn't have a universal appeal as it is targeted at a specific market, entertaining numbers like the title track and 'Stop' should be good reasons to go for this album.

 
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