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ABC Film Challenge – World Cinema – # – 1920 London (2016)

By Newguy

ABC Film Challenge – World Cinema – # – 1920 London (2016)Director: Dharmendra Suresh Deasi

Writer: Sukhmani Sadana (Screenplay) Vikram Bhatt (Story)

Starring: Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, Vishal Karwal, Surendra Pal, Charu Rohatgi, Sushumita Mkherjee

Plot: After her husband is possessed by an evil spirit, a woman turns to her former lover to perform an exorcism.


Tagline – Fear strikes again

Runtime: 2 Hours

There may be spoilers the rest of the review

Verdict: Enjoyable Horror

Story: 1920 London starts as we meet the Prince Veer (Karwel) and Princess Shivangi (Chopra) living in London, they soon become the latest victim of an evil spirit which takes over Veer’s body, Shivangi must go into her past to find her former lover Jai Singh Gujjar (Joshi) a man that was left banished because of their affair, who has an ability to tackle unwanted spirits.

With the past being placed in the past, Jai comes to figure out how to save Veer and giving Shivangi a peaceful life, only the evil spirit isn’t going to let that happen.

Thoughts on 1920 London

Characters – Shivangi the princess who has just gotten married, she sees her husband become possessed, which forces her to return to her family for help, with her ex-lover being the only one that could save her husband. Jai Singh is the exorcist that was once the lover of Shivangi, but not being from the royal family means he was once banished for their love. Now he must help her fight an evil spirit, he speciality. Veer is the husband that gets stricken down by the evil spirit that has taken over his body.

PerformancesWe focus mostly on just the two stars of the movie, Meera Chopra and Sharman Joshi who are both great through the film dealing with the horror, the personal status they are facing and love they both feel.

ABC Film Challenge – World Cinema – # – 1920 London (2016)

StoryThe story here follows a possession, this is a story I have seen many times, but the different is, I have only ever seen Christian or Jewish religions deal with the spirits, this time we get to see how Hindus treat unwanted spirits. The story does follow the traditional scares, but then here is a twist in the story which explains the possession, one about honour, love and revenge, which does make the story feel fresher, I learnt that this is part of a series of film, but I am confident there isn’t a connection between the previous ones. Most of this is by the books and that is al we want from a horror film.

Horror/MysteryThere are good scare moments in this film, nothing overly original, but they will give the jumps required, the mystery comes from just what the motivation of the evil spirit is to be doing the possessing.

SettingsThe film takes the action to London, which I guess is new to the franchise, this is fine even though we spend most of the time in the mansions with no landmarks in the background, with the landmark scenes including the bridges only.

Special EffectsThe effects are used well to create the horror moments, like most films the practical is good, but the CGI comes off weak.

ABC Film Challenge – World Cinema – # – 1920 London (2016)

Scene of the Movie –
The final battle.

That Moment That Annoyed Me While I understand this is a Bollywood film, the songs lose moments of tension in the film.

Final ThoughtsThis is a horror that works for the exorcism genre well, it shows how a different religion reads evil spirits and does battle against them, which is interesting to see and does give us good moments of horror.

Overall: Good horror.

Rating

ABC Film Challenge – World Cinema – # – 1920 London (2016)

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