''Amavas'' () is a 2019 Indian

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directed by

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. Presented by Viiking Media Entertainment, the film stars

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Nargis Fakhri Nargis Fakhri (born October 20, 1979) is an American actress and model who primarily works in the Indian Hindi-language films. Her first role in film came with the 2011 romantic drama ''Rockstar (2011 film), Rockstar'', for which she was nominat ...

and

Mona Singh Mona Singh (born 8 October 1981) is an Indian actress, dancer, model, comedian and television presenter. Having first gained prominence in 2000s for playing the eponymous heroine in the soap opera series '' Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin'' (2003–06) ...

. The movie was released on 8 February 2019.

Plot

The story is about Karan who is possessed by the spirit of his friend Sameer, who gets murdered. After that, Maya also gets murdered by Sameer's spirit in the body of Karan. So Sameer's spirit killed Gotti, Shibani, Ruhi (Maya's sister), and also tries to kill Ahana. But Karan saves her by killing himself in the burning grave of Sameer. Karan has an injury mark on his chest given by Sameer during his death, his (spirit) only source to survive in the body of Karan. But in the end scene, it seems that there was also same kind of injury mark in the hand of Ahana. So the spirit then also exists in Ahana with the mark of the ghost Movie ends promising a sequel.

Cast

as Karan Ajmera *

as Ahana * Vivan Bhatena as Sameer, the ghost *

as Dr. Shibani Roy, psychiatrist * Ali Asgar as Gotti, servant and butler * Navneet Kaur Dhillon as Maya * Sabina Chema as Ruhi (Maya's Sister) *Monisha Haseen *Tara Devani *David Broughton as Doctor

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by Sanjeev-Darshan, Ankit Tiwari,

Abhijit Vaghani Abhijit Vaghani is an Indian film score composer, music composer and music producer. Personal life Abhijit Vaghani is a Gujarati. He received a diploma in Sound Engineering from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE), London. Music career ...

and Asad Khan, with lyrics written by

Sandeep Nath Sandeep Nath is Singer, Lyricist, Composer, Screenwriter, Director and Producer in Bollywood.His Sufi songs "Rangrez", "Ishq Niralaaa" are full of philosophy, spirituality, pure love and positivity. He started his literary career as a poet and ...

, Junaid Wasi, Anurag Bhomia,

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and Ikka. The first song was titled "Jab Se Mera Dil" and released on 11 December 2018. The album is presented by T-Series.

Release

On 5 January 2019, a new poster was unveiled, which revealed that the release date was postponed to 8 February that year.

Reception

Critical response

''Amavas'' received mixed reviews from critics. Reza Noorani of ''

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'' rates the film one and half stars out of five and writes, "As far as the horror is concerned, there is nothing to worry about because the ghost is extremely predictable even when it tries to surprise you. While the effects are slick and the ghosts match up to international standards, they cannot save this film from turning into a painful two-hour-long watch". In contrast,

Subhash K. Jha Subhash K. Jha is an Indian journalist and film critic. Based in Patna, Bihar, he is currently film critic with ''The Times of India'', ''Firstpost'', ''Deccan Chronicle'' and ''DNA News'', ''Rediff.com'', ''Free Press Journal'', besides TV channe ...

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gave it three stars out of five and opined: "Death is indeed a "grave" matter in Hindi horror, what with the graveyard being a favourite haunt of horror. ''Amavas'' doesn't visit any graveyard but a grave plays an important part in the rites of exorcism. The film presses all the right buttons, ticks all the boxes". Kunal Guha of ''

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'', however, rated the film one star out of five, and felt it "reduces horror to hilarity".

Box office

The film earned 0.75 crore nett in India on its opening day. ''Amavas'' has collected 30 million nett pan India in its opening week.

References

External links

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