BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Nessieldwi
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Michael Ledo
While in London, Indian Prince Veer becomes possessed or at least is having bad muscle spasms. While in this state, his wife travels to India to find a Baba who can help. As it turns out, this is a very powerful demon that can only be exorcised by the Baba of Mewar, who happens to be Jai, the former lover of the princess. Their story is complex and twists like a double helix. Let's just say there is a lot of bad blood between the rich princess and the penniless shepherd, ex-con.The film is more like a love story with a demon tossed in. There were two musical numbers within the film, although not the typical Bollywood where everyone stops what they are doing and does a line dance. The special effects were alright, however Veer's possessed squirm I found comical. In fact I found myself laughing at the film more than with it. Way too long, but then what Bollywood film isn't. According to the history of woman's skirt lengths, skirts above the knee were not worn in 1920...just saying.Bollywood production: No swearing, sex, or nudity. Now there was a man reaching for a woman's top, must have gotten within 3 feet of the garb
Varun Chaudhary
Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, 1920 London is the third supernatural drama produced by Vikram Bhatt set in that year. The fascination began in 2008 with 1920, which was centred around a ghostly stately manor and an exorcism.In 2012's 1920: The Evil Returns, the director, cast and locations were new, but the story revisited the themes of possession and evil spirits idea. Desai's 2016 film is set between in 1920s London and Rajasthan.However period correctness is clearly not a priority with the filmmaker as we see Shivangi, a royal married woman with her head uncovered in a Rajput court, and gliding around her manor in the UK with her knees and arms exposed.This is a fashion forward Victorian era! If one were to dwell on authenticity, it would be hard to get past the changing length of Sharman Joshi's beard and hair.So let's cut to the plot instead. The life of a happily married young couple in London changes horrifyingly after the arrival of a surprise gift from India. A spirit seeps out and possesses the husband. Shivangi (Meera Chopra) returns to India to seek help as she sees her husband Veer Singh's (Vishal Karwal) health decline dramatically.Fearing that a dangerous spirit has possessed him, she approaches a renowned exorcist. He turns out to be none other than her former lover, Jai (Sharman Joshi). In spite of having been dumped and served jail term because of Shivangi's betrayal, Jai travels to London to save Veer.The story relies on pulling off one major twist, but it's a rather obvious one and once you figure it out the sporadic and half-hearted attempts at grisly, jumpy scares ebb away. A jilted lover with black magic expertise is hardly likely to be a saint.Sharman Joshi tries hard to play menacing, mysterious and repentant but he's just out of step in the part of an exorcist. Meera Chopra is unimpressive as the helpless wife while Karwal spends most of the film lying in a bed being eaten away by the evil spirit.Besides one extended exorcism scene, and the painstaking make-up that shows Veer's gradual degradation by the spirit, this is a drab effort with hardly a shock sandwiched between all the frills, frocks and Rajput finery.Perhaps all the horror there was, has been sucked out of 1920.
Fella_shibby
The poster itself is a rip off of the movie, the possession of Michael king. Audiences including my kids were laughing in the theatre. When big studios hav started making horror flicks like Insidious, Annabelle, The Unborn, The rite, Conjuring, etc. there is no chance of cheesy Hindi horror flicks like these. Anyways I gave a 6 jus for the effort. But some of the scenes were total rip off. Like the scene where the possessed person walks on both legs n hands (the unborn). Even the scene where the spirit enters the body while the person is lying on the bed (cannot recall the name). The mirror thing is getting monotonous. The concept of another world in the mirror is getting stale. The only movie which pulled off the mirror/another world concept was a segment from the movie VHS 2. Another rip off is the one when the images from the photos scream. The black eyes n sealed lips r too getting monotonous. I always wonder, y a possessed person has to do hyperextension of their joints. The movie has nothing new to offer. Worst were the cgi effects. The scene where Sharman n his girlfriend standing in a desert in the middle of nowhere. Too ridiculous man. Even one of my fav scene from one of my fav movie, The Shrine (the statue scene) was badly incorporated in this. The makers of this flick shud watch small budget horror flicks (indie horror) from Hollywood.
kaushalmodi1985
In Year 2008, Movie titled 1920 released and merged the Success with the label of Best Horror in Bollywood. In 2012, 1920 The Evil Returns released and again marked the Success on Box office. Now, In 2016 after 4 years, 1920 London the third Installment released of its franchise. Will these part of 1920 leaves to expectation and gets success to fear the audience. Let's analyze.Movie starts with arrival Shivangi (Meera Chopra) from London to Sikar (Rajasthan). She tells incidents that forced her to come back home to her Parents. Story goes into flashback incidents occurred with her husband Veer Singh (Vishal Karwa). Everything going well with them in London, until Veer receives a gift from Rajasthan. Suddenly strange things begin to happen with Veer Singh. Shivangi comes to know that her husband is a helpless victim of black magic and only Jay (Sharman Joshi) who can help her from these Black Magic. Jay is the person who is her past love affair and resulted to falsely imprisoned for 5 years due to Shivangi's Family. Shivangi reaches to Jay for help, but he ignores to help Shivangi because of past issues. After Shivangi's request, Jay accepts to help out Shivangi. Now Question is will Jay is able to enslave the spirit and set Veer free from Black Magic?1920 London is really Scary in some moments and sequences. Some Scenes gives you goosebumps and makes you frighten. Especially, The Possession Scene, where Sharman Joshi set free to one women from Spirit, that Scene really gives you spine chilling experience. On the other side Movie struggles with lack moments, which makes movie boring for some time. But Its Background score which makes you connected to the Movie. Cinematography of Movie is top class. Cinematographer has done a good job of capturing the beauty of London. Sharman Joshi has given complete justice to his role, not Superb but nice performance. Meera Chopra is OK in her performance. Nothing more for Vishal Karwar to do, but he done good job for whatever he gets. Music is Strictly OK. there will be no problem, If songs where deleted. It may help to movie to short more 15 minutes. Only One Song 'Gumnam Hai Koi' was remixed very well which comes in end of the Movie as Bonus Song.Overall, 1920 London is really Scary with terrifying moments and sequences. If you are fan of Horror genre, 1920 London will not let you down.
