1920: Horrors of the Heart

Let's begin with a fact. 1920 now is the first hindi franchise in india to have 5 films in it even before bigger franchises like golmaal or housefull could achieve it . But it comes at what cost?

1920 started as a franchise that promised really good horror . The first film is still remembered for Rajneesh Duggal reciting the entire Hanuman chalisa to fend off the spirits . The second film of Aftab was again based on possession, but had a nice sweet story in it. Then onwards, the franchise went from bad (1920 London ) to worse (1921) to comedy genre (1920: horrors of the heart).

The problem is that the treatment and concept of these films have not been changed one bit. They still rely on evil spirit possession to scare 2023 audience when everyone knows it's now an outdated concept. Yet again, a spirit willing to take revenge possesses a girl to hurt her mother and all this is aided by Avika Gor who is in the illusion that her father (the spirit) was wronged so she helps her father's spirit to take revenge but the reality is something everyone, even a kid can sense from a light year away .

The films outdated treatment, the unintentionally funny scenes when Aditi gets possessed and finally the climax all bring down this film . The climax my god is so hilarious that it might make you laugh more than an actual comedy films genre. Example: a possessed Aditi in the climax sits on a chair like a king and says " bohot din se safai nahi hua hai, islie itne cockroaches hai" .... I laughed so hard at that scene .

1920 means everything has got to be foggy all around. Why man? Without that fog also horror can be created , it just needs skills that makers don't have. We seriously need someone other than the Bhatt's to understand horror and give this genre new life in India because even the Bhatt's daughter can't do it.

Being a low budget film , the VFX is expected to be low class and it is. One thing i like about Bhatt's is that they tend to give new comers chances but sadly it is in poor films. Avika Gor is no new face . She's one of the most popular faces in TV serial industry but she's not done a Hindi film before I guess so her debut in Bollywood has not been that great although she did show signs of potential in this film.

One thing that 1920 franchise has managed to maintain a standard is it's songs. There are some really good songs in the film. Lori is really beautiful song .

Overall, i feel 1920 should not be stretched any further it's already brought bad name to it's franchise through its previous 2 films and this one takes it even further down . If you do plan to stretch, reinvent the concept of these films please.