Rating:
1.0/5
Star
Cast:
Sachiin
Joshi,
Vivan
Bhatena,
Nargis
Fakhri,
Mona
Singh,
Ali
asgar
Director:
Bhushan
Patel
'Oh
God,
I
don't
known
what's
happening
here,'
exclaims
Ahana
(Nargis
Fakhri)
as
she
seeks
shelter
in
a
religious
shelter-zone
with
a
shrink
by
her
side
who
looks
equally
clueless.
The
moment
is
supposed
to
be
terror-struck.
Instead,
you
find
yourself
fidgeting
in
your
seats
waiting
for
this
nightmare
to
come
to
an
end
at
the
earliest.
Bhushan
Patel's
Amavas
begins
like
how
most
Bollywood
horror
flicks
unravel.
A
chilly
night,
an
abandoned
mansion,
a
man
who
is
scared
to
death
and
keeps
chanting
religious
mantras
to
keep
'bhoot'
at
bay.
The
audience
is
supposed
to
assume
there's
something
sinister
out
there.
Can
we
just
get
over
these
typical
Hindi
horror
tropes,
please?
This
brings
us
to
the
lead
pair
of
the
film,
Ahana
(Nargis
Fakhri)
and
her
stinky
rich
beau
Karan
(Sachiin
Joshi).
Like
a
kid
in
a
candy
show,
the
lady
tells
him
that
she
wishes
to
spend
their
second
anniversary
at
his
summer
house
which
is
actually
an
abandoned
mansion.
Of
course,
the
man
isn't
pleased
because
he's
got
some
secrets
there
to
hide.
Amavas
team
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Joshi
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Asgar
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Patel
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Nevertheless,
he
reluctantly
agrees
and
we
soon
see
them
breaking
into
a
romantic
song
because
why
should
only
ghosts
have
some
fun?
Next,
we
learn
that
Karan
has
been
in
therapy
for
years
and
his
reluctance
at
returning
to
his
childhood
mansion
has
got
to
do
something
to
do
with
a
girl
name
Maya
(Navneet
Kaur
Dhillon).
In
between,
you
have
got
a
series
of
painfully
slow
scenes
where
the
couple
just
eats,
drinks
and
sleeps.
Their
siesta
is
periodically
disturbed
by
creaking
doors,
a
ghost
watching
them
over
and
singing
all
around
inside
the
mansion,
a
chair
rocking
on
its
own.
In
the
second
half
of
the
film
when
the
makers
finally
drop
the
big
revelation,
you
are
by
then
simply
weary
and
just
wish
to
have
some
bear-snooze
instead.
Amavas
is
a
film
which
turns
out
to
be
unintentionally
funny.
Bhushan
Patel
and
his
team
tries
too
hard
to
spook
you.
Unfortunately,
their
scare-tricks
are
rusty
old.
Instead,
the
clumsy
pace
of
the
narrative
is
more
terrifying
than
the
ghost.
And
those
searching
for
some
logic,
you
are
at
the
wrong
place,
folks!
Speaking
about
the
performances,
there
seems
to
be
some
stiff
competition
between
Sachiin
Joshi
and
Nargis
Fakhri
as
to
who
emotes
the
least
in
their
scenes.
The
chemistry
between
them
is
as
freezing
chilly
as
the
Antarticas.
Navneet
Kaur
Dhillon
acts
like
an
overgrown
child.
Vivan
Bhatena
ends
up
with
some
of
the
most
tackiest
dialogues
in
the
film.
Funny
man
Ali
Asghar
as
the
butler
with
buck-teeth
is
annoying
right
from
the
first
frame.
Mona
Singh
as
Karan's
psychiatrist
is
the
only
one
who
fares
a
little
better
in
this
acting
lot.
Amarjeet
Singh's
camera-work
lends
a
grim,
eerie
mood
to
the
film.
Deven
Murdeshwar's
editing
is
hotchpotch.
The
songs
of
Amavas
are
the
only
sunshine.
But
their
picturization
on
Sachiin
Joshi
with
his
leading
ladies
fails
to
create
the
mood
of
love.
Some
dusty
graves
should
never
be
disturbed.
Sachiin
Joshi-
Nargis
Fakhri
starrer
Amavas
is
one
of
them.
Skip
this
one
to
save
precious
minutes
of
your
life.
I
am
going
with
one
star.