Urmila in 'The Eye' remake?
By Our Correspondent ©2004 Bollyvista.com

Urmila Matondkar has been signed up for 'Naina', a remake of the Korean flick, 'The Eye'. The boss of iDream Productions, Shripal Morakia, who has decided to debut as director, will direct the horror flick. It seems Urmila has been paid an enormous amount to do the film, which is obviously her cup of tea, given the success of 'Bhoot'.


** any one? who has seen ORIGINAL Korean flick?

i have seen the orginal and its along the lines of horror flicks that come out of east asia (japan, korea) . "The Eye " i think is an HK flick from pang brothers . it came across as a combination of "The sixth sense " and "Ringu" . there are def some nice creepy moments in the film.

as far as the choice for female lead goes..., urmilla will suite the role perfectly . i just hope there are no songs and dance in this film !!

Thnx for ur kind info!! man!

I've seen The Eye itself and I find it to be well made, but the least effective and least original of the so-called Horror wave that hit Japan, Korea and eventually HK in the late 90's.


As it is, it's nothing compared to some very creepy and atmospheric Japenese movies like RING 1 and 2, Dark Water, and JUON 1 and 2.

However, here goes the story which plays much like Bhoot. The eye is about a young blind woman who undergoes an eye transplant surgery and starts to adjust to her everyday life, with the help of her newfound vision. However she starts seeing some unexpected images and eventually discovers she can see restless spirits walking the earth. After a couple of scares, she finally discovers that she is being haunted (or visited) by the ghost of her eye donor (whose death resulted in our heroine gaining the eye transplant). She then looks into the past of her donor, and investigates the circumstances of her death inorder to put her spirit to rest. I won't reveal the ending here, just rest assured that its very cliched and is the normal happy ending with an expected twist.

The film is ok I guess, and I can see Urmila doing a good job in it- but come on people, with an unoriginal story to start with, I doubt it can be really better. I think Krishna Cottage has a better story.

If they really want to copy some really creepy Asian movies, they should remake Juon or A Tale of Two Sisters. That would screw up the audiences for ever.

BHOOT was not ORIG either? ORiginality and in INDIAN FILMS??? YKHRH? haii!!

BTW! I watched SCREM 2/3 dont remember with MASKED KILLER, man!! o Man!! It was TERRIBLE!! Those VICTIM girls never looked SCARRED to me..LOL

if you really think about it there isn't much originality in the genre of Horror films. There's only so many ways that people can die u know... LOL

However the Asian film industry is using all sorts of influence to come up with something atleast somewhat original. And while Hollywood is a copycat, something like THE RING has never been seen here before, that is why it was genuinely good rather than Scream 2/3, I know What You did Last Summer... etc.


What India should do is go back to basic... using classic stories in Hinduism or Islam or something in our culture to create something genuinely new. We should stop trying to be hip and cool and copy all these Western films. We can still make original ghost/scary/tantra-mantra movies, but they can't be TOO HIP or TOO CHEEZY for their own good!!

Funny, I didn't notice this before but the Tamil and Malayalam film Perazagan has some resemblences to the Korean film The Eye. However the Indian film is more drama then a horror/thriller and also uses the conventions of a double role. Its a decent film, with some top performances from Surya.

'Naina': Spine-Chilling!

By Taran Adarsh, May 10th 2005 - 0930 hrs IST



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Bollywood is slowly mastering the art of making horror films!

Scary movies are meant to send a chill down your spine. If the viewer bites his/her nails in anxiety, if the eerie goings-on on the silver screen bring about a cold sweat on your forehead, if the supernatural moments raise the nape hairs, it only means that the storyteller has succeeded in scaring the daylights out of you.

NAINA is one of the most imaginative and pulse-pounding horror films to come along in recent times. It leaves the viewer frightened, terrified and petrified. As a horror movie, it packs one genuine scare after another, right till its finale. Those who get unsettled by ghost stories are sure to freak out by NAINA. The film is definitely not for the weak-hearted!

NAINA tells the story of a young woman, Naina [Urmila Matondkar], blinded in childhood by an accident. Twenty years later, she receives a cornea implant and with it, the ability to see again. When the bandages come off, Naina opens her eyes to see not only the world she left behind, but also the unsettling presence of people who aren't really there -- dead people.

The problem is, no one believes Naina -- not her grand-mother [Kamini Khanna], not even the sympathetic psychiatrist [Anuj Sawhney], who seems to have taken more than just a clinical interest in her.

NAINA marks the birth of an outstanding storyteller in Shripal Morakhia. In both concept and execution, NAINA has a great deal more to offer than the thrillers made in the recent times. Morakhia has studied his predecessors [who've mastered the art of scaring moviegoers] very minutely and understands exactly what it takes to create the perfect scary moment.

NAINA works due to several factors; topping the list is, without doubt, a taut screenplay [Sagar Pandya, Shripal Morakhia]. The plot is refreshingly different and the narrative is laced with twists and turns that keep you on tenterhooks all through.

Besides a captivating script, NAINA scores in those four vital departments that contribute enormously to a horror film -- sound design [Parikshit Lalwani], visual effects [Biju D.], cinematography [C.K. Muraleedharan, Jonathan Bloom] and background score [Salim-Sulaiman].

Yet another reason why NAINA works so well as a horror film is because of Urmila Matondkar's strong and convincing performance. Her performance here is nothing short of perfect and she handles the frightening episodes and the quiet, contemplative scenes with equal skill. The young actress, who proved her versatility in three contrasting roles [PINJAR, BHOOT, EK HASINA THI], drives home the point yet again that she can carry a film on her able shoulders.

If you're expecting scares from NAINA, you will not be disappointed. The film delivers the goods without insulting anyone's intelligence. Highly recommended!

This writer was invited for an exclusive screening of the film early last week. The detailed review will appear on the day of its release [May 20].


More on Naina

The Tamil film "Adhu" was also a remake of The Eye.

More like Bollywood directors are mastering the art of COPYING horror films and fooling people in India to think they are actually talented.

I'm surprised Mr Adharsh being a film critic knows no better!