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Darna Zaroori Hai
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Darna Zaroori Hai

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Grade & Score (?) C- (47%)
Avg Rating: 2.36/5 (47%) from 21 Reviews
Reviews (?) 21 Reviews Counted: 5 Good / 8 Average / 8 Bad
Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat and Randeep Hooda
Director Ram Gopal Varma
Release Date April 28, 2006
Box Office Status Flop

Synopsis
A film by Jijy Philip starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat and Randeep Hooda.

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Reviews

Good Reviews  |  Average Reviews  |  Bad Reviews
Positive Reviews
3.0 "Even if you don't scare at all, you can rest assured that -- be it merely because of the format -- this film cannot bore you."
- Rediff
3.0 "it´s time-pass, popcorn fare at the most. "
- Planet Bollywood
3.0 "is scary sometimes but in bits and parts - the first scare is just too good!"
- MTV India
3.0 "is a fine experimental attempt. But it is not really a full-fledged horror film."
- ApunKaChoice
3.0 "the performances are definitely worth a mention. We’d say catch this one! "
- Movie Talkies
Average Reviews
2.5 "while you must definitely catch this one for the sheer sake of diversity, don't expect to lose too much sleep over it."
- Full Hyderabad
2.5 "If goosebumps is what Ram Gopal Varma Inc. intended to give, then it remains just an intention."
- Deccan Herald
2.5 "is a film, which can be seen as a pass time."
- Mag 4 You
2.5 "At the end of the scare fest you're looking at a film with a profusion of talent. But not enough proof of the talent's productivity."
- Subhash Jha
2.5 "some of the six stories that have been incorporated in the film do manage to alarm you."
- IndiaTimes
2.5 "The end is a let down"
- IndiaGlitz
2.5 "looks too much of a cut-and-paste job with Ramu’s favorite stars and directors just biding their time without really focusing on the film’s merits."
- Mid-Day
2.5 "If only Ram Gopal Varma had given the script more attention, Darna Zaroori Hai could have been a classic."
- Screen India
Negative Reviews
2.0 "fails as a horror flick, it passes as a piece of eerie amusement."
- BBC Films
2.0 "In retrospect, Darna Mana Hai seems far superior."
- Outlook India
2.0 "In retrospect, it's predecessor seems like a masterpiece"
- Bollyvista
2.0 "succeeds only partially."
- Jam
2.0 "just for one story you can't take the trouble of watching the whole film, can you?"
- B4U
2.0 "is a sorry sequel that never matches up to the original."
- RadioSargam
1.5 "lacks the power to scare, frighten, terrify and petrify."
- IndiaFM
1.0 "Not a single story has an original thought."
- Teen Station

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