Naina

<p>During a solar eclipse in 1986, young Naina Shah, while traveling in the backseat of her England-based dad’s car, is struck by glass from the shattered windshield during an accident and loses her eyesight. Her parents do not survive, and she is brought up by her paternal grandmother. Years later, Naina gets a successful corneal transplant and is able to see. She complains of vision problems, seeing hooded persons, and people dying, which a psychiatrist, Dr. Samir Patel, diagnoses as . But when Naina reports seeing someone else in her mirror reflection, Samir decides to investigate who the original cornea actually belonged to. This investigation will lead them to an impoverished village in , , where Naina will find her life endangered by hostile villagers who believe that the donor of her cornea was cursed. Naina learns the story of her donor, Khemi. Khemi was born with the ability to see a person’s imminent death and was ostracised by society. One night, she tried to save the village from a great fire, but nobody believed her. After the fire broke out, those same villagers blamed Khemi for the disaster. Khemi committed suicide out of despair. Naina returns to England, where she unsuccessfully tries to save people from fire. In the accident, Naina once again loses her eyesight, but she does not regret it because she has the love of Samir and her grandmother. from gave the film 3 stars out of 5, calling it “one of the most imaginative and pulse-pounding horror films to come along in recent times.” On the other hand, from praised Matondkar’s performance and the absence of songs, but felt the film failed to “establish an emotional connection” and instead went on a “melodrama spree” which ruined the fear factor. The film was a financial disappointment, earning 6.94 crore against a 5 crore budget.</p>