Phobia

2016 [HINDI]

Drama / Mystery / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 5 reviews
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 3463 3.5K

psychological thriller

Director

Pavan Kirpalani Photo
Pavan Kirpalani

Top cast

Nivedita Bhattacharya Photo
Nivedita Bhattacharya as Anusha
Radhika Apte Photo
Radhika Apte as Mehak
Yashaswini Dayama Photo
Yashaswini Dayama as Nikki
Ankur Vikal Photo
Ankur Vikal as Manu Malhotra
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1007.1 MB
1280*534
Hindi 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 3
1.83 GB
1920*800
Hindi 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mihika2590 8 / 10

Intriguing

This movie isn't everyone's cup of tea. It makes you question everything & everyone. Radhika Apte is brilliant. It's a good workout for your brain.
Reviewed by chemingineer 8 / 10

Much more than a horror film

That Phobia is not everyone's cup of tea is established in the opening frame itself with this intriguing quote of Franz Kafka: A cage went in search of a bird. What follows next is arguably one of the most significant prologues in Hindi Cinema; miss this and you won't get the essence of the film. Mehak Deo (Radhika Apte) is a painter and is narrating a creepily uncomfortable joke to her male friends at a party: An old man has been ogling at her because her face resembles his bitch that was killed in a car accident, eerily on the same day when Mehak was born. She then leaves the party in a taxi with her best friend, Shaan. On the way Shaan gets down and invites her to spend the night with him. She spurns the offer and continues in the taxi. The cabbie takes her to a secluded spot and rapes her.After the opening credits, we see that Mehak has become a nervous wreck consequent to the rape and is being administered Virtual Reality therapy to cure her of Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). When the therapy makes little progress, Shaan rents out an apartment and moves her there to recover. Rest of the film plays out in the claustrophobic confines of this apartment, whose former tenant, a stewardess named Jiah, has mysteriously vanished into thin air. Spooky things start happening. Mehak's traumatised mind plays tricks on her and the director plays tricks on our mind. There is a black cat and a black spider, both important symbols in case you want to psychoanalyse the film later. Just when you feel that the director has pulled out all stops and you have sorted out all the conundrums, the film shifts to a different plane. Some extremely subtle hints are dropped, so fleeting that you will miss if you blink. Phobia is an extremely clever film; it is revived miraculously from the precipice of an almost hilarious ending. Director Pawan Kriplani goes for the jugular, just when your muscles were beginning to relax. Radhika Apte more than lives her part. Background score works non-intrusively on the subconscious.The film ends with a red dot (Bindi?) being applied on Mehak's painting to indicate that it is sold. Phobia works at multiple levels. At the visceral level it is a solid thriller with a potential to wet your pants. But at the psychological level, it makes you think long after you have left the cinema hall.
Reviewed by shreyasrp888 8 / 10

Under-rated. Exceptional acting from Radhika.

I have watched a lot of horror movies, both in english and hindi and I must tell that Phobia has the best story yet. The plot is very unpredictable. The entire cast has done a good job, including Radhika Apte, who has arguably given the best performance of her career so far. Cannot believe that such a good story, with good direction is at 6.9 as I am writing this review. People who did not understand this movie should simply not rate it.
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