Darna Mana Hai (2003)

A group of friends are stranded in remote rural area, when their vehicle breaks down. After exploring their whereabouts they come across an abandoned house, and decide to stay the night there. They decide to pass the night by sharing stories of the supernatural and horror. Unknown to those sitting around, the friends are disappearing one by one, and no one seems to know their whereabouts. As the remainder of the friends share their stories of the occult, they soon realise that some of them are not around, they go to look for them, and it is when the real horror strikes.

Six city students take refuge in deserted ruins when stranded on a highway, and start telling each other scary stories to keep amused. The stories include: A husband trying to scare his wife; a man stuck at a creepy "healthy hotel"; a school teacher spooked by a child's homework; a housewife scared of apples; a bizarre lift on a freeway; and a college kid with an unusual power. Unlike the usual Indian horror film, this does not resort to sound effects and visuals for thrills. Each sketch has its moments, though a couple of them could have been brilliant with small script changes, and a resistance to oversimplifying. Most of the actors do decent jobs, especially Raghubir Yadav as the freaked-out school-teacher.

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