I happened
to be at Chennai and thought of going for a movie. Tried to get the ticket for
Iron Man, but failed, returning from the cinema hall without watching a movie
sounded more like returning from the battle field without fighting so I ended
up watching the film ‘Ek Thi Daayan’
Logically
it does not make any sense regarding the existence of spirits and ghosts. 99% I
am convinced that these are products of imagination. But at night, especially
after 12.00, I am not too sure about logic and my conviction. The remaining 1%
becomes the risk factor, why to take a chance? And I end up avoiding going to
haunted house at night.
There
is a similarity between me and the hero of the film. The hero as a young boy
reads and obsessed with books on Daayan, I too was obsessed with paranormal
psychology once upon a time. It literally converted me from being rationalist into
super-naturalist. Supernatural phenomenon invariably invokes fear, and one ends
up doubting the reality. When a Dracula visited me to bite me, I woke up from
that dream in terror. That was the day I decided to give up reading paranormal
psychology and return to normal psychology.
Therefore
I could identify the fear and terror experienced by the hero. But the
similarity ends here; I did not date any Daayan like our hero.
The hero
is afraid of Daayan, so he attracts the attention of Daayan, and marries the
Daayan. At the end he kills the Daayan in order to save a boy. Daayan needs to
sacrifice 12 year old boy to retain her youthfulness. Since the hero does not
want to remain young forever, he thwarts the plan of Daayan. Then the boy and
the hero live happily ever after.
The film
highlights few points:
1. All
women are not Daayans, but some are and you cannot differentiate who is Daayan
and who is not. The safest way to protect yourself from the onslaught Daayan, is
avoiding all women. In case you want to have girl friend, then follow the
second point.
2. Beware
of women with long hair, because the power and life of Daayan is in the hair. So
regularly take your girl friend to a hair dresser.
3. If
any lady maintains her beauty for long period of time, they may be Daayan
(Hemamalini, Reka get qualified by this rule to be Daayan, we need not worry
about this, it is Dharmendra’s trouble)
Apart
from the points mentioned above, the movie offers nothing. Some people were
frightened at some point of time. For me everything looked like comedy, I was
trying to get frightened but I could not.
