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	'''''Horror Story''''' is a [[~~Bollywood]] [[drama film\|dramatic~~]] [[horror film]] written by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and directed by Ayush Raina.<ref>{{cite news\|title='Horror Story' has horror from the first scene to the last: Bhatt\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Horror-Story-has-horror-from-the-first-scene-to-the-last-Bhatt/articleshow/22028164.cms\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=The Times of India\|date=25 August 2013}}</ref> The film stars [[Ravish Desai]] and [[Hasan Zaidi]], and ~~features~~ the Bollywood ~~movie~~ debut of noted television actors [[Nishant Singh Malkani\|Nishant ~~malkani~~]] and [[Karan Kundra]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Vikram-Bhatts-tryst-with-horror-continues/articleshow/20724461.cms?from=mdr \|access-date=3 August 2013\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Vikram Bhatt's tryst with horror continues \|date=23 June 2013}}</ref> The film was released on 13 September 2013.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Vikram Bhatt spooks media with 'Horror Story'\|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/96732.html\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=India Glitz\|date=22 August 2013}}</ref> The plot revolves around a night spent by seven youngsters at a haunted hotel. The film received positive reviews but ~~was declared "Average"~~ at the box office.<ref name="boxofficeindia1"/><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/13/aug/02-news-vikram-bhatts-horror-story-preponed-0813013.asp \|access-date=3 August 2013\|publisher=GlamSham.com \|title=Vikram Bhatt's HORROR STORY preponed \|date=2 August 2013}}</ref>		'''''Horror Story''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[horror film]] written by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and directed by Ayush Raina.<ref>{{cite news\|title='Horror Story' has horror from the first scene to the last: Bhatt\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Horror-Story-has-horror-from-the-first-scene-to-the-last-Bhatt/articleshow/22028164.cms\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=The Times of India\|date=25 August 2013}}</ref> The film stars [[Ravish Desai]] and [[Hasan Zaidi]], and is the Bollywood debut of noted television actors [[Nishant Singh Malkani\|Nishant Malkani]] and [[Karan Kundra]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Vikram-Bhatts-tryst-with-horror-continues/articleshow/20724461.cms?from=mdr \|access-date=3 August 2013\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Vikram Bhatt's tryst with horror continues \|date=23 June 2013}}</ref> The film was released on 13 September 2013. The plot revolves around a night spent by seven youngsters at a haunted hotel. The film received positive reviews but failed at the box office.<ref name="boxofficeindia1"/>

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
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	Seven friends, Sam (Samraat), Maghhesh, Achint, Neel, Nina, Sonia, and Maggie, reunite in a local pub after several years to celebrate the farewell of Neel, who is going abroad. They learn about an abandoned hotel that was initially a [[mental asylum]] for the [[criminally insane]] but was almost destroyed in a fire. The ruins were refurbished into a five-star hotel. Rumours state that the hotel owner was pushed into suicide by the ghost of an asylum inmate.		Seven friends, Sam (Samraat), Maghhesh, Achint, Neel, Nina, Sonia, and Maggie, reunite in a local pub after several years to celebrate the farewell of Neel, who is going abroad. They learn about an abandoned hotel that was initially a [[mental asylum]] for the [[criminally insane]] but was almost destroyed in a fire. The ruins were refurbished into a five-star hotel. Rumours state that the hotel owner was pushed into suicide by the ghost of an asylum inmate.

	They try to enter the hotel through the main door, but they enter through the back door as it is locked. Nina observes strange phenomena, but Neel brushes her claims aside. They find a TV set on with no transmission or power. Following this, Achint and Neel hear a voice saying, "WELCOME TO DIE". Ignoring it as a hallucination, they proceed to Room 3046, where Sam is killed. The group flees in panic and realises that they are trapped inside the hotel with no way out. Achint and Maghhesh go to the terrace to try and find a mobile signal, but a spirit kills Maghhesh.		They try to enter the hotel through the main door, but they enter through the back door as it is locked. Nina observes strange phenomena, but Neel brushes her claims aside. They find a TV set on with no transmission or power. Following this, Achint and Neel hear a voice saying, "WELCOME TO DIE." Ignoring it as a hallucination, they proceed to Room 3046, where Sam is killed. The group flees in panic and realises that they are trapped inside the hotel with no way out. Achint and Maghhesh go to the terrace to try and find a mobile signal, but a spirit kills Maghhesh.

	A woman's ghost then terrorises the group, which drags Sonia into darkness. With three people dead, the remaining four find an abandoned [[~~jeep~~]] which they use to try to get out of the hotel amidst ghostly apparitions. After a drive through misty areas, the group ~~escape~~, only to find that they are back at the door of Room 3046. They realise that the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.		A woman's ghost then terrorises the group, which drags Sonia into darkness. With three people dead, the remaining four find an abandoned [[Jeep]] which they use to try to get out of the hotel amidst ghostly apparitions. After a drive through misty areas, the group escapes, only to find that they are back at the door of Room 3046. They realise that the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.

	However, Sonia soon confronts them, whom Achint and Neel think is the ghost, but a tearful Sonia tells them that it is really her. The group learns that when the hotel was a mental asylum, a possessed girl named Maya ~~([[Sheetal Singh]])~~ was admitted after she murdered her entire family. Maya would always claim to have 'married the devil' and become very violent at the hospital, even killing the doctors and causing the fire that broke out and killed all the inmates. The group thus realises that it is Maya who is haunting them.		However, Sonia soon confronts them, whom Achint and Neel think is the ghost, but a tearful Sonia tells them that it is really her. The group learns that when the hotel was a mental asylum, a possessed girl named Maya was admitted after she murdered her entire family. Maya would always claim to have 'married the devil' and become very violent at the hospital, even killing the doctors and causing the fire that broke out and killed all the inmates. The group thus realises that it is Maya who is haunting them.

	Sonia attempts to contact Maya to find out what she wants. She receives a call from Maya, who says she wants to kill them all and nothing else. Afterwards, Maya's spirit kills Sonia. Nina asks the time from Neel, only to be told that it is the same time (3:55 a.m.) she had seen on the clock in one of the rooms shortly after entering the hotel. Believing it is an intuition, they decide to go back to the same room to understand Nina's extrasensory perception.		Sonia attempts to contact Maya to find out what she wants. She receives a call from Maya, who says she wants to kill them all and nothing else. Afterwards, Maya's spirit kills Sonia. Nina asks the time from Neel, only to be told that it is the same time (3:55 a.m.) she had seen on the clock in one of the rooms shortly after entering the hotel. Believing it is an intuition, they decide to go back to the same room to understand Nina's extrasensory perception.

	There they find a book containing paranormal explanations and a way to locate the source of energy of the dark spirits. With the help of incantations from the book, they have visions of the past. They see that the hotel was a mental asylum and find that the source of energy of Maya's spirit is in a shock machine. They decide to burn it down to end the horror.		There they find a book containing paranormal explanations and a way to locate the source of energy of the dark spirits. With the help of incantations from the book, they have visions of the past. They see that the hotel was a mental asylum and find that the source of energy for Maya's spirit is in a shock machine. They decide to burn it down to end the horror.

	Neel and Maggie go to the kitchen in search of something flammable. Maggie sees a female spirit sitting on a chair and reading a newspaper. Afterwards, Maya's spirit, appearing in the form of Neel, kills Maggie. Achint is beheaded by the spirit, leaving only Neel and Nina alive.		Neel and Maggie go to the kitchen in search of something flammable. Maggie sees a female spirit sitting on a chair and reading a newspaper. Afterwards, Maya's spirit, appearing in the form of Neel, kills Maggie. Achint is beheaded by the spirit, leaving only Neel and Nina alive.

	Neel tries to burn the machine, but the spirit pulls him into a closet. The spirit starts ~~terrorising~~ Nina. Nina starts a fire. Amidst ghostly apparitions and obstructions, and with the help of the spirit of Vikrant Narula (the previous owner of the hotel), she manages to burn the machine, destroying Maya's spirit. The film ends with the entrance doors of the hotel opening at dawn and a traumatized Nina, the only survivor, walking outside.		Neel tries to burn the machine, but the spirit pulls him into a closet. The spirit starts terrorizing Nina. Nina starts a fire. Amidst ghostly apparitions and obstructions, and with the help of the spirit of Vikrant Narula (the previous owner of the hotel), she manages to burn the machine, destroying Maya's spirit. The film ends with the entrance doors of the hotel opening at dawn and a traumatized Nina, the only survivor, walking outside.

	==Cast==		==Cast==

	*[[Karan Kundra]] as Neel		*[[Karan Kundra]] as Neel
	*[[Nishant Singh Malkani]] as Achint		*[[Nishant Singh Malkani]] as Achint
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	*[[Sheetal Singh]] as Maya		*[[Sheetal Singh]] as Maya
	*[[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal]] as Vikrant Narula		*[[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal]] as Vikrant Narula
	(Radhika Menon ) as Nina		*[[Radhika Menon]] as Nina

	==Production==		==Production==
	Of the film, Bhatt has stated that he did not want ''Horror Story'' to contain any songs or sex scenes.<ref name="TOI1">{{cite news\|title=No sex in Vikram Bhattâ's Horror Story\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news-interviews/41440947_1_infamous-hotel-vikram-bhatt-horror-story\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130830202559/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news-interviews/41440947_1_infamous-hotel-vikram-bhatt-horror-story\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=30 August 2013\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|date=24 August 2013}}</ref> He also remarked that he wanted to avoid casting "big stars" in the film, as he believed that they "cannot turn the audience fearful" in what he termed a "hardcore horror film".<ref name="TOI1" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Vikram Bhatt's 'Horror Story'\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636mRGhnTas\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=MSN India\|date=21 August 2013}}</ref> Ravish Desai has commented that the movie will be the first in a franchise and that planning for further films has already begun.<ref name="IBN">{{cite news\|title=No set formula for success in Bollywood, says Karan Kundra\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-set-formula-for-success-in-bollywood-says-karan-kundra/416844-8-66.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827174200/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-set-formula-for-success-in-bollywood-says-karan-kundra/416844-8-66.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=27 August 2013\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=IBN Live\|date=24 August 2013}}</ref>		Of the film, Bhatt has stated that he did not want ''Horror Story'' to contain any songs or sex scenes.<ref name="TOI1">{{cite news\|title=No sex in Vikram Bhattâ's Horror Story\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news-interviews/41440947_1_infamous-hotel-vikram-bhatt-horror-story\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130830202559/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news-interviews/41440947_1_infamous-hotel-vikram-bhatt-horror-story\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=30 August 2013\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|date=24 August 2013}}</ref> He also remarked that he wanted to avoid casting "big stars" in the film, as he believed that they "cannot turn the audience fearful" in what he termed a "hardcore horror film".<ref name="TOI1" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Vikram Bhatt's 'Horror Story'\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636mRGhnTas\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=MSN India\|date=21 August 2013}}</ref> Ravish Desai has commented that the movie will be the first in a franchise and that planning for further films has already begun.<ref name="IBN">{{cite news\|title=No set formula for success in Bollywood, says Karan Kundra\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-set-formula-for-success-in-bollywood-says-karan-kundra/416844-8-66.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827174200/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-set-formula-for-success-in-bollywood-says-karan-kundra/416844-8-66.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=27 August 2013\|access-date=30 August 2013\|newspaper=IBN Live\|date=24 August 2013}}</ref>

	Bhatt had earlier made films in the same genre, namely ''[[1920 (film)\|1920]]'', ''[[1920: Evil Returns]]'' and ''[[Haunted – 3D\|Haunted]]''. In an interview, he commented, "While [my] ''[[Raaz 3]]'' and ''1920'' were romantic sagas with songs and full-on drama, this one is more of a Hollywood kind of drama. The horror lies in the story."<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/cricketcarnival/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4758762844580734098&SectionId=5558842172310824508&SectionName=Cinema&NewsDate=20130825&Provider=Sakaal%20Times&NewsTitle=I%20like%20to%20sell%20fear:%20Vikram%20Bhatt \|access-date=31 August 2013\|publisher=Sakaaltimes \|title= I like to sell fear: Vikram Bhatt \|date=25 August 2013}}</ref>		Bhatt had earlier made films in the same genre, namely ''[[1920 (film)\|1920]]'', ''[[1920: Evil Returns]]'' and ''[[Haunted – 3D\|Haunted]]''. In an interview, he commented, "While [my] ''[[Raaz 3]]'' and ''1920'' were romantic sagas with songs and full-on drama, this one is more of a Hollywood kind of drama. The horror lies in the story."<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/cricketcarnival/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4758762844580734098&SectionId=5558842172310824508&SectionName=Cinema&NewsDate=20130825&Provider=Sakaal%20Times&NewsTitle=I%20like%20to%20sell%20fear:%20Vikram%20Bhatt \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106185825/http://www.sakaaltimes.com/cricketcarnival/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4758762844580734098&SectionId=5558842172310824508&SectionName=Cinema&NewsDate=20130825&Provider=Sakaal%20Times&NewsTitle=I%20like%20to%20sell%20fear:%20Vikram%20Bhatt \|url-status=usurped \|archive-date=6 November 2016 \|access-date=31 August 2013\|publisher=Sakaaltimes \|title= I like to sell fear: Vikram Bhatt \|date=25 August 2013}}</ref>

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{{Infobox film
| name = Horror Story
| image = Horror-Story-movie-poster-2013.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Ayush Raina
| producer = ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
| writer = [[Vikram Bhatt]] Mohan Azad [[Sukhmani Sadana]] (dialogues)
| starring = [[Karan Kundra]] [[Radhika Menon]] [[Nishant Singh Malkani]] [[Ravish Desai]] [[Hasan Zaidi]] [[Aparna Bajpai]] Nandini Vaid [[Sheetal Singh]]
| music = [[Amar Mohile]]
| cinematography = Gargey trivedi
| editing = Kuldip Mehan
| studio = ASA Production and Enterprises Pvt Ltd.
| distributor = ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|09|13}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|6|c}}<ref name="boxofficeindia1">[http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1483 Horror Story - Movie - Box Office India]</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INRConvert|7|c}}<ref name="boxofficeindia1"/>
}}

'''''Horror Story''''' is a [[Bollywood]] [[drama film|dramatic]] [[horror film]] written by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and directed by Ayush Raina.<ref>{{cite news|title='Horror Story' has horror from the first scene to the last: Bhatt|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Horror-Story-has-horror-from-the-first-scene-to-the-last-Bhatt/articleshow/22028164.cms|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|date=25 August 2013}}</ref> The film stars [[Ravish Desai]] and [[Hasan Zaidi]], and features the Bollywood movie debut of noted television actors [[Nishant Singh Malkani|Nishant malkani]] and [[Karan Kundra]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Vikram-Bhatts-tryst-with-horror-continues/articleshow/20724461.cms?from=mdr |access-date=3 August 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Vikram Bhatt's tryst with horror continues |date=23 June 2013}}</ref> The film was released on 13 September 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vikram Bhatt spooks media with 'Horror Story'|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/96732.html|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=India Glitz|date=22 August 2013}}</ref> The plot revolves around a night spent by seven youngsters at a haunted hotel. The film received positive reviews but was declared "Average" at the box office.<ref name="boxofficeindia1"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/13/aug/02-news-vikram-bhatts-horror-story-preponed-0813013.asp |access-date=3 August 2013|publisher=GlamSham.com |title=Vikram Bhatt's HORROR STORY preponed |date=2 August 2013}}</ref> The film is based on the [[Stephen King]] short story ''[[1408 (short story)|1408]]''.

==Plot==
{{Long plot|date=March 2021}}
Vikrant Nerula enters the deserted Grandiose Hotel alone. He proceeds to room 3046, goes to the terrace and jumps off, killing himself.

Seven friends, Sam (Samraat), Maghhesh, Achint, Neel, Neena, Sonia and Maggie, reunite in a local pub after several years apart to celebrate the farewell of Neel, who is going abroad. They learn about an abandoned hotel that is reportedly haunted. It had originally been a [[mental asylum]] for the [[criminally insane]], but was almost completely destroyed in a fire. The origin of the fire has never been fully explained. After years of neglect, the ruins were refurbished into a five star hotel. The hotel was unsuccessful due to strange happenings that drove the owner to suicide. Rumors state that he was pushed into suicide by the ghost of an asylum inmate.

All of them treat it seriously, except Maggie and Sam. They say that they wouldn't believe something they haven't seen. A worker at the bar says, that "...you would not be alive to believe once you see it". Sam suggests that the group explore the abandoned building.

They try to enter the hotel from the main door, but cannot, so enter by the back door. Neena observes strange things, but Neel brushes her claims aside. They find a TV set on with no transmission or power. Both Achint and Neel hear the sounds, "WELCOME". Ignoring it as a hallucination, they proceed to room 3046, a notorious room.

There, Sam is killed. The group flees in panic and comes to realize that they are trapped inside the hotel with no way out. Achint and Maghhesh go to the terrace to try and find a cellular connection. There, Maghhesh is killed by ghost spirits.

The group starts being terrorized by a ghostly woman. Sonia is dragged into the darkness by the ghost. With three people dead, the remaining four find an abandoned jeep which they use to try to get out of the hotel, amid ghostly apparitions. After a tiring drive through misty areas, the group escape, only to find that they are back at the door of room 3046. They realize that the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.

Soon they are confronted by Sonia, whom Achint and Neel think is the ghost, but a tearful Sonia tells them that it is really her. The group learns that, when the hotel was a mental asylum, a possessed girl named Maya ([[Sheetal Singh]]) was admitted after she murdered her entire family. Maya would always claim to have 'married the devil', and would become very violent at the hospital, even killing the doctors and causing the fire that broke out and killed all the inmates. The group realize that it is Maya who is terrorizing them.

Sonia tries to contact Maya to find what she wants. She gets a call from Maya, saying that the spirit wants to kill them all, nothing else. The terrified group then discover that Sonia is actually dead and Maya is speaking through her. Neena asks the time from Neel, only to be told that it is the same time (3:55 AM) she had seen on the clock in one of the rooms shortly after entering the hotel. Believing it is some kind of intuition, they decide to go back to the same room to understand Neena's extrasensory perception.

There they find a book containing paranormal explanations and a way to locate an energy source of dark spirits. With the help of incantations from the book, they have visions of the past. They see that the hotel was a mental asylum and find that the energy source of the dark spirit is in a shock machine. They decide to burn it down to end the horror.

Neel and Maggie go to kitchen in search of something flammable. Maggie sees a female spirit sitting on chair and reading newspaper. When she reaches towards her, Neel again brushes her aside. Maggie is killed by Maya who appears in the form of Neel. Achint is beheaded by the spirit, leaving only Neel and Neena alive.

Neel tries to burn the machine, but is pulled by the spirit into a closet. The spirit starts terrorizing Neena. Neena starts a fire. Amidst ghostly apparitions and obstructions, and with the help of the spirit of Vikrant Narula (who had died at the beginning of the film), she manages to burn the machine. This results in the destruction of Maya's spirit. The film ends with the entrance doors of the hotel opening at dawn and a traumatized Neena, the only survivor, walking outside.

==Cast==

*[[Karan Kundra]] as Neel
*[[Radhika Menon]] as Neena
*[[Nishant Singh Malkani]] as Achint
*[[Ravish Desai]] as Magesh
*[[Hasan Zaidi]] as Samraat "Sam"
*[[Aparna Bajpai]] as Maggie
*[[Nandini Vaid]] as Sonia
*[[Sheetal Singh]] as Maya
*[[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal]] as Vikrant Narula

==Production==
Of the film, Bhatt has stated that he did not want ''Horror Story'' to contain any songs or any sex scenes.<ref name="TOI1">{{cite news|title=No sex in Vikram Bhattâ's Horror Story|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news-interviews/41440947_1_infamous-hotel-vikram-bhatt-horror-story|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130830202559/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-24/news-interviews/41440947_1_infamous-hotel-vikram-bhatt-horror-story|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2013|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 August 2013}}</ref> He also remarked that he wanted to avoid casting "big stars" in the film, as he believed that they "cannot turn the audience fearful" in what he termed as a "hardcore horror film".<ref name="TOI1" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Vikram Bhatt's 'Horror Story'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636mRGhnTas|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=MSN India|date=21 August 2013}}</ref> Ravish Desai has commented that the movie will be the first in a franchise and that planning for further films has already begun.<ref name="IBN">{{cite news|title=No set formula for success in Bollywood, says Karan Kundra|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-set-formula-for-success-in-bollywood-says-karan-kundra/416844-8-66.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827174200/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-set-formula-for-success-in-bollywood-says-karan-kundra/416844-8-66.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2013|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=IBN Live|date=24 August 2013}}</ref>

Bhatt had earlier made films in the same genre, namely - ''[[1920 (film)|1920]]'', ''[[1920: Evil Returns]]'' and ''[[Haunted – 3D|Haunted]]''. In an interview, he had commented, "While [my] ''[[Raaz 3]]'' and ''1920'' were romantic sagas with songs and full-on drama, this one is more of a Hollywood kind of drama. The horror lies in the story."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/cricketcarnival/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4758762844580734098&SectionId=5558842172310824508&SectionName=Cinema&NewsDate=20130825&Provider=Sakaal%20Times&NewsTitle=I%20like%20to%20sell%20fear:%20Vikram%20Bhatt |access-date=31 August 2013|publisher=Sakaaltimes |title= I like to sell fear: Vikram Bhatt |date=25 August 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Indian horror films]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{BH movie|horror-story}}
* {{IMDb movie}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}

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