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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Naina<br />
| image = Nainathefilm.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Shripal Morakhia]]<br />
| producer = [[Sagar Pandya]]<br>[[Anjum Rajabali]]<br>[[Rakesh Mehra]]<br />
| screenplay = Shripal Morakhia<br />
| based_on = [[The Eye (2002 film)|''The Eye'']] by <br/> [[Pang brothers]]<br />
| starring = [[Urmila Matondkar]]<br>[[Anuj Sawhney]]<br>[[Amardeep Sinha]]<br>[[Malavika (actress)|Shweta Konnur]]<br>[[Kamini Khanna]]<br />
| distributor = [[iDream Productions]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2005|05|20|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 103 minutes<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| music = [[Salim-Sulaiman]]<br />
| cinematography = [[C.K. Muralidharan]]<br />
| editing = [[Amitabh Shukla]]<br>[[Sanjay Shukla]]<br />
| budget =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Naina''''' is a [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[horror film]] released in [[India]] in [[2005 in film|2005]]. It stars [[Urmila Matondkar]]. The film was premiered in the [[Marché du Film]] section of the [[2005 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Entertainment / Cinema : Indian films a 'nonentity' at Cannes |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/05/19/stories/2005051903572400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110131612/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/05/19/stories/2005051903572400.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2005-05-19 |archive-date=2016-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Hindu : Entertainment Bangalore / Cinema : Cannes premier for Naina |url=http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2005/05/20/stories/2005052004130400.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204184554/http://thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2005/05/20/stories/2005052004130400.htm |archivedate=4 February 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> The film is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Singaporean horror film [[The Eye (2002 film)|''The Eye'']] directed by the [[Pang brothers]].<br />
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Its release caused controversy in India because its depiction of the protagonist seeing ghosts after receiving a [[Corneal transplantation|corneal transplant]] was similar to existing fears in India surrounding corneal transplants and it was feared the film would discourage people from [[Organ donation|donating]] corneas or seeking corneal transplants.<ref name="Times 2005-05-24">{{cite news |last=Chandra |first=Anjali |date=2005-05-24 |title=Seeing is not believing |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/lucknow-times/seeing-is-not-believing/articleshow/1120605.cms |accessdate=2007-10-06}}</ref><ref name='Afternoon 2005-05-24'>{{cite news |date=2005-05-20 |title=NAB also fails to see eye-to-eye with 'Naina' |work=Afternoon, Bombay, India |publisher=Cybernoon |url=http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=news&xfile=May2005_news_standard2133 |accessdate=2007-10-06}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name='Reuters 2005-05-21'>{{cite news |title=Eye doctors see red over spooky movie. |date=2005-05-21 |work=IOL |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1116682607496R362 |accessdate=2007-10-06}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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, Samir Patel, diagnoses as hallucinations. But when Naina reports seeing someone else in her mirror reflection, Sameer decides to investigate who the original cornea actually belonged to. This investigation will lead them to an impoverished village in [[New Bhuj]], [[Gujarat]], where she will find her life endangered by hostile villagers who believe that the donor of her cornea was cursed.<br />
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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 the 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 usuccessfully{{typo help inline|reason=similar to successfully|date=August 2021}} tries to save people from a 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.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Dr. Naina Shah<br />
* [[Anuj Sawhney]] as Dr. Samir Patel<br />
* [[Malavika (actress)|Malavika]] as Khemi<br />
* [[Amardeep Sinha]] as Somabai<br />
* [[Kamini Khanna]] as Mrs. Shah<br />
* Sulabha Arya as Parvati Amma<br />
* Morne Botes as Burn Victim<br />
* [[Dinesh Lamba]] as Rathore<br />
* Rahul Nath as Ghost blood rain car<br />
* Anthony Rosato as Police Officer<br />
* Tom Saville as Misc<br />
* <ref>Panakaj Upadhyay<https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7961732/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t20A> as Victim<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''Naina'' received mostly positive reviews from the critics. [[Taran Adarsh]] from [[Bollywood Hungama]] said, "NAINA is one of the most imaginative and pulse-pounding horror films to come along in recent times. It leaves the viewer frightened, terrified and petrified. As a horror movie, it packs one genuine scare after another, right till its finale". Urmila Matondkar was especially praised for her performance.<br />
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==Box office==<br />
The film got a 50% opening in the first week, but its collections increased heavily. At last it was given a 'hit' tag.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0443594|title=Naina}}<br />
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{{The Eye}}<br />
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