Film Review – 1:13:7 Ek Tera Saath

ekterasath_rThe amusing title is apparently inspired from the song in ‘Waris’ (1969), which had newcomers as actors. The similarity between the two films ends there. Brought up by an uncle and aunt, Kunwar Aditya Pratap Singh (Sharad Malhotra) is from an erstwhile royal family. His palace is home to spooky ghosts and eerie goings-on, family heirlooms and chandeliers which come crashing down when they sense the presence of outsiders.

After a short primer on the State of Rajasthan and a voiceover by Vijay Raaz, we are loftily informed that ‘where there’s nobody, there is always somebody’, reminding the viewer of the film’s genre.

Adi’s wife Kasturi (Hritu Dudani) had tragically died a year ago and the palace has enough room for her spirit to wander aimlessly. Enter an old college friend Sonali (Melanie Nazareth). Pitying him his lonely nights, she stays back in the palace, which naturally draws the unrelenting ire of Kasturi’s spirit. Inspector Suryakant Singh (Deepraj Rana) pops up periodically trying to make sense of the mysterious happenings.

The so-called scary portions of the film have relied more on sound effects (scratchy for the most part) than on visuals. A substantial part of the film’s budget seems to have been allocated towards the destruction wreaked by the supernatural forces. Oh yes, there is a twist in the tale, but that seemed to me even more far-fetched than the plot of the film. Insipid direction (Sharad Malhotra brings his heavy-handed TV acting to the big screen) seems to take this film nowhere. The prolonged first half, too, doesn’t help.

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