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“Trust your mother’s instincts”
-Evil Eye (2020)
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Movie’s Name - The Evil Eye
Written by - Madhuri Shekar
Directed by - Elan Dassani, Rajeev Dassani
Genre - Horror
Duration - 89 minutes
Rating - U/A
Cast- Sarita Choudhary as ‘Usha Khatri’, Sunita Mani as ‘Pallavi khatri’, Omar Maskati as ‘Sandeep’, Bernard White as ‘Krishnan Khatri’
Synopsis - Spoiler Alert!
Pallavi is based in New Orleans and has a tight but tense relationship with her mother Usha, who has returned to Delhi due to her husband's job. Usha is concerned that Pallavi, who is almost thirty years old, is still single.
Usha, who is very interested in Vedic astrology, is constantly concerned about it and tries to schedule dates for her daughter. Usha's anxiety has been exacerbated by migraine headaches, which have forced her to withdraw from social situations.
Pallavi, who is happily single, agrees to meet at a cafe for a blind date set up by Usha to appease her mother. Pallavi meets another guy, Sandeep, after the date is canceled.
Sandeep informs her that after they split up, a former girlfriend attempted suicide. Pallavi notices Sandeep's hands clenching in frustration as she refuses his offer of earrings, but dismisses it.
Pallavi and Sandeep, according to an astrologer, have unrivaled compatibility. Sandeep, on the other hand, has a series of former girlfriends who are reluctant to speak about him, according to a private investigator hired by Usha.
Pallavi moves into her new apartment, but her mother is worried that Sandeep has too much influence over her after she tells Usha. Pallavi claims that Sandeep is only acting in Pallavi's best interests.
Usha has a nervous breakdown when Pallavi gets engaged to Sandeep. She decides to give Sandeep a chance at the urging of her husband. Usha tells her daughter about her past relationships: before she married, she dated a controlling and abusive man. He would haunt her after she had broken up with him and married someone else.
He approached her on a bridge one night when she was nine months pregnant, punching her and smashing her head into a concrete balustrade. She forced him over the edge and into the river during the battle. Usha went into labor that night and gave birth to Pallavi, but she was never linked to the death of her ex-boyfriend.
Sandeep dials Usha's number. He confirms her suspicions: he is the reincarnation of her previous boyfriend. He insists on meeting with her in person in America.
Sandeep meets her when she arrives and tells her that he wants what he has always wanted: her. He threatens to kill Pallavi if she attempts to stop the marriage.
About the Movie
Starting with the stakes of Pallavi and Usha's relationship, "Evil Eye" is most powerful where it counts. Pallavi has become less of a cynic about relationships and is unaware of how much she is losing her freedom, as the story depicts their increasingly awkward phone calls (despite being on the other side of the world).
Meanwhile, her mother, who had previously been adamant about her daughter marrying, begins to sound as though she has changed her mind about the whole thing, and is more controlling than ever.
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Can the same man be the lover of a mother and the love of the life of her daughter? Is it love, a coincidence or something beyond our understanding?
Psychological Analysis
It's very successful in portraying Usha's harassment and aggression, which is a lingering threat for Pallavi. “Evil Eye” can be similarly grounded and claustrophobic, even though it uses some familiar thriller shorthand—including a score that sounds like it was pre-made for an in-your-face trailer.
Toxic conduct is timeless, and "Evil Eye" accurately portrays both those who are unaware of it and those who are all too aware of it.
Famous Quotes from ‘Evil Eye’
1. “A good marriage doesn’t happen just like that. You have to take it seriously.”
2. “We cannot escape our karma. If we ran to the ends of the earth,
he’d follow us. To finish what he started.”
3. “I will not run anymore.”
The Bottom Line
In the film's many successful phone call scenes, directors Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani emphasize this emotional disconnect, particularly when the two strong performances occupy opposing sections of alternating frames.
Choudhury and Mani's characters argue with each other as if they were in the same bed, which is a testament to everyone's emotional work.
My Ratings for the movie - 5/5
Written By - Palak Chauhan
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