Pari is supposed to be a scarefest. So, does it elicit fear? Having watched a late night show, do images linger in the mind? Could something pop up from behind the curtain? Is there someone lurking behind the door? Not really, because at the end, sadly, Pari turns out to be a tragic love saga.
The film takes us on a ride to the ‘other’ world. One where we are introduced to supernatural spirits, blood-sucking demons and disfigured creatures, who unleash their fury on anyone and everyone posing a threat to them.
Set in a dimly-lit, rain-lashed Kolkata – all to add to the eerie ambience – Pari sees Sharma take on the role of Rukhsana, the daughter of an evil spirit, with aplomb. She’s her mother’s ‘Pari’, just not a dainty fairy. She can scale walls, run at lightning speed and disappear into thin air. When she’s not pulling off such shenanigans, she’s sketching portraits or cutting her every-growing talons – the noise of the nail-cutter aiding in upping the horror quotient.
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