Shyam Narayanan TK (ShyamNTK)
Help is a decent attempt from the director. Even though the movie doesn't have a tight screenplay, is boring at times, but there are certain moments that make your heart beat faster..I watched the movie in my phone, during a late night travel, and it was damn silence all around... The opening scene of Susan drawing weird pictures and killing herself were damn creepy with its BGM. That actress who played Susan has a creepy look, and her eyes and the way she looks towards the camera is creepy and disturbing... There are several other moments also, which makes a kind of uneasiness in the viewers' minds.The movie has Bobby Deol and Mugdha Godse in it, but neither of them has much to perform. Mugdha at least had some dual scenes, and some stone-expression scenes, but Bobby Deol had nothing to do, he just had to support the flow of the story. Shreyas Talpade also appears in 6-7 scenes, he also has nothing much to perform.The movie actually belongs to the BGM director and the Re-recordist. If at all the movie makes some impact in our mind, it is because of the creepy sounds factor. Ah, Jyoti Dogra who played as Susan deserves special remark, for her creepy looks.The movie partly inspires from 'Mirrors' in few sequences, especially towards the climax.The movie lacked clarity in some points, but the flashback scenes were beautifully directed.There are three songs composed by Ashu, the song 'Kehna Hai' is awesome!!! The other two tracks are below average...On the whole, an OK- OK kind of movie.
ENVY
The concept of this film has been taken from the Hollywood film "the unborn". Even some shots had been copied from the movies like "Mirrors" & "Grudge". If you are watching this film without seeing these Hollywood once definitely you will appreciate some of the so called creative & imaginative ideas of the director. The start is OK but as the movie progress its give an ideal example of weak & lethargic script. Bobby Deol was not up to his potentials & now it is very difficult to understand why he is doing such awful selections. The only thing which differentiate this horrific horror film from the English once are songs, which no one would like to sing. Mugdha was OK, trying to boost herself through unattractive body show in one of the song, but unfortunately it did not work. you may avoid this.
Avinash Patalay
Bollywood has certainly jumped in leaps-and-bounds in horror genre, that what you would think if you haven't seen any of the Japanese horror films lately. Nonetheless, "Help" is a good watch which will certainly make you jump out of seats on a couple of occasions. Horror genre certainly has started incorporating the suspense element which keeps the audience guessing until the last moment. Bobby Deol was okay'ish. I did not fathom why was he a director of horror movies as it did not connect with the actual plot. Mughda Godse gets a lion's share in terms of the storyline. Again there wasn't any great shakes about it. Her choice of costumes to match the character she was playing was out of sync. Shreyas Talpade had an extended special appearance. Songs were unwarranted. The director as said earlier is heavily inspired by the Japanese horror movies and he has cleverly incorporated into his outing. He has done a good job nonetheless. Technically the movie scores, no doubts.
Rohitash Chandra
This movie is basically a copy of The Grudge and The Ring. Most of the scenes are taken from these movies, with a bit of bollywood dance masala. The acting performance of most of the characters was bad with an exception of S. Goshal. The story was weak and predictable. Bollywood should set up a censor-board, which filters plagiarised scenes. This movie should have never been released. Bobby Deol should not have taken a role in such a poor script. This is bad on his reputation.The songs were poorly placed in the scenes where they were not needed. In one of the ending scenes, the Ghost screams, and the scream pitch was so high, that I can still feel it my head. It went for almost a minute. Poor and Stupid script. Please keep away from it. 2/10.