Shaitaan Movie Review by Anupama Chopra | Ajay Devgn, R. Madhavan, Jyotika | Film Companion

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  • Experience the chilling depths of 'Shaitaan' where R. Madhavan, in a standout performance, portrays an intruder from hell. Unravel the dark narrative as Vanraj, a black magic connoisseur, inflicts unimaginable torment on a hapless family. Director Vikas Bahl explores the eerie atmosphere of a farmhouse, echoing classic horror tropes. As parental love clashes with supernatural horrors, 'Shaitaan' takes you on a rollercoaster of fear and suspense. Is the family able to replicate the terror we see in their eyes, to the one the audience feels while watching the same? Find out in our review, and tell us how you liked the film in the comments below.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 123

  • @DharmendraRaiMindMap
    @DharmendraRaiMindMap 11 місяців тому +149

    Maddy plays an entity that overtakes and makes a child insane In short he plays social media

    • @Nzp6959
      @Nzp6959 11 місяців тому +4

      😂😂

    • @rajasingh5490
      @rajasingh5490 11 місяців тому +3

      Ha ha
      So true !!!

    • @dr.downvote
      @dr.downvote 11 місяців тому +4

      Meanwhile you posting this in yet another social media

    • @sivaprakashpurushothaman8336
      @sivaprakashpurushothaman8336 11 місяців тому +4

      Good to see nowadays the so called protagonist are trying to play the antagonist in films and they are pulling it off in style... Maddy the so called chocolate boy has been experimenting with this kind of roles is so enduring fun to watch....

    • @DharmendraRaiMindMap
      @DharmendraRaiMindMap 11 місяців тому +2

      @@sivaprakashpurushothaman8336 Maddy s played a villain 4 times

  • @Selinnaguz
    @Selinnaguz 11 місяців тому +36

    Janki Bodiwala stole the show for me. Great Hindi debut. What an actress❤

    • @dr.downvote
      @dr.downvote 11 місяців тому +2

      Read it as bosdiwala

  • @RK19091
    @RK19091 11 місяців тому +39

    Silly movie but quite entertaining. All Ajay needed to do was tie Madhavan's mouth and hands with a duct tape or cloth in the beginning of the movie and the chaos that ensued could have been completely avoided.

    • @TechnoTube001
      @TechnoTube001 9 місяців тому

      Or even better mother could have blocked Janvi's ears 👂 while father beat the shit out of humanoid Shaitaan.

  • @krishniarumugam
    @krishniarumugam 11 місяців тому +19

    This is an old adage that holds true. Whether with Snow White, Rapunzel's mother etc...its a great trope highlighting "stranger danger"

    • @jfkbro7875
      @jfkbro7875 8 місяців тому

      No, just no. It’s a great lesson across parenting, having values (and standing up for them), among others.
      Highly recommend you start peeling back the onion more, it will really enrich your life. “Bro” (as the desis say)

  • @navrangarajan8642
    @navrangarajan8642 11 місяців тому +7

    R Madhavan is a complete actor: Great actor, Star Presence, Amazing range of characters, and most importantly a phenomenal human being outside the screen!! I really hope you call him to a film companion gathering!

  • @dtalkstudio
    @dtalkstudio 11 місяців тому +3

    I don't understand Anupama Chopra at all nowadays. The movie is a delight to watch. Eerie and Terrifying, with ample twists and turns. I have watched the movie and it's a must watch in Theatre. Please go and watch it!

  • @parassharmaa7373
    @parassharmaa7373 11 місяців тому +5

    For the first time I agree with her tbh this kind of movie is a lot of there Avilable in Netflix for reff just see Hypnotic way more complex and dark.. If I hadn't watched the Hollywood movie I would have loved it.

  • @phurilama
    @phurilama 11 місяців тому +13

    100% agree with her review this time, definitely the story was there and unique but it is missing the fear factor, u keep waiting for that thrill or chilling moment until climax.

    • @gamorris7646
      @gamorris7646 10 місяців тому

      It was terrifying in my opinion

  • @dr.downvote
    @dr.downvote 11 місяців тому +4

    I think all Indian kids are born with two things embedded in their dna.
    “Always get more marks than Sharma ji’s kid”
    “Never take anything from strangers”

  • @sivaprakashpurushothaman8336
    @sivaprakashpurushothaman8336 11 місяців тому +4

    The performance of ensemble cast makes the difference and those sarcastic comment of ajay devgan character about jyothika character and reply from son character makes sense especially in Bollywood today times where size zero is accepted as a heroine... A big slap to Bollywood where body shaming has become a tool....

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 11 місяців тому +28

    Decent men? HAVE WE SEEN RHTDM?

    • @rohansyam7769
      @rohansyam7769 11 місяців тому +3

      I thought the same thing.

    • @spique32
      @spique32 9 місяців тому +1

      Never understood RHTDM being romanticised

    • @PokhrajRoy.
      @PokhrajRoy. 9 місяців тому

      @@spique32 It was just the songs being fun, that’s all

  • @tanay7699
    @tanay7699 11 місяців тому +13

    for the questions asked in the last part of this video - do watch VASH its far more darker and tragic and less loud

    • @Aramita
      @Aramita 11 місяців тому +1

      Where to watch it though? I’m unable to find it on any streaming site.

    • @mehedihasansanto1808
      @mehedihasansanto1808 11 місяців тому +1

      Any link?

  • @ankitrajbachchan
    @ankitrajbachchan 11 місяців тому +33

    Humbly, I disagree. Yes, it was repetitive and a back story would have been great but still, it's an entertaining one.

  • @mahbus96
    @mahbus96 11 місяців тому +18

    I understand the difficulty of Anupama to grasp the reason of things she mentions here. These tales, significance of permission for aahuti of a bali object, etc., is almost impossible for a posh urban ultra modern woman who doesn't have any relationship with rural or small town culture. Very very difficult. I truly loved the movie. Just came from theatre. Worth the watch for what R Madhavan has done.

    • @WranglerDude
      @WranglerDude 10 місяців тому +2

      This movie is a poor rip-off a Stanley Kubrick/Stephen King classic “The Shining” (1980). Watch the original and you will see what she means.

    • @amandadarkwood535
      @amandadarkwood535 9 місяців тому +5

      @@WranglerDudewtf r u talking about? The shining has a completely different plot

    • @kunalbilaney1188
      @kunalbilaney1188 9 місяців тому +2

      Bro, it's an official remake of a gujju movie, not The Shining. What the fuck are you on?

    • @saurabhparwaal9929
      @saurabhparwaal9929 8 місяців тому

      Remake of gujarati movie 'vash'

  • @yashjadwani1947
    @yashjadwani1947 11 місяців тому +6

    She is back again!! Worst review for a movie. If you need logic read the math/physics book.
    Movies are for entertainment, don't go for logic there!!!

  • @jayshankararunachalam1897
    @jayshankararunachalam1897 11 місяців тому +8

    Her reviews are extremely biased and silly to large extent, while she has an art , speaking in a very subtle manner, but there is clear sarcasm. This movie is definitely one time watch

    • @olddelhifilms
      @olddelhifilms 9 місяців тому +3

      Really disappointed after watching it on Netflix. Made absolutely no sense and provided no answers in the third act.

  • @sudeep30
    @sudeep30 10 місяців тому +5

    First time I've to Agree on this review..Story doesn't make sense but Entertaining movie

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 11 місяців тому +7

    The caption in the thumbnail is Growing Up 101.

  • @MaMastoast
    @MaMastoast 6 місяців тому

    Watched this movie a few days ago. A pretty standard fair horror movie with questionable pacing... One thing that kept my interest was the performance of the bad guy, the actor seemed to really have fun with the role and hammed up the performance just enough to where I loved to hate the guy.
    The actress playing the daughter also gives a fun performance, especially in the first half of the possession. As the movie goes on, the character becomes blander and less interesting.
    Honestly I thought that the supernatural aspect made the movie less impactful. If the antagonist had simply been a very manipulative intruder who used the decency of the family against them, it could have made for a far more interesting dynamic.. Him being some weird satanic demon guy felt more silly than it did scary.
    I initially liked the ending, but the speech went on for too long and ended up being pretty cheesy.

  • @anarodrigues3966
    @anarodrigues3966 9 місяців тому +1

    its a rightly put review, exact potholes mentioned, awesome concept but a lot of mistakes

  • @debkun
    @debkun 11 місяців тому +3

    This is a movie everyone should watch, haven't seen something after Tumbard... must watch...

  • @AdityaKumar-in8br
    @AdityaKumar-in8br 11 місяців тому +3

    OUR FARHAN IS BACK

  • @chiragsharmaYoutube
    @chiragsharmaYoutube 10 місяців тому

    That's a wise saying 'never take food from strangers ' and anyone who doesn't like you.

  • @aniruddh121
    @aniruddh121 9 місяців тому +2

    Shaitaan is not a perfect movie but calling a movie made in 1980 terrifying is just so hypocritical. It was terrifying for that time, it does nothing for people watching it in 2024 so comparing Shaitaan to The Shining doesn't make any sense. For instance, you wouldn't call a TV remote technologically advanced in today's times but you would call it advanced if we were living in the 1980s. That's the difference. We are so used to seeking validation from the West, that we have stopped applying our own brains.

  • @Siddhug90
    @Siddhug90 9 місяців тому

    I respectfully don’t agree at all. This was a film that shakes you within. Amazing acting by everyone. The scene where the daughter slaps her father and the reaction by Ajay Devgn is masterpiece. Maddy makes us mad

  • @ib8682
    @ib8682 11 місяців тому +3

    Madhavan was too sweet to play this role...a complete letdown movie...had high expectations from the movie though..

  • @Rajendiran-zb2tu
    @Rajendiran-zb2tu 11 місяців тому +7

    💙💙💙💙MADDY&JANKI
    ACTING WAS TOP NOTCH & all other actors also acted well ajay, jyothika
    Music bgm 😱 soooo fearful
    MOVIE WAS AWSOME💙💙💙💙
    Lovely review mam

  • @Its_Adityasinh18
    @Its_Adityasinh18 11 місяців тому +3

    Watch Vash it’s far more better than this crap 🙌🏻❤️ Janki more power to you girl!

    • @navrangarajan8642
      @navrangarajan8642 11 місяців тому

      Aditya, the only crap I see is the one that came out of your mom on your birth date!

    • @Its_Adityasinh18
      @Its_Adityasinh18 11 місяців тому

      @@navrangarajan8642 please educate yourself ~ Poor Soul!

  • @varghese671
    @varghese671 9 місяців тому

    I just saw Vash today. So I am not even bothered about watching the remake!

  • @animallover3904
    @animallover3904 8 місяців тому

    Bang on review. Didn't closer about Madhavan's evil motives

  • @MrVinay87
    @MrVinay87 10 місяців тому

    Critics can’t appreciate any movie. Period!

  • @jinesh2025
    @jinesh2025 11 місяців тому +1

    Who will review this stupid review 😂, for being unable to understand the movie and have not done research properly I give this review a 0.5/5 for a movie review 😂😂

  • @amitnagpal1985
    @amitnagpal1985 11 місяців тому +1

    I love how Anupama says ‘Tedious’ 🥵

  • @bennybenawra995
    @bennybenawra995 11 місяців тому +16

    not a review but only comparison...

    • @ABHlSHEK
      @ABHlSHEK 11 місяців тому +10

      What comparison? She clearly said she hasnt watched the original

  • @aakashtikkal1620
    @aakashtikkal1620 11 місяців тому +1

    Unexpected ये हॉरर फिल्म नही थ्रिलर है। आपका END तक सोच सोच कर दिमाग ख़राब करती है जब तक END नहीं आता तब तक अपने सोची हर बात गलत साबित होती। 👹👹👹
    आपको लगता है अजय देवन को ये करना चाहिए वो करना चाहिए पर सब पर R.Madhavan पानी फेर देता है। बस अपने आपको वहा रख कर देखो। बिना हॉरर एलिमेंट और भुत के फट जाएगी।R.Madhavan हरकते आपको डरा देती है ऐसा इंसान हमारे बिच हो और हम चाहकर भी कुछ नहीं कर सकते 👹👹👹👹 👹Blockbuster

  • @viickky2
    @viickky2 10 місяців тому

    Very guud review.. I believe the casting is wrong, instead of Ajay Devgan u need someone feeble but classy like Raj kumar rao … it’s not convincing that Ajay devgan can’t just push the knife in the guy itself instead of bearing all the stuff .. strange

  • @v.prashanth
    @v.prashanth 11 місяців тому +15

    I didn't find Shining scary at all.

  • @yogeshchinnadurai7050
    @yogeshchinnadurai7050 11 місяців тому +1

    Madam we would love to see your take on Majumeel boys & premalu

  • @jdudeshi
    @jdudeshi 11 місяців тому

    Screenwriting masterclass - is it different than Screenplay writing or the same.

  • @jazibimtiaz8867
    @jazibimtiaz8867 10 місяців тому

    Loved the movie loved madhavan loved the possessed girl
    Loved the night i decided to watch this movie❤❤❤

  • @harnisahlan6099
    @harnisahlan6099 9 місяців тому

    Good movie and best actors and actress. Worth watching ❤️

  • @theking-ir3gj
    @theking-ir3gj 11 місяців тому

    It's inspired by the novel devil rides out by Dennis Whitley...there is also a movie

  • @aishwarya2426
    @aishwarya2426 6 місяців тому

    The movie is absolute inane garbage, watched it for Madhavan.

  • @jazibimtiaz8867
    @jazibimtiaz8867 10 місяців тому

    Disagree with the review 100 percent. The movie was BESTTTT in every which way... 100000 starsss

  • @S0077-r9n
    @S0077-r9n 9 місяців тому

    3rd class acting by the mother. What a joke

  • @shezadsheiks111
    @shezadsheiks111 11 місяців тому

    Blockbuster 💯

  • @Vipulvashi
    @Vipulvashi 11 місяців тому +3

    This is remake of Gujarati film

  • @shobithageorge3414
    @shobithageorge3414 11 місяців тому

    She didnt bother to review real acting oriented good films like
    Brahmayugam and manjummel boys either entertainer like premalu
    Now she is comming
    Please change your name of channel to reviews only hindi

  • @gamingcharcha
    @gamingcharcha 11 місяців тому +2

    How to start movie review like you 😊

  • @anish104
    @anish104 11 місяців тому +1

    Bollywood has become a remake factory😢

    • @theking-ir3gj
      @theking-ir3gj 11 місяців тому

      Only ajay devgan can pull it off outstandingly

    • @anish104
      @anish104 11 місяців тому

      @@theking-ir3gj what is outstanding in copying something ?

  • @vikivoicecoach
    @vikivoicecoach 10 місяців тому

    You should stop reviewing now , you don't understand Indian audiences at all

  • @jdudeshi
    @jdudeshi 11 місяців тому

    Would Anupama Ma'am be taking any course.

  • @krishniarumugam
    @krishniarumugam 11 місяців тому +6

    Your examples of logic is foolish in itself for this genre viz. Extra staff should be at home, why son calling father by name.
    The implication in Supernatural Lore - is that there are loopholes/rules ie. permission statement in this case.
    Although a professional reviewer should be able to provide a critique you tend to not be able to review genres outside preference. Please hand these over to your team.

    • @synthiadey8
      @synthiadey8 11 місяців тому

      she always does this when it comes to Ajay

  • @TShay92
    @TShay92 10 місяців тому +3

    The movie is utter nonsense 😂

  • @alvinshrm
    @alvinshrm 11 місяців тому

    Great movie. Enjoyed it

  • @pankajraghav5017
    @pankajraghav5017 11 місяців тому

    One thing is pretty clear if somebody wants to make a hit film needs to follow this channel for sure. Follow their reviews and keep in mind doing all the things that they don't like in their reviews and stay away from what they like. These people know nothing about the cinema except of comparing it to western cinema. They don't understand the culture bcoz they don't want to come out of their bubble

  • @khushbuwadwani1847
    @khushbuwadwani1847 11 місяців тому +2

    Worst movie of Ajay Devgan , give correct review and tell it's ugly movie.. it's waste of money and time . Worst acting and makeup of madhvan ..ajay has got wrong impression that all family movie will hit.

    • @navrangarajan8642
      @navrangarajan8642 11 місяців тому

      Hi Khushu, I strongly disagree with you and so does the box office numbers and reviews coming out. How about you write your thoughts of the movie on a paper, fold it nicely and shove it!

  • @Elsa-14w
    @Elsa-14w 11 місяців тому

    Why you are not reviewing manjummel boys

  • @vishnujs8515
    @vishnujs8515 11 місяців тому +4

    Pls watch manjummel boys before it is remade in hindi 😂😂😂😂

  • @nirmalr.prajapati3937
    @nirmalr.prajapati3937 11 місяців тому +2

    Kya bakwas review kiya hai.

  • @jfkbro7875
    @jfkbro7875 8 місяців тому

    Nice job on your review, “auntie”.
    You provided more depth and cinematic maturity than most who absorb themselves within the Bollywood space.

  • @ekambarampachaiyappan3181
    @ekambarampachaiyappan3181 11 місяців тому +3

    Head ache is guaranteed .

  • @SheshukumarKokkula
    @SheshukumarKokkula 9 місяців тому

    Areee annu jab Tera hubbi ne patharo BN pe tilak laga kar hamare astha ko count karta hai, yaar tum ek halala topic per bhi movie nikali sakte ho, u r great on this issues, so every time we will be wAiting for u😢

  • @Debmalya2386
    @Debmalya2386 11 місяців тому +2

    Such a horrible review! The movie is such a good watch and you made it hear like crap!

  • @Maricris-vb7ff
    @Maricris-vb7ff 6 місяців тому

    Stupid movie they just had to tie his hand and keep his mouth shut

  • @xploit811
    @xploit811 11 місяців тому +1

    What a boring movie. Acting good but screenplay extreme snoozefest.

  • @Tatopotatoo
    @Tatopotatoo 10 місяців тому

    So. Boring. My. God.

  • @jaspreetgrewal5521
    @jaspreetgrewal5521 9 місяців тому

    I don't know what was in rhe food that she takes in, it spreads superstition

  • @aniruddhapal6280
    @aniruddhapal6280 10 місяців тому

    Bullshit review. Paid review

  • @khurshedjamil221
    @khurshedjamil221 9 місяців тому

    Agreed really stupid movie

  • @krunal11127
    @krunal11127 11 місяців тому +2

    This channel is so irrelevant so biased

  • @Onlytruthalways
    @Onlytruthalways 11 місяців тому

    “ derails into flat out foolishness “ thx for being honest Anupama . RePasting my comment on Galatta plus review of shaitaan here below : Madhavan comes across fairly ok in some roles he has played across the years and not so great in others . About 50/50. Average . To be honest if one surveys his entire work from the early days to now objectively the conclusion is he is more of a cringey c grade actor with a pitifully limited repertoire who has somehow miraculously survived all these years by sheer networking, being in the right place at the right time and aligning himself with opportunities cleverly designed to pump up an otherwise very blah ,yawn unimpressive resume of personal acting achievements . There are far better actors who have sadly not had his platform .
    The man is incredibly lucky and strategic and hits a fluke with strategically good pairings with actually bonafide good actors and directors who have managed to carry him along for the ride because of his name recognition giving him the false complacency that he actually does something to make the movie a hit .
    Of course the legions of his blindly loyal old fans will keep watching anything he is in, so he doesn’t really care about acting quality as long as he gets his paycheck and gets to feel like he’s working . But to the discerning movie audience who can actually spot good acting when they see it he sadly comes up empty most of the time . He always seems earnest but forced, ill suited uncomfortable and never gets into the skin of any character beyond very superficially .
    But yet by the miracle of collective industry hypnosis and sucking up to the right people the man always gets work and gets richer so he can fund his many homes in different states and countries , and , sadly, continues to crank out sub par fare routinely . On the rare occasion when he has “delivered “ , in a role, it is not because he was intentional, but because he has let something natural slip through his bumbling process of technique and somehow been convincing in spite of his efforts .
    He does have a pretty charismatic screen presence , and in the right script can be , well…interesting, … but it’s a minority occurrence .
    Re the carefully cultivated polite persona off screen, where he tries to come off sounding like he’s more intellectual than he is , with unoriginal borrowed gyaan and quotes one can’t help feeling that he’s desperately trying too hard and is an imposter . Eg if one watches him long enough in an interview the mask slips , his practiced lines falter, and he babbles incoherently and the inconsistencies unravel and grow before our eyes .
    I don’t hate the guy . Am not immune to the brand of “Maddy charm “ in the stray movie . Just Simply stating the truth of what I see in him as an entertainer which is what the public pays for. Of course my opinion is entirely subjective and I am not looking for consensus . Someone out there is most welcome to love his body of work and think he is fantastic .. just like I absolutely don’t.
    Moving on, Ajay devgan is cool. Jothika while restricted to a gallery of limited facial expressions from stony to over expressive is a good actress if given the right role with scope to perform . This movie could have been something ..
    And it’s clearly NOT. Maybe one of the reasons it fails is Madhavan .

  • @drdhrupad
    @drdhrupad 11 місяців тому +2

    Biased

  • @shankarkarnadkarnad5585
    @shankarkarnadkarnad5585 11 місяців тому +1

    Good movir

  • @sarveshsharma1712
    @sarveshsharma1712 9 місяців тому

    Ma'am... I bet you know nobody takes you seriously.
    You better go to Hollywood and play critic there.

  • @shrutibaadkar8826
    @shrutibaadkar8826 11 місяців тому +7

    Pandu Chopra's wife only like feminist films. But sadly Lapataa ladies went lapataa in theatres. Vanga power

    • @josephgomes3316
      @josephgomes3316 11 місяців тому

      Laapata ladies is a wonderful movie if ur making it just for few people. If u want more people to watch it then they should have taken aamir khan in it. As it will.bring more audience to watch.a good movie

    • @shrutibaadkar8826
      @shrutibaadkar8826 11 місяців тому

      @@josephgomes3316 Agreed, but nowadays in society women misuse the law quite often but bollywood protects them under the umbrella of feminism.

    • @wordofgod69
      @wordofgod69 10 місяців тому

      @@josephgomes3316Aamir Khan is an anti-national who feels unsafe here 😂