Product Details

• Actors: Urmila Matondkar, Anuj Sawhney, Malavikka, Amardeep Jha, Kamini Khanna
• Directors: Shripal Morakhia
• Writers: Shripal Morakhia, Anjum Rajabali, Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun, Sagar Pandya
• Producers: Arunima Roy, Ashish Bhatnagar, Firuzi Khan
• Format: Widescreen, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Hindi (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Allumination
• DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F1IO0C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,190 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Naina" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

On a day of solar eclipse five year old Naina loses her eyesight and her parents in a road accident in London. Twenty years later she is bestowed with the gift of sight thanks to the marvels of modern science. Her period of darkness is over; or is it? A horrifying period of darkness begins. What is this curse that has been upon her? Will she ever be able to escape it? Will this extraordinary sense she is now bestowed with destroy her life? Will she ever be able to resume her regular life again? "Naina" is the Quest of a young woman trying to find answers to these supernatural mysteries. Will she succeed?System Requirements:Running Time Approx. 105 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN UPC: 783722736722 Manufacturer No: ARD27367

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning visuals....strange universe, January 29, 2007

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Nathan Christian (Pitcairn, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Naina (DVD)

This film to me was a facinating "remake" of sorts of "The Eye" Where as "The Eye" was a horror movie, "Naina" is more of a twisted Disney land.
It is bright and colorful, with a creepy undercurrent. The effects are top notch, and not much in the gore departmant. It is strange to hear the Hindu language and English mixed. It just adds to the other worldy feel. Comes with subtitles.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Eye+ Dark Water+The Grudge = Naina, November 23, 2006

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C. Cruz "Cruzier" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Naina (DVD)

This film starts out as a straight out re-make or re-imagining of THE EYE. In the second act of the film you see parts of DARK WATER right down to the rain slicker. In act three you're in THE GRUDGE territory. It doesn't work as a horror film because if you've seen the other three movies you know what's coming. If you haven't seen the originals, this is a pale imitation despite the high production values. The fact that every body is speaking Hindu in England gives the whole thing a strange alternate-universe feel that was probably not intentional.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good thriller, December 9, 2007

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hollygolightly (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Naina (DVD)

Since the orginal Hong Kong horror movie The Eye is one of my favorites, and I also watch a lot of Hindi cinema when I'm not watching asian horror, I was very curious about how Naina would stack up in both genres: surprisingly well, actually.

The plot is almost identical in both films--a young woman receives a corneal tranplant and develops the ability to see dead people--but the big difference is in how that story is told. Naina is not particularly horrific (although there are some nice moments); it's a mishmash of romance, a little broad comedy, clinical gore, and some low-grade thrills.

If you're looking for real scares, the Pang brothers' version is much better. However, this remake is vastly superior in exploring the more human elements; Naina's ambivalence about suddenly being able to see is much more nuanced in this version, as is the despair and loneliness of the young woman who originally posessed the eyes that see too much.

Independent of comparisons to the source material, Naina is not flawless entertainment--the end kind of drags on and Urmila Matondkar spends a lot of the film gasping theatrically--but it was a nice way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon.

And if you don't want to watch either the Hong Kong Eye or Indian Naina, Hollywood is soon releasing yet another remake staring Jessia Alba and Parker Posey. Oh boy...