Gehraiyaan Review

Gehraiyaan though a horror story is fundamentally a love story that unfolds between 26-year-old researcher Reyna Malik, and her surgeon partner Shekhar in a Hospital in Mumbai. Reyna is now back in Mumbai after having taken a short break from work. Our heroine feels challenged to get back to the work she loves the most. Surgery. Owing to a trauma that affected her in the recent past, the hospital authorities are skeptical on allowing her to practice so early on. Gehraiyaan, directed by Sidhant Sachdev is a perfect blend of mystery, thrill, spook and fear overloaded. Sanjeeda’s character Reyna exudes fear and terror while her surgeon boyfriend is at her side to help her face the forces of the dark. The twist in the tale is the emergence of her mysterious neighbour Sahil played by Vatsal who comes to her rescue.

The show also suffers from the fact that the real horror begins only after the 4/5th episode, till then the plot lingers on the build-up story which reaches an engaging crescendo in the 6th episode.

The climax is tight and keeps one engrossed. Though, it remains a tad baffling why the good spirit did not use her powers to save lives at the church. Last but not the least, we must point out that the background score did give us the occasional goosebumps.