Fear (2007 film)

Fear
DVD Cover
Directed byVikram Bhatt
Story byVikram Bhatt
Produced byRamesh Sippy
StarringAmit Gaur
Aditya Ralkar
Alisha Baig
CinematographyPravin Bhatt
Edited byRajeev Gupta
Sandeep Francis
Music byHimesh Reshammiya
Production
companies
Ramesh Sippy Entertainment
UTV Motion Pictures
Adlabs
Release date
  • 10 August 2007 (2007-08-10)[1]
Running time
115 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹2 crore[3]

Fear is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. Starring Amit Gaur, Aditya Ralkar and Alisha Baig, the film was released direct-to-video on 10 August 2007.[4][3][5] In the film, a man rescues an amnesiac woman whose past surfaces after she is haunted by a mysterious spirit.

Cast

Soundtrack

Fear
Soundtrack album by
Himesh Reshammiya
Released30 June 2007
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length35 minutes
LanguageHindi
LabelSaregama[6][7]

The soundtrack was released on 30 June 2007.[8] All lyrics have been penned by Sameer Anjaan.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Tanha Tanha"Himesh Reshammiya5:28
2."Dil Dhadkata Hai" (Male)Kunal Ganjawala5:53
3."Dil Dhadkata Hai" (Female)Gayatri Iyer5:51
4."Dil Ki Daro Deewaar Pe"Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik5:13
5."Tu Hai Ishq"Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik5:04
6."Fear"Sunidhi Chauhan4:11
7."Tanha Tanha" (Club Mix)Himesh Reshammiya3:50

Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama gave the album 1.5 stars out of 5, comparing it unfavorably to the soundtrack of Vikram Bhatt's previous horror film Raaz and claiming it would not make an impact as opposed to Bhatt's claim that the soundtrack would "haunt people for centuries."[9]

Release

The film skipped a theatrical release[10] and went on to premiere on DVD[11] as well as online on 10 August 2007 across the websites of Rajshri Productions,[12] Bigflicks.com and Indya On Demand[13] on 10 August 2007.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Next change: Movies releasing at a PC near you". afaqs.com. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Fear". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Vikram Bhatt's yet another first". Times of India. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
  4. ^ "The Blue Umbrella, Fear to release online". Filmibeat.com. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  5. ^ "'Fear' to release online, not theatres". Bollywood Hungama. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2007.
  6. ^ "Fear Album by Himesh Reshammiya". Saregama. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Fear: Vikram Bhatt, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan: Amazon.in: Music". Amazon.in.
  8. ^ "Fear (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Fear Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "ADAG gets into online video fray". Rediff.com. Retrieved 30 August 2007. For instance, UTV's 'Fear', directed by Vikram Bhatt, will not have a theatrical release.
  11. ^ "First day first show". New Indian Express. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012. Today, the DVD of even a stellar hit like Jab We Met releases within months of its theatrical release. While others like Vikram Bhatt's Fear went straight for a DVD release.
  12. ^ "Fear". Rajshri Productions. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  13. ^ "Bollywood - Fear". Indya on Demand. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007.
  14. ^ "Rajshri.com Premieres UTV's The Blue Umbrella & Fear". afaqs.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  15. ^ "UTV premieres movies online". Variety. 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2007.