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During a solar eclipse in 1986, young Naina Shah, while traveling in the backseat of her
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disaster. Khemi committed suicide out of despair. Naina returns to
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5 crore budget. It was also controversial because its depiction of the protagonist seeing ghosts after receiving a corneal transplantation was similar to existing fears in India surrounding corneal transplants and it was feared the film would discourage people from
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gave the film an 8/10 rating, labeling it an original story mixing the paranormal ideas from
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871:2005 films
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624:3 February
598:Dark Water
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260:-language
245:6.94 crore
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191:2005-05-20
156:Production
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