1920: Horrors of the Heart

2023 [HINDI]

Drama / Horror

1920: Horrors of the Heart is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language horror film directed by Krishna Bhatt and produced by Vikram Bhatt, Raj Kishor Khaware, Rakesh Juneja and Shwetambari Bhatt and is written by Mahesh Bhatt. It is the fifth film of 1920 film series. It stars Avika Gor and Rahul Dev in lead roles.[4][5][6] Barkha Bisht, Randheer Rai, Danish Pandor, Ketaki Kulkarni, Avtar Gill, and Amit Behl appear in supporting roles.
The film collected ₹17.35 crore against a budget of ₹10 crore and emerged as a box office success by the third week of it being in theatres.[15][16]

    The music of the film is composed by Puneet Dixit. All lyrics are written by Shweta Bothra.

STORY
             In 1920 Bombay, 21 year old Meghna's father Dheeraj, a struggling writer commits suicide by hanging himself. However, the doctor and the policeman inform Meghna and her boyfriend Arjun that when they dissect Dheeraj's body in the autopsy, they found that even though his cardiovascular system was intact, his heart was missing. Meghna stumbles upon his personal diary, which uncovers Radhika, her mother's scandalous past of liaisons with British people for monetary gains and fame. She learns that her mother had once poisoned her father in an attempt to kill him, but he miraculously survived. Unable to endure her deeds, Meghna's mother abandoned her family, eventually marrying the wealthy Maharaja of princely state of Girvaar, Shantanu. Stricken by the revelation, Meghna turns to her father's grave, where she communicates with his spirit. Under her father's guidance and vowing revenge, Meghna goes to her mother's opulent home, setting off a series of eerie events.

Meghna forms a bond with her steps sister Aditi, despite her father's caution not to let affection distract her from her mission. Simultaneously, Arjun becomes aware of her destructive intentions towards her mother and comes to Girvaar to warn her against her path. He gives her ultimatum of returning to Bombay with him. That night he is violently attacked in his hotel at the hands of Meghna's father's spirit.

In an unexpected turn of events, when Meghna visits Arjun in the hospital, he asks Meghna to continue her revenge and presents her with an earthen pot (kalasa in Hindi) filled with the ashes of Dheeraj. However, after Meghna leaves the room, Arjun is revealed to be possessed by the evil black magic practitioner Rahasur and the real Arjun was actually killed the night of his violent attack at the hotel and his body possessed. After sprinkling the ashes under Aditi's pillow, Aditi becomes possessed. She performs inexplicable actions, which terrifies the household. Despite attempts from the housekeeper to expose Meghna, Radhika and Shantanu decide to trust her.

Meghna then receives a message to meet Arjun at the back of the palace where he asks her to leave with him as her work is done. When the housekeeper discovers them, Arjun violently kills the housekeeper. Boarding the train for Bombay with Arjun, Meghna sees their reflection in the mirror of the train window and finds out Arjun to be Rahasur. Fleeing from Rahasur the journey brings her back to her mother's mansion, where the gardener hands her her mother's old diary.

Upon reading the diary, Meghna is confronted with a devastating truth - her father Dheeraj was a malevolent man who would trade his wife for money and power. When Radhika protested, he consumed poison to instill fear in her but survived. Radhika tried to commit suicide but was saved by Shantanu who fell in love with her. They tried to find Meghna to save her but by then Dheeraj had abducted her. Realizing her grave mistake, Meghna confesses to Radhika that she aided her father's spirit in possessing Aditi. The family brings in a Hindu priest who reveals that Meghna's father had a pact with the evil Rahasur- his spirit would live on to ruin Radhika in exchange for his heart after death.

With no other way to save Aditi, Meghna lights a sacred lamp (diya) in the temple and stabs herself with the trident of Goddess Durga, killing herself. Her spirit fights her father's spirit in the spirit realm, ultimately sending him into the light. She also tries to go but her boyfriend Arjun's spirit stops her who advises her to return to the living world. When Meghna regains consciousness, she finds herself in a hospital bed, surrounded by Radhika, Shantunu, and Aditi, symbolizing a fresh start.

                                                                

                                               

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