Fear (2007 film) explained

Fear
Director:	Vikram Bhatt
Producer:	Ramesh Sippy
Story:	Vikram Bhatt
Starring:	Amit Gaur Aditya Ralkar Alisha Baig
Music:	Himesh Reshammiya
Cinematography:	Pravin Bhatt
Editing:	Rajeev Gupta Sandeep Francis
Studio:	Ramesh Sippy Entertainment UTV Motion Pictures Adlabs
Runtime:	115 minutes^[1]
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi
Budget:	2 crore

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.^{[2] [3] [4]} In the film, a man rescues an amnesiac woman whose past surfaces after she is haunted by a mysterious spirit.

Cast

• Amit Gaur
• Aditya Ralkar
• Alisha Baig
• Kiran Juneja
• Avtar Gill
• Kishori Shahane
• Tanvi Uday
• Vishwas
• Gauri Karnik
• Ajay Jadhav
• Dibyendu Bhattacharya
• Mohit Adlakha

Soundtrack

Fear
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Himesh Reshammiya
Border:	yes
Released:	30 June 2007
Genre:	Feature film soundtrack
Length:	35 minutes
Language:	Hindi
Label:	Saregama^[5] ^[6]

The soundtrack was released on 30 June 2007.^[7] All lyrics have been penned by Sameer Anjaan.

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."^[8]

Release

The film skipped a theatrical release^[9] and went on to premiere on DVD^[10] as well as online on 10 August 2007 across the websites of Rajshri Productions,^[11] Bigflicks.com and Indya On Demand^[12] on 10 August 2007.^{[13] [14]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fear. British Board of Film Classification. 2024-09-03. 2024-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20240903052849/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/fear-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0znjezmdq. live.
2. Web site: The Blue Umbrella, Fear to release online. Filmibeat.com. 6 August 2007.
3. Web site: Vikram Bhatt's yet another first. Times of India. 17 July 2007. 3 September 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240903052846/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/vikram-bhatts-yet-another-first/articleshow/2208543.cms. live.
4. Web site: ‘Fear’ to release online, not theatres. Bollywood Hungama. 3 July 2007.
5. Web site: Fear Album by Himesh Reshammiya. Saregama. 2024-09-03. 2024-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20240903150932/https://www.saregama.com/album/fear_6956. live.
6. Web site: Fear: Vikram Bhatt, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan: Amazon.in: Music. Amazon.in.
7. Web site: Fear (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Apple Music. 2024-09-03. 2024-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20240904013635/https://music.apple.com/us/album/fear-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1329132470. live.
8. Web site: Fear Music Review. Bollywood Hungama. 2024-09-03. 2024-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20240903052849/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/fear/songs/music-critic-review/. live.
9. Web site: ADAG gets into online video fray. Rediff.com. 30 August 2007. For instance, UTV's 'Fear', directed by Vikram Bhatt, will not have a theatrical release..
10. Web site: First day first show. New Indian Express. 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..
11. Web site: Fear. Rajshri Productions. 13 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071013150513/http://rajshri.com/fear/index.asp. dead.
12. Web site: Bollywood - Fear. Indya on Demand. 21 August 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070821221129/http://broadband.indya.com/product.aspx?gid=458&pid=4620. dead.
13. Web site: Rajshri.com Premieres UTV’s The Blue Umbrella & Fear. afaqs.com. 13 August 2007. 6 September 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240906064812/https://www.afaqs.com/media-briefs/17068_rajshricom-premieres-utvs-the-blue-umbrella--fear. live.
14. Web site: UTV premieres movies online. Variety. 6 August 2007. 6 September 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240906064812/https://variety.com/2007/digital/asia/utv-premieres-movies-online-1117969777/. live.