AATMA movie reviews

Here are the reviews for AATMA:

Ratings:2/5 Review By: Taran Adarsh Site: Bollywood Hungama

First things first, AATMA is *not* the quintessential horror film. It's not about a haunted house or a tormented spirit thirsting for vengeance. It has layers. It has supernatural elements. It tackles an abusive relationship. It's about a strong emotional bonding between a mother and child. Primarily, it's the fight between a woman and her dead husband over their child. An interesting concept without doubt, but what comes across on screen is such an anticlimax! On the whole, AATMA stands on a weak script. Besides, there are hardly any scares here. Disappointing!

Ratings:3/5 Reviewer: Renuka Vyavahare Site:Times of India

Aatma is not a full-fledged horror film with ugly demons and gruesome deaths. It attempts to play with your mind and even succeeds, though partially. The film takes off swiftly, coming straight to the point. Burning candles, thunderous rain and sleepless nights, Suparn manages to subtly induce the 'shock' element, especially in the form of Maya's eerie nightmares. It sets the mood perfectly for a supernatural thriller. The 'Aatma' here is unconventional too, considering there is no over-the-top demonic 'look' to it. No typical background score is used to create atmosphere either. The film skillfully manages to be different from most in its genre. Aatma may not send shivers down your spine, but it dares to be unconventional.

Ratings:3/5 Site: Jagran

Aatma is a little different from others stereotypical horror movies which deal with supernatural powers. It is freshly baked horror film which sometimes sends shiver down spines. This horror flick shows you true motherly affection which is trying to defeat evil soul. If you want to get goose bumps and get terrified, book your ticket write now. Aatma is only for people who love watching horror experience on 70 mm.

Ratings:3/5 Reviewer: Resham SengarSite:Zee News

Thanks to ‘Aatma’ - the brainchild of director, screenplay and story writer Suparn Verma, Hindi cinema can now heave a sigh of relief after years of being pulled up for its stereotypical ‘scary’ films belonging to the supernatural genre. After going through the one-and-half-hour-long movie, it turns out that the makers of ‘Aatma’ have kept their promise of presenting a freshly baked horror film with pleasant surprises thrown in here and there on the audiences’ platter. So here you won’t find the baggage that comes with the ‘usual’ horror films.On a general note, ‘Aatma’ does not belong to the league of those horror films that leave a powerful impact on your mind for days, read: ‘The Exorcist’, ‘Grudge’ recalling a few. Instead, hopefully it will leave you without any fear of the unknown lurking in your heart. Signing off on an optimistic note, ‘Aatma 2’ takes the genre of horror films a notch higher.

Ratings:3/5 Reviewer: Joginder Tuteja Site:Indicine

One thing that strikes about ‘Aatma‘ (and actually stays largely consistent) is that it doesn’t rely upon clichés (for most of it’s times) to keep its narrative engaging. This means that props like doors, windows, bulbs, candles, elevators or more are done away with by director Suparn Verma. Good, because all of this and more has been done to death by dozens of horror movies in the past. After all, for how long can audience be expected to stay engaged with long drawn shots of a woman walking in the corridors and the furniture in the house conspiring to scare all involved, whether those behind or on the scene. Overall, Suparn does well to bring a screenplay which can at least be termed as different. Of course some standard elements like a character possessed, presence of a medium, a cop on the hunt, a bunch of friends not quite willing to believe the ghostly tales, a series of characters meeting a chilling death and more are peppered into this crisp 90 minutes affair which, in it’s second half, has a lot more meat to offer. No pun intended. Also, to Suparn’s credit, he at least tries to project these scenes differently on screen, despite predictability hovering large.

Ratings:3/5 Reviewer: Sonia Chopra Site:Sify

Hindi horror was, until recently, known for the Ramsay Brothers' cheesy, often unintentionally funny, scare-fests. The scene changed with Ram Gopal Varma and Vikram Bhatt's in-your-face violent horror. However, writer-director Suparn Verma's film treads an altogether new path. It's far more subtle, even sophisticated. Aatma is creepy enough to make you uncomfortable, but not as severe as the other horror films with the flying curtains, horrible faces, evil laugh and the inevitable possession. This one is of the soft-horror variety. As talky as it is terrifying, the film is worth a watch for a different take on horror.