Nisha is the item number.

and I don't know why Isha Kopikar is being credited at imdb. I did not see her in the film, unless ofcourse she was in the last act with Randeep. The bahoo

not sure about the creepy granny

no, I wasn't aware. but is this it?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0059643/

Yeah, without giving away too much... a story within a story within a story etc......... I highly recommend this movie...an unsurpassed story telling! By the way it's on DVD by Criterion. If you're a serious collector don't miss this one!

Caught DZH couple of days ago. After having heard so much about it from critics and contributors here alike i had hoped it would be better than DMH(which I had actually found fairly decent, 'hatke' etc.).

DZH does not add anything to DMH. Its the same format and worse its fairly predictable. I found RGV's episode the worst IMO. I was disappointed to say the least. 1 out of 5 stars!

Sajid Khan's episode was the best. It was funny and there was a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour. Full marks only to this one.

Rajpal Yadav, Arjun Rampal, Anil Kapoor were more or less predictable. They were spooky for sure in parts but one sort of knew what to expect.

The main thread supposedly holding the narrative together was not exceptional either. I would suggest people catch this on DVD than spending monies to go to theatres.

I have lost my faith on RGV's creativity, he is down the drain!! and is going through a very bad phase of self indulgence!

i hope he tries a self realization instead!!! Reality check might help put him back on track!

I haven't yet seen Darna Zaroori Hai, but, Arsh, I totally agree with you.

oh pls, ramu is one of the very few directors who is actually making anything interesting in bollywood. his next few directional efforts range from a lolita adaptation to a time travel fantasy to a film on nuclear terrorism - what more do you want from the guy? even a film like dzh, w/ 7 directors/writers in 1 film is clearly something entirely innovative in hindi cinema

If you were to judge him from the perspective of effort there is no doubt he continues to churn out different fare and I am humbly gratified by those attempts. But unfortunately in the end the films also need to serve some purpose mainly entertain. In that aspect DZH only gets 2.5 stars. Certainly better than shit like 'Humko Deewana Kar Gaye' or 'No Entry' or any of the similar stuff. But surely he needs to be measured using a different yardstick? I have not lost hope in him yet.

I just got through watching Darna Zaroori Hai yesterday, and, let me just say, I'm frightened now by just how bad a movie can be. Worse than Darna Mana Hai (which I actually thought was "OK"), Darna Zaroori Hai is six shitty stories told in one shitty "mega-story." A positive aspect (and there are very few, indeed), most of the performances are great: In the first (and shortest: it was about five minutes, to my recollection) tale, Amitabh Bachchan is simply excellent, and Ritiesh Deshmukh is not much worse. That said, it's a good story that's memorable, and this one was just pathetically bad. It's almost as though it was decided that a semi-eerie ambiance and top-notch acting were substitutes for an ending that makes sense, and a plot that holds itself together. The second (starring Arjun Rampal, Bipasha Basu, and the "chicken-guy" from Makdee) is predictable and uninteresting from the moment Bipasha starts to speak, and has almost no redeeming quality whatsoever. Suniel Shetty and Rajpal Yadav's bit is well-acted, but purely stupid, with things happening for no apparent reason (so...is Yadav's characters a monkey-turned-man; a banana-phile; ...a retard, plain and simple?), and an ending that's almost as insipid as the one of Bachchan/Deshmukh's tale. Anil Kapoor/Mallika Sherawat's was my favorite story, though, really, that was probably because it was least of five horrendously idiotic evils. The last story that's told seems completely uninspired and obligatory, and the lead performance doesn't do much to make it special. I guess "scariness" doesn't really need to have a reason to exist in a character; it's horror, and things should be creepy for absolutely no ostensible reason ...right? (Wrong.) As for the all-encompassing "real-world story" (in which are told the five short tales of...crap), things are not much less moronic. Shit happens because it seems that perhaps it should happen, and, unfortunately, none of it is very captivating.

The "sixth" (or, rather, "first") "story," the introduction of the film, was pretty funny, and made me wish that the whole movie had gone the direction of satire. Even here, I felt that things could have packed more of a punch, and gotten a bit less lost in themselves and their conceit, but, again, for what it was, I rather enjoyed it.

All in all, I thought Darna Zaroori Hai was an utterly poor work — meta-horse-shit — and I imagine the only reason anyone will see it is for Varma's name, or the name of one of the famous faces it showcases.



*I do have to say, I cracked a smile when Anil Kapoor's "Karan Chopra" mentioned his lack of faith in love, citing his cynicism of his films, "Kabhi Kabhie Hota Hai" and "Kabhi Hansi Kabhie Ansoo" (I made up the second title, because I couldn't remember the actual one used in the film, but, you get the point).

I'm sorry, but with which "Twilight Zone" episode or Hitchcock film was Darna Zaroori Hai on par?

DvdRetailer, I'm not perturbed -- I totally agree with the "to each his own" thing, especially when it comes to films: It's pretty much all subjective. That said...come on: half the fun of talking about movies is yelling at the people who don't agree with you.