Khauf Review: Monika Panwar and Rajat Kapoor led psychological horror-drama masterfully blends supernaturalism with personal fears
Name: Khauf Director: Pankaj Kumar, Surya Balakrishnan Cast: Monika Panwar, Rajat Kapoor Writer: Smita Singh Rating: 3/5 Plot: Khauf follows the story of Madhuri, fondly called Madhu (Monika Panwar), a young woman who has relocated to Delhi from Gwalior, seeking a fresh start following a traumatic experience that destroyed her from within. On the recommendation of her friend Bella’s boyfriend Nakul (Gagan Arora), she moves into a low-cost women’s hostel, unaware that the room that she has been allotted has a history of violence. The women in the hostel, most of who neither work nor leave the hostel, are very cold and rude with Madhu. They warn her about the doomed room that she stays in, making her feel very uncomfortable. As unnatural events occur more and more frequently in the hostel, Madhu finds herself combating forces much more powerful than her. An eccentric middle-aged man that goes by the name of ‘Doctor’ (Rajat Kapoor), with his supernatural abilities, finds out that a restless spirit wanders in the hostel. The rest of the story follows Madhu confronting …
