After the tragic death of his son - Rohit, in a car accident, Dr. Ranveer Malhotra has been very protective of his daughter Ria. All is well for Ria until one day on a college mishap Ria reaches up with Aryan and both fall in love with each other. Aryan showers Ria with a lot of love and she thought that he is her ideal life partner. Ria invites Aryan to dinner at her home and introduces him to her parents. Her mother immediately approves of him but her father thinks that something is a miss and tells Ria to stop meeting Aryan. But Aryan is madly in love with Ria and refuses to leave her. When Ria disobeys him, her father decides to dig deeper into Aryan's past. Ranveer is desperate as he knows Ria is heading towards something dangerous.
Acting
Amitabh Bachchan carries the entire paranoia effortlessly.
Direction
Vikram Bhatt's signature glossy thriller aesthetic.
Director
Vikram Bhatt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aetbaar is an uncredited remake of the 1996 Hollywood film Fear starring Mark Wahlberg — Bollywood really said 'we can make it hornier and with more family drama'.
This film captures peak 2000s Bollywood obsession with the 'dangerous lover' trope — where stalking equals passion and parental concern equals villainy until proven otherwise.
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