Hide & Seek

Six teenagers play game of Hide and Seek that goes terribly wrong one chilly Christmas night twelve years ago. Now, twelve years later these six players find themselves locked up together in an empty mall at night and they must confront the demons of their past once again as “destiny” or a scary Santa plays Hide and Seek with them!

The Players:
Om (Purab) is an innocent psycho who spent twelve years in an asylum because of the incidents that night.
Abhi (Samir) is Om’s brother. Abhi is a billionaire today living the highlife but he can’t escape his past.
Jaideep (Arjan) is the bhai… armed with extremely silly one liners that don’t even evoke a smile Jaideep is a goon out to get the non-“bhoomi-putrs”!!(Go figure!).
Imran (Ayaz) is the fat kid who turned into a handsome hunk and became an actor. Personally I feel his is the worst developed character because his first scene suggests he’s a pervert watching some really steamy scenes in his trailer where as in the second half the film suggests he’s a softie!
Gunita (Amruta) is the beauty queen. She’s had a thing for Om since they were kids and it seems she hasn’t gotten over him in twelve years… beauty with a big heart, I say!
Jyotika (Mrinalini) is Om’s girlfriend whose suspense is too predictable. She’s around him all the time though his “Tai” forbids him from meeting her.

The concept of an empty mall at night alone is enough to set a scary tone for any film; with mannequins, Christmas décor, escalators, glass doors and large dark empty corridors, a mall gives a perfect setting for a thriller but unfortunately the thrill element of Hide and Seek is too less to appreciated.