Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor’s Ek Thi Daayan, directed by Kannan Iyer, is the first thriller-horror to have received a U/A certificate from the Censors. Contrary to initial perception that the film would be limited only to an adult audience, the U/A certificate clearly establishes the film’s enhanced potential and appeal among the youngsters as much as among adults.

It is a known fact that the Vishal Bhardwaj and Gulzar combination has dished out ear-pleasing songs in films like <em>Omkara, Ishqiya, Kaminey</em> and <em>7 Khoon Maaf</em> among others. The duo has again joined hands for Ekta Kapoor’s ALT Entertainment and Vishal Bhardwaj’s VB Pictures’ <em>Ek Thi Daayan</em>. By this venture, Bhardwaj has taken his love for Gulzar to a new level. In the 'Yaaram' track (set in a house party), the filmmaker has included a scene in which Emraan's character (Bobo) pays an ode to the lyricist by reading out a few couplets from his book.

Starring Pankaj Kapoor,Shabana Azmi, Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Aarya Babbar Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj Rating: *** There is plenty of singing and dancing in this whimsical serio-comic drama about a landlord who when inebriated, becomes one among the peasant class hollering for the blood of the bloodsuckers ,and when sober becomes a tyrant who pushes around his driver-cum-man-Friday with a gusto that most moviegoers would recognize as a sign of power gone to the head.