We’re kept wondering if Sandeep is just a spoiled rich boyfriend or something more until the very end.

In this tale, reincarnation is part of everyday life instead of something for a chosen few. The evil eye, karma and reincarnation are themes and contradictions that permeate throughout the movie- the evil eye there and not there, present and not present, important and yet incidental. The set designers and cinematographer have created parallel worlds in Usha’s Indian home and Pallavi’s American world. However, Pallavi’s vibrant world as represented by her funky apartment slowly gives way to one drained of color, pallid in comparison. Does father know best? Evil Eye with Surita Choudhury and Bernard White Krishnan is the voice of reason: He doesn’t believe in horoscopes or the evil eye. Usha settled down with a reliable man, Krishnan (Bernard White). What she really wants to do is write a novel and Sandeep may be the guy who gives her that opportunity. Pallavi could be considered a Cinderella with the school administration that she works for the Evil Stepmother who keeps her from fulfilling herself, especially since she’s always serving the needs of her students–stand-ins for the demanding stepsisters. That’s classic obsessive behavior, but also out of the universal fairy tale of a soul mate sweeping you off your feet and into better digs.

This prince charming is also guy who moves too fast and wants to pay for everything. Writer Madhuri Shekar has included a few red flags that might be red herrings. When Pallavi, portrayed by Sunita Mani, meets the man of her dreams–tall, dark, handsome, rich and Asian Indian, her superstitious mother convinces herself that the man she has never met in person, Sandeep ( Omar Maskati), is the reincarnation of a man from her past. Yet issues from Usha’s past haunt her and she’s worried that her daughter Pallavi will fall in with the wrong man. Like any mother anywhere, Usha has long been concerned about her daughter Pallavi finding the right man. Usha, as played by Sarita Choudhury has returned to India while her 29-year-old daughter remains in the United States. Directed by Rajeev and Elan Dassani, Evil Eye, focuses the mother-daughter relationship.

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