The story is about Karan who is possessed by the spirit of his friend Sameer, who gets murdered. After that, Maya also gets murdered by Sameer's spirit which is in the body of Karan. Sameer's spirit also kills Gotti, Shibani, Ruhi (Maya's sister) and also tries to kill Ahana. But Karan saves her by killing himself in the burning grave of Sameer. Karan has an injury mark on his chest given by Sameer during his death, his (spirit) only source to survive in the body of Karan. But in the end scene, it seems that there was also same kind of injury mark in the hand of Ahana. So the spirit then also exists in Ahana with the mark of the ghost Movie ends promising a sequel.
On 5 January 2019, a new poster was unveiled, which revealed that the release date was postponed to 8 February that year.[1][5]
Reception
Critical response
Amavas received mixed reviews from critics. Reza Noorani of The Times of India rates the film one and half stars out of five and writes, "As far as the horror is concerned, there is nothing to worry about because the ghost is extremely predictable even when it tries to surprise you. While the effects are slick and the ghosts match up to international standards, they cannot save this film from turning into a painful two-hour-long watch".[6] In contrast, Subhash K. Jha of News18 gave it three stars out of five and opined: "Death is indeed a "grave" matter in Hindi horror, what with the graveyard being a favourite haunt of horror. Amavas doesn't visit any graveyard but a grave plays an important part in the rites of exorcism. The film presses all the right buttons, ticks all the boxes".[7] Kunal Guha of Mumbai Mirror, however, rated the film one star out of five, and felt it "reduces horror to hilarity".[8]
Box office
The film earned ₹0.75 crore nett in India on its opening day. Amavas has collected ₹30 million nett pan India in its opening week.[3]
