Phobia (2016) on Netflix
NR20161h 52mDramaMysteryThriller
Artist Mehak Deo has agoraphobia after an attack by a taxi driver. She moves into an empty apartment whose neighbors include a college student and a man working on his temper.
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- Netflix4.2/5
- IMDb6.8/103,543 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes100%
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Plot summary
Mehak Deo is a talented painter who was molested by a taxi driver and now avoids crowded or public places. Her sister Anusha cares for her, but the arrangement wears thin, and Shaan, a close friend, decides Mehak should try living on her own. He finds her an empty apartment. There she gets to know Nikki, a college student in the neighborhood, and Manu, a neighbor attending a community laughter club to work on his anger. Manu is devastated because his girlfriend Jiah has left him. Jiah had lived in Mehak's apartment before, and she vanished without paying rent or collecting her belongings. Mehak comes across the diary Jiah left behind.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Phobia (2016)
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- Before filming began, Radhika Apte met doctors and patients, staying in close contact with psychiatrists and neurosurgeons to understand the mental and biological aspects of a phobia, and watched patients to learn their behaviour patterns.
- Radhika Apte said shooting in the same closed location for long hours was physically traumatic, and that the toughest part was filming the panic attack sequences, which took a lot from her body because she had to breathe in a certain manner.
