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Phoonk
NOT A REVIEW - Just getting all set to be scared and to question my beliefs...
I have not been a huge fan of horror movies. I can't handle the creeps given by a spooky background score, along with a camera following the character, to imply someone's following the said character. The tension gets too much. Over time though, I have grown some nerves and have come to handle gore, and remind myself that the characters are not going to jump out of the screen. Nevertheless, what the director Ram Gopal Varma says about Phoonk in his interview with Baradwaj Rangan, comes as a relief -
The interesting part for me is that it’s beyond a horror film, beyond the “scary” genre. It is very scary, because of the backdrop itself, but the more interesting part – which I think is novel in such a film – is that I’m hoping it will create a debate among both believers and non-believers.
Wow! The motivation is really intriguing. Any movie that bases its plot on a theological, philosophical or psychological debate is not only commendable in the current realm of Hindi cinema, but also can be extremely fascinating in absolute terms. The official site goes on to say -
"Phoonk" is the story of a confirmed atheist whose belief systems are shaken up when his loved ones are subjected to unspeakable horrors by forces whose very existence his rational mind refuses to accept. It is also the story of a fanatical devotee who is forced to turn her back on God in the face of traumatic experiences.
And on his blog -
In "Phoonk" I attempted to use the above aspects of human psychology to accentuate fear. I went to the extent of attempting to make people feel not safe even with idols of Gods around.
My beliefs lie somewhere in between. So, it will be very interesting to see how I react to the movie, and whether I'm able to identify with either of them.
Meanwhile, can't stop laughing at this one on RGV's blog
Comment: I think watching Aag will be scarier than Phoonk.
RGV's Ans: Let’s make a deal. If you shut up about Aag, I swear on your mother that I won’t make another Aag.
Really? I mean, really, really!?
Phoonk - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Website
- Producer: Azam Khan
- Director: Ram Gopal Varma
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- Lead Cast: Sudeep, Amruta Kanvilkar, Ashaas Channa, Shrey Bawa
- Supporting Cast: Jyoti Subhash, Ashwini Kalsekar, Kenny Desai, Ganesh Yadav, Lilette Dubey
- Story: Milind Gadagkar
- Cinematography: Savita Singh
- Editor: Amit Parmar, Nipun Ashok Gupta
- Action Choreography: Allan Ameen
- Music Director: Amar Mohile
- Running time: 120 minutes
- Reviewer: meetu
- Categories: Hindi Movies
- Genres: Horror
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Comments (22)
I certainly hope it will be another Kaun. RGV made one of the best Hindi films ever - Satya and followed it up with Kaun, and for that I will overlook every silly movie he's made (and which he will make), as long as he turns up one of the good ol' ones once a decade or so.
And I hope the scare is not primarily delivered by an overloud background score - GOVINDAGOVINDAGOVINDAGOVINDA GO WIN DAAAAAAAAAAA!
[...] Phoonk [...]
Phoonk review...
RGV dons new avatar. He’s now moved on to comedies. Ok, not 100% comedies because there are 2 strong serious scenes which put a plug on the most natural sounding laughter track playing in the audience...
when there was no hope for horror, I was expecting for some suspense at least.. again no luck..
:)
Technically PHOONK is brilliant (especially camerawork) although music was a bit noisy at times but overall it was spooky. I too feel that suspense element was needed. RGV has effectively used 'silence' in this film which gives the audience an eerie feeling.(This should be experienced in a 70 mm screen.) & also the background score & the premise in the CLIMAX (although predictable) induces the audience to stay glued into their seats. I wonder why many critics like Meetu forgot to mention these aspects. Finally, to sum up, we should accept that RGV is one of the finest filmmakers India has ever produced & 'PHOONK' will be one of his highly successful (creatively / commercially) films till date.
Great Movie !! Must Watch !! It was Hell Scary,, got the shit out of me !!
i totally absolutely agree with meetu..i was surrounded by a packed cinema hall for a 11.15 pm show which i had gone expecting to be shit scared (i had really over estimated mr.verma)...but what i got was a continuosly giggling public with really loud snorts and smirks in between...
try hard as i did to be scared, neither did the director, nor the music,plot,cast or the silly stuffed crow on the half dead tree manage to give me even a teeny weeny goose bump...
and the continuous idiotic close ups of all the artefacts around the set actually got me wanting to jump up and hit mr.verma on the head with each of those stuffed toys which he kept flashing at us....
as for the little girl i wonder what kind of parent would put there child through that...how can you explain the whole black magic concept to a 11 year old girl and get her to act like that without giving her nightmares in reality for the next couple of months...
i bet the only one scared was little ehsaas.....
it sucks
Hi meetu,
thanks for ur sophisticated english and the vocubulary that u used. It made me to know more words in english. But do u think can any body other than varma can make movie which will have technical value atleast to 5% that phoonk have. stop throwing all ur ruubish english to give unneccessary criticism. try to find out some valuable points next so that it will not be a laughter to people who read.
srinivas vardhineni
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LOL.
ur review is more funny...
whenever u heard those 700 laufs it meant the audience got scared 700 times! coz thats what one does when he/she gets scared...
u need a nimbu on ur head now!
Me work TCS. I dont know english. Me failed in english in school. Ignore me previous post. Am just stupid. Apology for shouting at meetu.
Yep,Mayur, no luck whatsoever.
g, I didn't mention most of the things that you talked about, because I really didn't enjoy them.
Maker, cool!
ROFL, mimi
srinivas, I really didn't like the technical work either.
Well, Vijay, I know sometimes we do laugh to cover our fear, but I was really laughing at the movie, nothing scared me at all.
[...] The Contest was total Horror and scam and the movie was a Comedy. [...]
All the superstitious people will go and see the film and all the non-superstitious people will just give it a bet and end up being scary.
Yes srinivas, people like RGV who is just making people a fool can make up such idiotic films. He knows this will not carry on for a long time as people even change the channels as soon as they see the promo of this film. Thinking of the whole story just makes me think that RGV has done it just to show that he is still able to make some foolish stories like this PHOONK.
His last film was a flop, this is a bigger flop(can be probabily)
I bet somebody has got that FIVE LAKH rupees from Ramu on the first day itself which he has promised to give if somebody dares to see the movie alone in the theatre. No News Of It.
I am concluding my boring comment saying that Its Ramu's bad time. Like evey coin has two faces, our life also has two faces!
I saw d movie.I m from south india.The incidents in d movie happened to my friends family two years back Whether u believe it or not..My friends sister reacted in a different way and things went wrong for her..They took her to psychiartist and nothing went right for her..Atlast they did some pooja and prayers and she was alright after three months..This movie really scared me..
I haven't seen the movie, yet I have one question ...
Is it more scary than AAG ?
lol Harpreet!
5 lakh for watching Phoonk...anyone can do it....he should have offered the same scheme for RGV ki AAG....now i know of a lotta people who wouldnt even watch it if someone gave them 500 crores...!!!
Mr Srinivas from TCS I went through your comments. You got to attend some classes for english. The review is absolutely right. This was & will be my last rgv movie. What a crap. Has he gone mad ? I will rate it 0.001 out of 10. Please all sensible people DONT WATCH THIS MOVIE.
:) tabz
Thanks, Damn!
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