Ram Gopal Varma's Phoonk 2, a sequel to his 2008 film of the same name, is about an evil spirit that traumatises a family.
"Anyone who says the movie cannot scare him is going to be put in a theatre by himself," Varma told reporters in Mumbai at an event to promote the movie.
Varma said the film fan who steps up to the challenge will be wired up to a heart monitoring machine as well as a camera that ensures they keep their eyes open during the whole movie.
Readings from the machines will be shown live on a screen outside the cinema, Varma said, and if the contestant succeeds, they will win Rs500,000 (Dh39,819).
Varma issued a similar challenge ahead of the release of the original Phoonk but the promotional contest was withdrawn after allegations the selection process was rigged.
Varma said the contest winner ran out 30 minutes after the film started, but newspaper reports said a film fan in the southern Indian city of Bangalore booked an entire cinema to prove the director wrong and watched the film alone with a doctor on call and security personnel stationed outside.
A lady wearing a white saree, carrying a candle, with open hair, singing gumnaam hai koi and walking around the streets is what horror was in bollywood long time ago. Now the definition of horror has changed completely. There are major production houses who are specialists in making horror movies. Ramsay brothers were famous for both their famous horror movies and serials. Now this fort has been taken over by Ram Gopal Verma. He is an exceptional director and works miracles with horror movies. His movies like Darna Mana Hai and Bhoot have been major block busters and have won many awards too.
While the Ramsay movies and other lower budget movie makers' movies are filled with a lot of blood shed and creatures without hands and heads. Their movies normally don't have very big stars and there is a lot of skin show to increase the viewer ship of the movie. Now day's horror movies are made with a lot of class. There are very good scripts that are written with multiple plots. A major star cast of famous and good actors are signed for these movies. Since these kind of movies don't have much scope for song and dance sequences, special songs are shot only for the promotion of the film. Ramu was the first one to introduce this concept and this has changed the careers of many actresses. Sameera Reddy performed in one of the movies like this and it was instant fame for her.
Bollywood Horror Films You Must Watch
- Bhoot starring Ajay Devgan and Urmila Matondkar.
- 20 Saal Baad starring Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Mehra, Meenakshi Sheshadiri and Mithun Chakraborthy.
- Mahal starring Madhubala and Ashok Kumar.
- Jaani Dushman starring Reena Roy, Jeetendra, Rekha and Sunil Dutt.
- Kudrat starring Hema Malini, Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar.
- Raat starring Revathi Menon and Om Puri.
- Saaya starring John Abraham and Tara Sharma.
- Kaal starring Ajay Devgan, Lara Dutta, Vivek Oberoi, Esha Deol and John Abraham.
- Naina starring Urmila Matondkar and Anuj Sawhney.
- Gehrayee starring Anant Naag and Padmini Kolhapuri.
- 13B Starring Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Saranya, Poonam Dhillon
- Agyaat
- Raaz - The Mystery Continues Starring Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Adhyayan Suman
- Orphan
- Maa
- Aasma - The Sky Is The Limit Starring Hrishitaa Bhatt, Seema Biswas, Nauheed Cyrusi
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