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Phoonk

Promotional poster for Phoonk
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by Azam Khan
Parvez Damania
Written by Milind Gadagkar
Starring Sudeep
Amruta Khanvilkar
Ahsaas Channa
Music by Bapi-Tutul
Cinematography Savita Singh
Editing by Amit Parmar
Nipun Gupta
Release date(s) 22 August 2008
Country  India
Language Hindi
Budget Rs.3 crores
Gross revenue Rs.11 crores
Followed by Phoonk 2

Phoonk is a 2008 horror movie directed by Ram Gopal Varma and produced by Praveen Nischol. The movie is about superstition and black magic. Phoonk turned out to be surprise hit of 2008, it is the first hit for the director Ram Gopal Varma after Sarkar. The film is succeeded by Phoonk 2.

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Cast and crew

  • Sudeep...... Rajiv
  • Varun...... Raj
  • Amruta Khanvilkar...... Aarti
  • ahsaas channa...... Raksha
  • Kenny Desai...... Anshuman
  • Ashwini Kalsekar...... Madhu
  • Ganesh Yadav...... Vinay
  • Anu Ansari...... Laxmi
  • Shankar Sachdev...... Shyam
  • K K Raina...... Dr. Pandey
  • Lilette Dubey...... Dr. Seema Walke
  • Zakir Hussain...... Murtaza Kapasi
  • Bharat Kaul...... Mandar
  • Geetanjali...... Teacher
  • Kishore Kadam...... Devappa
  • Jyothi Subhash...... Amma
  • Shrey Bawa...... Rohan
  • Javed Rizvi...... MANI

Reviews and Reception

Ram Gopal Varma's Phoonk turned out to be a surprise package at the box office. The movie opened up pretty well considering the superb publicity campaign. Being very low priced, it's excellent initial is enough to rate it as a hit. The youth got quite curious about the Rs 5 Lakh challenge. The movie however has got mixed response all over. Taran Adarsh gave it 4 on 5 and said, "PHOONK is a fascinating cinematic experience on a subject that’s rarely tackled by the dream merchants in Bollywood: Black magic." AOL India reviewer Noyon Jyoti Parasara was not too kind with the movie as he said, "Overall Phoonk scores low on the scare-o-meter."[1] Both and most others however agree that the performances are something to look forward to.

References

  1. ^ Phoonk reviewed at AOL India

External links

Ram Gopal Varma
1980s

Shiva  (1989)
1990s

Kshana Kshanam  (1991) • Raat  (1992) • Antham  (1992) • Drohi  (1992) • Gaayam  (1993) • Govinda Govinda  (1993) • Rangeela  (1995) • Great Robbery  (1996) • Anaganaga Oka Roju  (1996) • Deyyam  (1997) • Daud: Fun on the Run  (1997) • Satya  (1998) • Prema Katha  (1999) • Kaun  (1999) • Mast  (1999)
2000s

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Future projects

Rann  (TBA) • Rakta Charitra (TBA)
Productions
Money  (1993) • Money Money  (1994) • Gulabi  (1996) • W/O V.Varaprasad  (1998) • Dil Se  (1998) • Shool  (1999) • Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya  (2001) • Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega  (2001) • Road  (2002) • Darna Mana Hai  (2003) • Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon  (2003) • Ek Hasina Thi  (2004) • Ab Tak Chhappan  (2004) • Gayab  (2004) • Vaastu Shastra  (2004) • D  (2005) • Mr Ya Miss  (2005) • Shabri  (2005) • Shock  (2006) • Darna Zaroori Hai  (2006) • Darwaaza Bandh Rakho  (2006) • Go (2007) • Zabardast  (2007) • Naan Aval Adhu  (2008)







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