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Starring: Sudeep, Amruta
Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa, Rishabh Jain, Anu Ansari,
Ashwini Khalsekar, Neeru Bajwa, Zaikir Hussain Chyan
Trivedi, Jeeva
Director: Milind Gadagkar
Fear is such a strong emotion that it defies all logic.
As small children we are scared of entering a dark room;
somewhere further in life, we rather try and avoid
isolated roads with no street lights. Whenever we shift
into an apartment, the newness and emptiness of the
place intrigues us in a strange manner. Infact we always
fear the unknown. It is not just ghosts that we are
scared of but there are times in our lives when a
strange and inexplicable incident also scares the hell
out of us.
Phoonk the first part ended with the killing of Madhu,
the woman who casts a black magic spell on Rajiv's
daughter Raksha.
Phoonk 2 captures the fear
of a family caught hostage to a murderous, animalistic
spirit seeking revenge by brutally terrorizing them. We
experience a fear far larger than that of a live evil than
when the dead returns to haunt you. It is the fear where
every escape route of yours becomes dangerously
anticipated and cunningly laid out in front of you. It is
the fear that extends to letting go of one loved one to
save another. Where every situation takes a sinister turn
for the worse, methodically murdering everyone's hope to
live.
Terrorized by the demonic force, will Rajiv give in to the
ghost or will he betray his family and give up? Will the
family survive as the gruesome and repulsing murders are
committed, or do the disfigured bodies, visions, ghostly
voices and unsettling, disturbing incidents drive them to
death?
Will the ghost live with them till they become ghosts
themselves? The choice that Rajiv has to make in the final
moments of the film forms a very unsettling and a highly
disturbing climax.
The background music is loud at times, it has
unconventional camera angles. There are a few scenes which
send a shiver down your spine most noteworthy is the
encounter between the tantrik and the evil doll.
Cast:
Rajiv - Sudeep
Arati - Amruta Khanvilkar
Raksha - Ahsaas Channa
Rohan - Rishabh Jain
Lakshmi - Anu Ansari
Madhu - Ashwini Khalsekar
Arushi - Neeru Bajwa
Ronnie - Amit Sadh
Vinay - Ganesh Yadav
Manja - Zaikir Hussain
Balu - Vikas Shrivastav
Proplerty Agent - Rakesh Raj
Goswami - Chyan Trivedi
Exorcist - Jeeva
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Phoonk 2 begins with Madhu's (Ashwini Kaleskar) ghost
returning from the grave to seek revenge on the family.
On bagging a new construction project, Rajiv (Sudeep)
moves with his family to a new place and the
surroundings - the lonely beach and then the woods
behind the house.
The terror begins with Raksha and Rohan finding a doll
in the woods and then it progresses to a series of
highly traumatizing experiences for the whole family.
Manja, the only man whom Rajiv could turn to, meets a
gruesome death at the hands of the black magic woman
Madhu's ghose, who has risen from the grave to avenge
her own death... to seek vengeance on Rajiv, by
torturing his loved ones - his wife Arati (Amruta
Khanvilkar) and their children, Raksha (Ahsaas Channa)
and Rohan (Rishabh Jain)in unimaginably cruel ways.
Among the performances Sudeep does well as in the first
part. Neeru Singh, the hottie newcomer to bollywood from
television is impressive. Amruta Khanvilkar and Ahsaas
Channa are brilliant.
But scarce scares and fleeting temptation dont really
make Phoonk 2 a must-watch. A few frightening moments is
all you get.
Phoonk 2 captures the fear of a family caught hostage to
a murderous, animalistic spirit seeking revenge by
brutally terrorizing them. We experience a fear far
larger than that of a live evil than when the dead
returns to haunt you. It takes the audiences to a place
where the horrors are so painfully scary and gory that
even a rational mind will lose its sanity.
If you have the fear of the dead
be warned that the
director's intention in Phoonk 2 is to scare the death
out of you and not let you REST IN PEACE!
- Amarjeet
Credits & Crew:
Presented by Ram Gopal Varma
Sarthak Movies and ZED 3 Pictures Production
Written and Directed by Milind Gadagkar
Produced By Prashant Burra and P. Chandrashekhar
Co Producer - Riaz Hyder
Director of Photography Charles Meher
First Assistant Director Rumina N Majumdar
Line Producer Ejaaz Khan
Doll Maker Ramdas Padhye
Mixing Engineer Anoop Dev
Sound Designer Jayesh Dhakan
Sound Recordist Sona Chaudhary
Music and Background Score Dharam & Sandeep
Action Director Parvez Fazal Khan & Aejaz - Javed
Costume Stylist Anahita Irani
Special Prosthetics Makeup Abhijeet D. Aamane
Steadicam Operator - Lenhert Periera
DI, VFX and Processing Prasad EFX & Prasad Film
Laboratories
Publicity Design Sachin Suresh Gurav
Public Relations Arati Salgaonkar (Perception Managers)
Legal Advisors Rohini Vakil & Atul Mankane
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