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Phoonk

Phoonk

Welcome to the vague world. Where crows stare continuously, lemons spell disaster, an angry look can send you flying. RGV invites us to get scared with what is possibly a ‘scary movie’ attempt at horror film making.

The titling of the movie does builds your appetite, and perhaps that’s the reason why you end up so disappointed. Post Bhoot and the promotion built around phoonk, you cant help but expect to be surprised by the director. A surprise it is, of the dismal kind!

A construction tycoon fires an eccentric duo, characterized by a spastic-acting man and a devilish-laughing woman. Doom follows as the home is now jinxed. From scary (?) dreams to bones to lemons to charcoal crosses on the walls – you name it and you have all the stereotypical material to convince you that there indeed is some black magic in the house.

The daughter is now possessed. She speaks in a manly voices, kicks the doctor on his belly, stares at crows endlessly. Enter the psychiatrist. ‘All physical tests are normal, this is a mental problem!’. This is met with constant opposition from the (unintentionally) funniest character of the movie – the grandmother who does nothing but shake her head like she wants to say no! (No.. don’t watch this movie anymore??). She is convinced that this is black magic. To the extent that she will go and get a Baba types to do his voodoo stuff. Behold… he throws English tantrums when the atheist son of the house kicks him out. Laugh Out Loud!

There is no point in discussing the story further. For the like the movie, you might pray for the review to end right away.

Is it scary? NO. It is funny. Save for one dream sequence, which is also not hard to guess, for a genre of this sort necessitates at least one dream. (There are two in this movie).

The story is predictable. The only unpredictable thing is where the camera will go now. Awry, and abstract the cinematographer is on a trip of his own and wants to scare you with all the non living things in the room. No time is spent thinking on the story. All of it is perhaps spent on choosing dolls, show items with SCARY EYES! Dumb! Very dumb!

In the Acting department, you do not come out remembering anyone. Maybe the little girl, who uses her eyes well, especially in all scenes where she is possessed. Oh no.. you do remember the grandmother and her constant head shaking. She surely becomes a favourite joke in the days to follow on the coffee table! There is nothing in this movie that makes you feel wow, let aside scared.

This movie was a thorough disappointment and whatever confidence RGV reinstilled after his reasonably well made Sarkar Raj, is lost with this one. Dumb phoonk.

1 Star - Only coz i didnt want to give zero!

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