PHOONK2
A teasing bloody follow up that honestly makes a desperate attempt to be scary but ends up being weary
by Vishal Verma

A Ram Gopal Varma presentation of a Sarthak Movies and ZED 3 Pictures Production

Producer: P Chandrashekhar and Prashant Burra
Writer- Director: Milind Gadagkar (debut)
Genre: Horror
Target Audience: General



Starring

Sudeep...... Rajiv
Amruta Khanvilkar...... Aarti
Ahsaas Channa...... Raksha
Neeru Singh...... Arushi
Anu Ansari...... Lakshmi
Ashwini Kalsekar...... Madhu
Ganesh Yadav...... Vinay
Zakir Hussain...... Manja
Vikas Srivastav...... Balu
Jeeva...... Exorcist
Amit Sadh...... Ronnie
Rahul Pendkalkar




Technical Analysis

Phoonk was a run away hit mainly because of its aggressive marketing, low cost and some real eerie moments that kept the interest till the end. With all respect to Bollywood’s scareamia Ram Gopal Varma, after watching Phoonk 2 you come across a feeling that first timer Milind Gadagkar was not the right choice to pilot this one.

That doesn,t mean that Milind is a bad helmer but you need certain qualities to be shocky and when taking over the responsibility to helm a sequel presented by an infamous   devotee of scares in Bollywood its essential to be both creepy and stylish at the same time.

Negligence on any of this two at any time can be fatal never minding the repeated cliché saga.
‘Phoonk 2’ suffers due to the lack of focus in all the above mentioned elements which plagues the entire film.

In the last fifteen minutes Milind makes a desperate attempt to register the film in the horror zone and succeeds to some extant but the helmer who is also the writer handicaps himself by keeping himself aloof from any choices that his script can offer. As a result, he relies on the zoom in zoom out camera work by Charles Meher who again like in many RGV makes his camera travel like a free butterfly and Rahul Pandirkar background along with the sound by Jayesh Dhakkan and Jayant Vajpayee trying to tease the audience in anticipation of something scary on cards.

Making the sequel to ‘Phoonk’ feel like unnecessary and forgettable.

Continuing from where the prequel ended, ‘Phoonk2’ moves at a leisurely pace where the real spine chilling moments coming after the first half ( the killing of the tantrik manjha is bloody scary). But that’s a long wait for any horror enthusiast or any cinegoer for that matter.
Milind does gets his technicalities right as mentioned earlier and the actors manage to attract attention. Sudeep is effective, Amruta Khanvilkar is noteworthy, Ahsaas Channa is decent and Ashwini Kalsekar looks scary.

With suitable camera work and sound effects laden, the sequel to ‘Phoonk’ suffers from a eerie -deficient script and a surprising lack of genuine chills.
The movie scores 2 out of 5



The Story

Phoonk ends with the killing of Madhu (Ashwini Kalsekar), the woman who casts a black magic spell on Rajiv's (Sudeep) daughter Raksha (Ahsaas Channa). Phoonk2 begins with Madhu's ghost returning from the grave to seek revenge on the family.

Rajiv moves with his family to a new place. Raksha and her brother Rohan begin exploring the 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 (Zakhir Hussain), the only man whom Rajiv could turn to, meets a gruesome death at the hands of Madhu's ghost. Madhu seeks revenge on Rajiv by torturing his loved ones -- his wife Aarti (Amruta Khanvilkar) and their children, Raksha and Rohan -- in unimaginably cruel ways.



Promotion

Full marks to the marketing and the publicist tem for making the movie appear scary. The award thingie, the posters, in door out door publicity, media awareness by Perception Managers has been on target.



Business Analysis

With suitable camera work, aggressive promotion and sound effects laden, the sequel to ‘Phoonk’ suffers from an eerie -deficient script and a surprising lack of genuine chills hampering its prospects at the B,O considerably.



Other Credits

Executive Producer: Raiz Hyder. Background Music: Rahul Pandirkar. Cinematography: Charles Meher. Action: Parvez Khan. Editor: Vinod Choliparambil and Radhey Lalsa. Sound: Jayesh Dhakkan and Jayant Vajpayee. Media Relations: Perception Managers. Publicity Designs: Sachin Suresh Gurav. Reviewed at Fun Republic Preview Theatre on April 16, 2010. Running time: 120 minutes (apprx).

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