The old mansion, a tragic death, an incomplete love story, terrible voices, and extraordinary events … seems like a complete package for an ideal horror film. In India, the horror-comedy style with the touch of Indian folk stories, has recently been angry.
It is probably like films Bhoothnath return (2014), Nagrao (2014), Paradise (2018), Tambabad (2018), Woman (2018), Penetration (2022), Munjya (2024), and Stri 2 (2024), earned itself to a dedicated audience so effectively.
Folklore motivated to make Woman
In many ways, this style was reborn with release Woman In 2018.
The film deepens in one of the oldest folk songs in India, which originated in Karnataka in the 1990s. Woman Nele Baa finds his roots at the legend, a maleist witch who used to hunt men by imitating the voices of his loved ones. Once the wandering feeling lured them to open their doors, she would kill them within 24 hours, leaving only their clothes behind.
In a special conversation with NDTVDirector Amar Kaushik shared that he had to go for such an untold and unheard story for his debut director.
He says, “My mother used to tell me a lot of these stories while growing up. Therefore, my inclination was always towards something that comes from our culture, or something you have heard. Will have to start, and then your story is made around it.
Emergence of horror-comedy styles contained in Indian folklore
But the subjects of folklore established themselves as a hit formula in films long ago. Woman Franchise-Penetration, Munjya And BulbulThere were some names, other iconic films that were already given to the concept.
Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra In 1913, Mehmood’s 1965 comedy-musical Ghost Bungalow, Fog (1964), and Palace (1949), all are the best examples of horror-comedy style.
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Then what is it that after so many years, people once again found themselves ready for such a story?
Was it an idea to step into a world that he has not experienced, was it a 70-mm cinematic extravaganza, or is it just a revival of our culturally rich Odissi that attracts the viewer’s attention?
Amar Kaushik says, “I don’t think it is just a big dramatic experience that is necessary to bring the audience to this style. I think this trick is to give people what they have not seen before, and they have not seen them before. Give you what you promised, this comedy, thriller or suspense. “
Aditya Sarptdar, director of 2024 hits MunjyaShares his attitude on the same.
He says, “I think cinema has always been a form of storytelling that has the best impact on the audience because you tell stories with a view -visual. “
He further highlights the acceptance of stories of folklore in theaters.
He says, “In theaters, it has a jump. It has a collective laughter, and it becomes the best form of a style. It gives you a package in theater with folklore. It is very interesting to see that local folklore. The statements of all have been accepted very well, because it connects us with each other’s culture. “
Does Munji really exist?
Munjya One of the most unexpected hits of 2024 was in which Sharavari Wagh, Abhay Verma and Mona Singh played the lead roles.
It was born from a folklore from Maharashtra and Konkan coast. It told the story of male souls who died after them Mundan Celebrations, without getting married.
Director, Aditya Sarpotdar, remember his childhood and how this special folklore found him his way.
He shares, “I have been brought to Pune, but my roots are in the Konkan region. Every holiday, we used to go back to our hometown, and growing as a child, I have heard Munjya’s stories in myself .
He says, “I have heard about Munjya from a very young age. And I have always been intelligent about what can happen about him. When I was making my films, it always it always Was behind, I wanted to find it in my own way.
Real vs reel
It is also a question that the story of a folk song is separated from becoming unrealistic.
When there was a major dismissal of the existence of warewalls Penetration The film was released, ensuring a sharp division between two types of audiences.
Young viewers who have grown up, like watching shows Vampire Diaries (2009) And this Twilight (2008-2012) The series, and believe in the existence of vampires and warewalls. In contrast, the older generation of the older generation failed to join such mythological institutions.
Addressing the same, Amar Kaushik commented, “I think there is a question of a personal relationship here. Teenagers will love the idea of ​​vampires and warewalls, and all other mythological creatures that you throw into the mixture. It cannot be argued. Woman Was about a soul; Now, everyone believes in a ghost, from the age of 10 to 80 years old. But when it comes like something PenetrationThis is where the question of the target audience resides. ,
Sarpotdar shared his thoughts on the same joints, “folklore always comes from the place of relativity. These stories have always been asked to provide moral lessons. Therefore, no matter how unreal, the audience will connect Because it connects them with humans.
Speaking about MunjyaHe revealed, “This demon or demon was not about the way we are living in the real world like us. It represents the demon. Therefore, I think the audience gets its relationship with a film Like this. “
Upcoming sequel in horror-comedy poetry
Madock Films recently announced the returning sequel in her horror-comedy poetry, such as Bhedia 2, Stri 3And Maha Munjya.
One of the new additions is HoldingWhich is also the next of Aditya Sarpotdar, in which Ayushman Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna have played the lead roles. A vampire plays in Ayushmann Holding,
Keeping in mind the backlash Penetration The authenticity of warewols was obtained, the same people are true to those who accept Ayushman as a vampire.
Aditya Sarpotdar says, “I feel as a vampire with Ayushmann and Holding As a film, which is a supernatural romantic horror comedy, the audience knows a lot. We only believe that people are not aware of warewalls. Vampires seem very European, but when we look at the Indian narratives of the Vedas, they were Indian versions of vampires. ,
Veda, our Hindu scripture, did not directly mention the modern word “vampire”, although the mythological creatures like Demons And PischusThere were equal existence habits, such as vampires- such as hunting on human life, and walking at night.
He concluded, “I am very excited to see how people are going to accept it, which still seems very different, and connects them with our culture and our history.”
There is a pack schedule with Amar Kaushik Stri 3 And Bhedia 2 Is coming Fan-Fawarite films like Woman, MunjyaAnd Penetration The fans are for the sequel, keeping the conspiracy alive.
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