Just about a fortnight ago we had brought you an insight into the horror films' feast that Bollywood had dished up for the innumerable followers of the genre. We had spoken about films lined up for release one after another like CLICK, ROKKK, HIDE AND SEEK, SHAAPIT and PHOONK 2.

As of now, Sangeeth Sivan's Shreyas Talpade and Sadaa starrer CLICK and Rajesh Ranshinge's Tanushree Dutta and Udita Goswami starrer, ROKKK, have failed to appeal to the audience and have more or less ended their run at the ticket window. HIDE AND SEEK, the latest release, has turned out to be more of a thriller rather than a horror.

So, now all eyes are on Vikram Bhatt's SHAAPIT and the Ram Gopal Varma project, PHOONK 2. SHAAPIT, the last in the Vikram Bhatt trilogy (that started with RAAZ and continued with 1920), that boasts of some amazing SFX, is all set to release on 19th March. This release date may prove detrimental because of the lean period of Board Exams and IPL matches going on in full flow and also due to the competition from the much awaited and lavishly mounted LAHORE and the shoestring budget and well hyped, LOVE SEX AUR DHOKHA.

Well, it now appears that it is up to the master himself, Ram Gopal Varma, to give horror its due success through PHOONK 2 for a number of reasons. First of all PHOONK 2 has everything going for it, right from its apt release on 16th April, when the exams and most of the IPL matches will be over and summer holidays would have started in quite a few parts in India. Moreover, its curiosity factor is at its peak, especially after its spine chilling trailers and superb promotion, in the print as well as the electronic media alike. Last and not the least, it is a sequel to the highly successful PHOONK, which horror buffs swear by.

So, let's wait and watch which film the audience will patronize. Our bet is naturally on PHOONK 2!

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After horror film 'Click', director Sangeeth Sivan has two projects in hand and Bobby Deol will be playing the lead roles in both.

'I am going to start my next projects. I am making two films. My next film 'Cheers' is a drama where you will see Dharam-ji (Dharmendra) and Bobby Deol together,' Sivan told IANS.

'It's a father and son story. The story is about a road trip...a journey where a father and son re-discover each other. It's a story very close to my heart,' he added.

The other film the director is working on is a comedy, coming long after 'Kya Kool Hain Hum' (2005) and 'Apna Sapna Money Money' (2006).

'See everyone who comes to me, comes for a comedy film. I was resisting the temptation. I wanted to tell the people 'see what else I can do'. Now a point has come where you can choose...you have done action, horror, comedy and a romantic comedy. Now it's quite exciting for me to make people laugh again. I am also doing a full-time comedy film 'Jab Jab Fools Mile' with Sanjay Dutt, Bobby Deol and one more actor (yet to be confirmed),' said Sivan.

Bobby played the lead role in his last film 'Ek: The Power of One' too.

So what made him choose Bobby for both his films?

'Bobby is there in both the films because he actually fits into the parts,' said Sivan.

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Shreyas Talpade was in for a neck breaking experience.Well, almost. While canning Sangeeth Sivan's spine chilling 'Click', ST had to perform a stunt on the chilliest winter day of the month, worsened further by incessant downpour!

The shot to be canned required Talpade to fall backward off the third floor iron railing of a building. The harness and other precautions were in place; the assistant director though, got the timing wrong. And the actor practically escaped having his neck snapped as he fell upside down! The AD, thankfully, had the presence of mind to pull the harness in time and Talpade was left suspended inches above the ground!

"It was truly a scary experience and I did feel that there was a paranormal connection to it, since it was a film like this one," admits Talpade in a tabloid chat.

What's commendable, though, is that ST gathered his courage and performed the stunt himself, all over again, even as Sivan and crew members bit their knuckles to the bone. Bravo, Talpade!!

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