Launched the trailer of the film ‘Bhoot-Part One: The Haunted Ship’ in Mumbai. Apart from the film’s lead actor Vicky Kaushal, the film’s producers Karan Johar, Shashank Khaitan, Apoorva Mehta, and the film’s director Bhanu Pratap Singh were present on this special occasion. On this occasion, Karan Johar, in response to a question, said that he is not scared of real ghosts at all, because he knows how many living ghosts face daily in Bollywood.
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Karan says, ‘The genre of horror films is the most popular worldwide. This genre is rarely made in our country, but many horror films have been made in Bollywood since the beginning. Our film Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship is actually a very scary film. In this film, we have not kept songs, just a montage.
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Says Vicky, ‘Karan Johar saw the trailer of our film the most, but he gave a fearful reaction before the ghost came on the screen. I used to tell Karan that you are not the right audience for this film, because if your response is like this then the director will feel that he has made a very good film. By the way, I and Karan are very scared of horror films. ‘
Karan was asked that in real life, have you ever encountered ghosts, are you afraid of ghosts? In response, Karan says, ‘Our film industry has a lot of moving ghosts, we have become strong after seeing them, so we have become accustomed to ghosts and we are not afraid of real ghosts.’
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Usually, Bollywood stars do not show interest in doing a horror film, Vicky Kaushal explains the reason for the choice of this film and said, ‘I was very scared to read the story of this film and I thought if such a good and scary story comes on screen It would be great if I think, I worked in the film. Before reading the story, I definitely thought that it would not be safe to do a horror film, but as soon as I read the story of this film, the doubts about the success of the film were over. I say yes to a film thinking from the viewer’s perspective, I believe that every film has a different destination. ‘
Karan expressed his happiness of receiving the Padma award on this occasion and said, ‘When I came to know about the Padma Shri Award, at that time I went for the Reiki of the film Takht. It was in a jungle where the network was found very difficult when I heard the news of the announcement of Padma Samman, I cried with joy. Called mother (Hiro Johar) and she too started crying in joy as soon as she heard this news. I talked with my mother for a while crying on the phone. This news was very emotional for both of us. I congratulate all my colleagues who have received the Padma Shri.
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The title of the film ‘Bhoot’ was reserved by director Ram Gopal Varma, but Ramu gave the title to Karan very easily. Karan explains, ‘This title was very important for the film’s story. We were wondering whether we would get the title of the film from Ramu or not. After much deliberation, debate and interaction with the team, I thought, once I call Ramu, at most he will refuse to give me the title.
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‘When I called Ramu, in just 2 seconds, I gave a positive answer and said that you take the title of Bhoot, whatever paperwork will be done, I will do it, anyway I am not making any other film in this title. Usually, nobody gives the title of his film so easily in Bollywood, I have been working here for 25 years. I have often called many people for the title of the film, I have never received any. ‘
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Karan also stated clearly that he will continue to make parts of the films of this Bhoot series one after the other. Karan told, ‘I will keep making the sequel of this film now. Bhoot 2, Bhoot 3 and Bhoot 10 also, by then my children will start going to college, I will continue to make further parts of Bhoot. Now it is not necessary that I direct this series.
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Bhoomi Pednekar, Ashutosh Rana and Siddhanth Kapoor play important roles in Vicky Kaushal’s film Bhoot-Part One: The Haunted Ship, produced by Karan Johar. The film will be released in cinemas across the country on 21 February. The film is directed by Bhanu Pratap Singh. The producers of the film are Dharma Productions, Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar, Shashank Khaitan, and Apoorva Mehta.