Ram Gopal Varma’s most challenging contest for PHOONK2 opens today

Ram Gopal Varma’s Phoonk 2 special contest for PHOONK2 challenging one and all to watch the film launches on the official website www.phoonk2.in,  today 10th March 2010 for the viewers.

A sequel to the blockbuster hit film ‘Phoonk’.Writer Milind Gadagkar’s directorial debut film PHOONK 2 is ready and slated for release on 9th of April, 2010. Shooting and post production of the film is complete. The film is presented by Ram Gopal Varma, produced by Prashant Burra and P. Chandrashekhar and Co-Produced by Riaz Hyder. Phoonk 2 is a horror film and one of the scariest films ever to be made in Bollywood.

The film stars Sudeep, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Ahsaas Channa, Neeru Bajwa, Amit sadh and Rishabh Jain apart from others. The film is directed and written by Milind Gadagkar. Cinematography is by Charles Meher while the editing is done by Veenu Choliparambil and Radhey Lalsa. Background Score is by Rahul Pandirkar and Sound Design is by Jayesh Dhakan and Jayant Vajpayee. Line Producer is Ejaaz Khan and Publicity Designer is Sachin Suresh Gurav. Media consultants- Perception Managers

The PHOONK 2 Scare Contest

* Before the release of “PHOONK” we had challenged that if any viewer could dare to see the film sitting all alone in a theatre and not run out scared he will get a Cash Prize of Rs.5 Lakhs.

* The contestant who took the challenge didn’t even last for 30mins and ran out of the theatre.

* After the release, some people alleged that the contest was rigged and that they never felt fear while watching the film. So now without going into a pointless argument on the same, we the Phoonk 2 team have decided to open ourselves to a scientific evaluation of that claim.

* For “PHOONK 2″ we are going to implement our Contest in a very scientific way as never ever done before in the history of Cinema anywhere across the World. The viewer who will claim that he is not going to get scared will be fitted with a ECG machine while he is watching Phoonk 2 which will monitor his Heartbeat and Pulse rate and this will be shown live on a screen outside the theatre to both the Media and all concerned.

* A normal person according to professionals has a certain average heartbeat and when subjected to any kind of an intense emotion the beats will considerably go up. So if the challenger claims that he had no fear while watching Phoonk 2 the monitor will tell whether he is lying or not and on the other hand if he can control his fear and thereby his heartbeat and not let it cross his normal heartbeat then he will get to win the cash prize.

* The PHOONK 2 Team DARES any viewer to take this Challenge and watch PHOONK 2.

* We intend to launch the contest on 10th March on our official website www.phoonk2.in. This contest is Restricted to only healthy people with no history of Cardiac disease and also only to people who are between 18 and 60 years of age.

* The contest will be open for people across INDIA and based on a computerized random draw people will be shortlisted, who then further will have to give a medical indemnification for further selection by our team and a medical professional who will eventually single out the final Challenger to be subjected to the test. The Challengers normal heartbeat will be recorded before and while the screening is happening. We will also make sure that the contestant is actually watching the film without closing his eyes by shooting him Live through a night vision camera and showing his facial ex-pressions to the media and all concerned on a screen outside the theatre. If at all he wins this challenge he will be awarded the Prize money right at the Venue in front of everybody.

PS: For any unforeseen situations an Ambulance will be on standby at the Theatre to monitor the contestants.