Indian film fan rents cinema to prove movie not scary

SCARY MOVIE: Director Ram Verma's (pictured) new horror film is not that scary, according to a filmgoer who viewed it alone in a cinema. (AFP)

An Indian filmgoer rented out an entire cinema to disprove a director's claim that his latest horror movie is so scary no one can watch it alone, a newspaper said Tuesday.

Pavin Ponanna, 30, booked all 227 seats at a Bangalore multiplex for an evening screening of "Phoonk," the Pioneer daily reported.

He asked cinema staff to have a doctor on call, but emerged declaring: "I never felt scared, not even for a moment. I took just ten minutes to settle down."

Bollywood producer-director Ram Gopal Verma had challenged any fan to watch "Phoonk" - the story of a happy family suddenly beset by the evil forces of black magic - on their own.

Ponanna, an advertising professional, visited a temple to prepare for the experience, the Pioneer said, adding that the tickets had cost him 47,000 rupees (1,000 dollars).

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Phoonk: Ad
Posted by Sheen Johnson, Manama, Bahrain on Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 16:38 UAE time


Was it some kind of a novel way of advertising the movie?

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