Phoonk
Seen it?2008 | 179 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With mixed reviews and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and horror fans. If you loved Fear Street: 1994 or Midsommar, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 59 min.
- It's in Hindi, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A realtor fires one of his co-workers and out of spite, the co-worker and his wife does black magic on his daughter. Being an atheist, he shuns his mother and wife's theories on the supernatural and relies on a doctor for his daughter's treatment.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$3 million worldwide on a $750K budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 54K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
- Kichcha SudeepaRajiv
- Amruta KhanvilkarArati
- Ahsaas ChannaRaksha (as Ehsaan)
- Ashwini KalsekarMadhu
- Shrey BawaRohan
- K.K. RainaDr. Pandey
- Ganesh YadavVinay Dev
- Jyoti SubhashAmma
- Bharat KaulMandar
- Zakir HussainMurtaza Kapasi