Boo (2023 film)
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| Directed by | A. L. Vijay |
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| Cinematography | Sandeep K. Vijay |
| Edited by | Anthony |
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| Distributed by | JioCinema |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | India |
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Boo is a 2023 Indian horror thriller film written and directed by A. L. Vijay. The film, a Tamil-Telugu bilingual, it stars Rakul Preet Singh, Vishwak Sen, Reba Monica John, Nivetha Pethuraj, Manjima Mohan and Megha Akash in the lead roles.[1] It premiered on JioCinema on 27 May 2023.[2]
Plot
[edit]The story revolves around Kaira and her friends Ritika "Ritu", Aruna, and Kavya, who discover a mysterious book called Halloween Stories during their Halloween party at Kiara's house. The book includes a warning to read all the chapters without stopping, and they embark on a journey into its ghostly tales. As they delve deeper, they find themselves encountering the characters from the stories in real life. The movie explores the secrets of the book and the friends' experiences in this extraordinary situation. The stories which read further:
- Chapter-1
- Hiccups
A journalist called Vasanthi, who is looking for her new single portion for rent. After a failed deal with the broker at midnight, she finds out a portion and joins immediately. Before entering into the portion, the landlady asks a weird question: Does she get hiccups? Vasanthi casually says no, later sometime she weirdly starts getting hiccups, which eventually turns into paranormal activities around her, leading her to death in front of the landlady she puts again to-let board to the house.
- Chapter-2
- Soul Trapper
A girl called Malavika just had a successful traditional date. While coming home, she accidentally kills an old man, and his grandson, terrified she rushes her home. Then she finds out their souls are following her, and finally, they get her soul trapped in the home.
- Chapter-3
- Uninvited Guest
Janaki "Jano" is overjoyed because her love proposal was accepted by her friend. Then, suddenly, she felt the presence of paranormal activities around her. A video came to her phone that a woman asked for help to save her along with her boyfriend, who was in a haunted house. She tries to share the message with her boyfriend, but she realizes that she is watching by someone through her phone. Then suddenly, a mysterious ghost kills her.
- Chapter-4
- Athma
Akash, a paranormal scintist and his girlfriend Meera, visited a haunted bungalow, where he tells the story of the bungalow. In 1961, a Zamindar appoints 4 Bodyguards to his daughter, who was very beautiful in the town, but one day, when the Zamindar out of town the Bodyguards who brutally raped and kills her when they are about to manage it like a suicide they were caught by the Zamindar. Then, the Zamindar severe their heads and left the town. From that day onwards, there is a belief going on that the girl and the Bodyguard 's ghosts are roaming around the bungalow. Akash, who is excited to prove the ghosts are their in the bungalow, Meera, who doesn't believe in the ghosts, accepts to come along with him to prove their are no ghosts. After entering into the Bungalow, they feel strange incidents, and finally, the ghosts of the Bodyguard appear and kill Meera in front of Akash.
Some days later, the depressed Akash, with the force of his mother, talks with Vasanthi and Malavika in a traditional date for an arranged marriage. Then, it is revealed that Meera's ghost, who is always around him, became possessive and killed those girls. Later, when Akash accepted the proposal of Jano, Meera kills Jano, too.
- present
Then the book reveals in the ending part that one of those 4 girls who is a bride for Akash, which is going to be killed by her. Then all feels tense, but Kaira suddenly reveals that it is a prank video and announces the party has ended.
The next morning, Kaira realized that her friends had been killed in an accident before coming to her house. Actually, she was with their ghosts through the whole night, which makes her stunned. Some days later, Kaira gets a match through her parents their she recognized Akash as the groom tells his profession. The film ends with surprised Akash, how do you know?[citation needed]
Cast
[edit]- Rakul Preet Singh as Kaira
- Vishwak Sen as Akash
- Reba Monica John as Meera, Akash's girlfriend
- Nivetha Pethuraj as Vaanathi/Vasanthi (Telugu version)
- Manjima Mohan as Janaki "Jano"
- Megha Akash as Malavika
- Vidyullekha Raman as Ritika "Ritu", Kaira's friend
- Prudhvi Raj as a cop, later Kaira's man servant
- Ayra as Aruna, Kaira's friend
- Gurpreet as Kavya, Kaira's friend
- Preetham as House owner, later Kaira's maid
Production
[edit]The production on the film developed under the title of October 31st Ladies Night in 2021.[3][4][5] In 2023, it was acquired by Jio Studios and was retitled Boo. The tagline of the film is "The next time you get a hiccup, don’t look for water, look around, it could be a ghost."[6] The film was produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Ramanjaneyulu Javvaji, and M. Raja Shekhar Reddy under the banners of Sarvanth Ram Creations and Shri Shirdi Sai Movies, while it was co-produced by Anil Jain and Rakesh Jain.[citation needed] The cinematography was done by Sandeep K. Vijay, and Anthony handled the editing.[7] It has action sequences choreographed by Stunt Silva. The film was shot during the second wave of COVID-19.[8][9]
Music
[edit]| Boo | ||||
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| Released | 2023 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
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| Label | Junglee Music | |||
| Producer | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |||
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| Halloween from "Boo" - Tamil Song on YouTube | ||||
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| Halloween from "Boo" - Telugu Song on YouTube | ||||
The film's music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar,[10] while the background score was by Madhu R. This film is the eleventh collaboration between the music composer G. V. Prakash Kumar and the filmmaker A. L. Vijay.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Halloween" | Madhan Karky | Shireen Shahana | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 3:20 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Halloween" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Harika Narayan | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 3:20 | |||
Release
[edit]The film was released on JioCinema on 27 May 2023, with free streaming and a dubbed version in Hindi.[11][12]
Reception
[edit]Navein Darshan of Cinema Express gave it 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Though the film has a couple of capable performers, the film refuses to rise above mediocrity thanks to its lackadaisical writing and amateur execution."[13]
Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India gave it 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "If you’re looking for a good scare, it is not the film for you. But if you’re in the mood for a spooky movie to watch with friends, go for it."[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rakul Preet Singh's 'Boo' gets a release date". The Hindu. 24 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Rakul Preet Singh horror thriller 'BOO' gets OTT release". Beauty Pageants. The Times Group. 31 May 2023. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Director Vijay's next titled October 31st Ladies Night". Cinema Express. 4 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Will Rakul's bilingual OTT debut spring a surprise?". OTTPlay. 29 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Rakul Preet Singh to topline AL Vijay's OTT film 'October 31st Ladies Night'". The New Indian Express. 3 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ The SportsGrail (24 May 2023). "Rakul Preet Singh 2023 Telugu movie Boo OTT release date, platform, star cast, plot story, trailer". The SportsGrail. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Rakul Preet Singh-led Boo gets release date". Cinema Express. 23 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Director Vijay's horror thriller 'Boo' to premiere directly on OTT". The Times of India. 26 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Boo OTT release: నేరుగా ఓటీటీలోకి విశ్వక్సేన్, రకుల్ మూవీ.. ఫ్రీగా చూడొచ్చు". EENADU (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Halloween (From "Boo") (Tamil) - - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn". JioSaavn. 26 May 2023. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Boo OTT release date: When and where to watch Rakul Preet, Vishwak Sen's film". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "ఓటీటీలో బూ.. స్ట్రీమింగ్ ఎక్కడంటే?". Sakshi (in Telugu). 27 May 2023. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Boo Movie Review: When the script is more dead than the ghosts". Cinema Express. 28 May 2023. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "BOO REVIEW : SPOOKY BUT NOT SCARY". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
