Dipa: I had first seen this film when I was just four years old and it used to scare the crap out me but today, the same effect can be achieved from a spider running across the arm of a sofa (which actually happened while we were watching this film). Watching it again after many years, I find that it’s more funny than scary although it retained some moments of horror towards the end. In places it seemed that there were too many subplots that didn’t essentially connect to the main storyline. However, it was a joy to watch it again and it brought back childhood memories and nightmares!
Ian: I’ve always thought of Bollywood as the McDonalds of the movie world, not just because they’re films are produced really quickly but also because of the songs. The songs are like fries, and, as everyone knows, fries go with everything. When Purana Mandir focused on being a horror film it didn’t do a bad job, but it also wants to be a martial arts flick (with India’s answer to Bruce Lee, or at least he thinks he’s India’s answer to Bruce Lee), a comedy and a love story. It over eggs the pudding a bit but at least the songs gave us time to put the pizzas in the oven. And the spider was by far the scariest thing that happened while we were watching this!
