With A FLAT, Bollywood Gets Ghostly, Japan Style.

Bollywood and horror have never really had a comfy relationship.  There is something about spontaneous song and dance that tends to take the wind out of any tension building in a horror movie.  Nevertheless, you can't fault them for trying again. 

This time, they are taking the Japanese approach.  A man trapped in an apartment with a ghost who has long black hair.  I can't begin to name all the movies this maybe be riffing on, there must be dozens.  Here's the synopsis:

Someone else's past can change the course of your life.......

A spate of unexpected events jolted Rahul as soon as he landed from U.S. to pacify his lost love Preeti. First, the mysterious death of his dad when he visited the flat.... Followed by the baffling disappearance of Preeti... And now suddenly Rahul finds himself trapped in his own flat.... Completely cut off from the world... The only companion he has is a ghost... A ghost that will not let go of him...

The flat becomes Rahul's soul searching journey... Is it a trap or is it a figment of his imagination? Soon he realizes that he was not fair with his own soul-mate Preeti...

The fact that someone else's past can actually change the course of your life gives him the shudders....

He must find the solution if he has to come out of this quagmire ...

Or the ghost will not spare him...

Who knows if this will work.  The trailer looks pretty generic, although it is new to the Indian audience for the most part.  The movie stars Jimmy Shergill, who has a pretty good reputation, but he is the biggest name in there, and that does not inspire confidence in me.  Oh well, I'll try anything once. 

Bollywood Hungama posted the first trailer, and we're borrowing it.  Find the trailer below.