bhool bhulaiyaa 3: Now only a few hours are left for the release of this year's much awaited film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. As we clash with Singham again, we spoke with director Anees Bazmee's Urmila Kori on what's special this time in the popular franchise and the challenges associated with the shooting. Here are the highlights of the conversation

With release comes a huge responsibility

I am very excited about the release of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 because the response from people is very good. This film is very important for me also because it is coming after Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. It is a franchise film. There is a huge responsibility involved. This is a much bigger film than the previous film. I have worked very hard in this also. When only a few hours are left for the film's release, I would like to see the way the film is being liked by us. The audience also liked him.

Franchise 4 is also planned

The previous Bhool Bhulaiyaa was the biggest blockbuster of 2022. Only after its release, the producer of our film Bhushan Kumar had decided that we will make Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and also make four. Bhushan Kumar was also very confident about Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. That was the era when people were not going to theaters to watch films. Many people had said that you should release the film on OTT and earn profit, but Bhushan Kumar ji had decided that he will release this film in theaters only. He was confident that the audience would love this film a lot and it happened.

Visited 12 to 13 cities for the palace

It is not like this because I had to make Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. I have worked very hard in this film. If you notice, I have not made any film after Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. My entire focus was on this film. At first I had written 5 to 6 concepts. After a lot of discussion, a final was reached, then I wrote the story together with my team. Wrote many stories and then canceled them. Then the story was written. After writing, we worked very hard on where the film would be shot. There was a mansion in the previous film, but we needed a palace for this film. I would like to tell that we have visited at least 12 to 13 cities for our work. After that we found Orchha Palace of Madhya Pradesh. Our part of the palace was shot there. Apart from this, shooting has taken place in Kolkata. Shooting has also taken place at Howrah Bridge along with the Ghats of Kolkata. Apart from this, some sets were also made for the shooting of the film.

Aami Je Tomar song was shot in five days

The face off song of Madhuri Dixit ji and Vidya Balan is being talked about. There was a very friendly atmosphere during her shooting. A great atmosphere was created on the set on the very first day. Vidya ji loves Madhuri Dixit ji very much. If you get so much love and affection from the person in front of you then you too cannot remain separated. Both of them kept talking to each other a lot. Full 5 days were spent in the shooting of the Face Off song. I would like to say that the shooting of the entire film was different and that shooting of 5 days was different. Both of them danced very beautifully. Many times I would forget to say cut while sitting at the monitor. We had also installed a huge set for that song. Chinni Prakash is the choreographer of this song. When I told him about this song, he became tense. Seeing his tension, I understood that he was going to do something very special and that is what happened. After all, if Chinni Prakash, who has choreographed thousands of songs till now, is in tension then he is planning to do something amazing.

Only five or six people knew the climax

There is talk about the two climaxes of Bhool Bhulaiyaa. On that, I would say that when the story was written, it was already decided what the climax would be, but we did not allow any actor to read the last twenty pages. We even asked him how the picture looks. He says it looks amazing. He told them that we have to do more wonders in the future. Working on this. But I always knew what the climax would be… The climax was shot with a very small unit. Different shots were taken of different actors. Only four-five people knew the real climax. I wanted people to know the secret only when they see the film on the first day. Not before that.

advantage of horror comedy

As far as conflict with Singham Again is concerned, Diwali is a big festival. I have many friends in that film. I want both the films to do well. Talking about our film, right now the trend is of horror comedy genre, so I am happy that our film is being released at the right time.