Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi’s musical horror movie “Rooh” has added Ideas Movies and Ideas Music to its manufacturing crew, with Kumar Taurani boarding the venture forward of a 2027 theatrical launch within the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu markets.
Mayank Sharma is directing from a script he co-wrote with Vishal Kapoor. Ideas Movies presents the movie, which is a Vicked Movies manufacturing. Taurani, Girissh Kumar, Vikram Khakhar and Sunny Khanna are producing, with Vikas Sahni as co-producer. The soundtrack shall be launched on Ideas Music.
“Rooh” mixes horror and romance and integrates its songs into the plot. Hashmi has helmed Hindi-language horror movies together with “Raaz: The Thriller Continues”, “Raaz 3: The Third Dimension” and “Ek Thi Daayan”, and the songs in his movies have typically outgrown the movies they originated from.
Earlier this yr, Hashmi performed a customs officer in “Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Internet”, Neeraj Pandey’s crime collection for Netflix, which premiered on January 14 in Hindi, with dubbed variations in Tamil, Telugu and English. The present topped Netflix’s world non-English TV rankings for the week of January 12-18.
The Ideas deal reunites the actor with Taurani. Taurani stated the affiliation had particular significance as a result of Ideas produced Hashmi’s first movie, “Footpath.”
“Through the years, we’ve got had many memorable successes in a number of movies and with ‘Rooh,’ we’re excited to recreate that magic as soon as once more,” Taurani stated. “I’m additionally excited to collaborate with Sunny Khanna and Vikram Khakhar on this venture and we look ahead to bringing again the riveting expertise of a theatrical movie to the viewers.”
Hashmi stated working with Taurani on the movie was serendipitous.
“Music has all the time been an integral a part of how audiences connect with my movies. With ‘Rooh’, we wish music that captures the soul of the movie, which is deeply romantic, haunting and rooted in emotion,” he stated.
Khakhar, of Vicked Movies Productions, described ‘Rooh’ as a really particular venture for his firm and referred to as the arrival of Ideas Movies and Ideas Music a serious milestone.
“We’re collectively excited to ship an immersive and memorable horror expertise to cinema audiences in 2027,” he stated.
Khanna stated he was excited to have Taurani and Kumar on board, saying their backgrounds in movie and music made the partnership significantly thrilling for a venture wherein music performs a central function.
“Via this partnership, we look ahead to introducing ‘Rooh’ to audiences within the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu markets,” Khanna stated.