Its weekend again . When we talk about weekends, many of us wishes to go for a movie with their friends or family or even a movie date with a special someone. But do you know there are many interesting behind the scene facts related to bollywood movies that we hardly knew. Today lets go through some interesting trivia of a bollywood horror movie that released in 2018 –and the movie is “Stree”.
Stree was a bollywood comedy horror movie starring Rajkumar Rao ,Shraddha Kapoor alongside Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana and Abhishek Banerjee and it was directed by debutant Amar Kaushik and produced by Dinesh Vijan and Raj & D.K. The plot of the movie was based on the urban legend Nale Ba (“Come tomorrow”) of Karnataka which was modified as O Stree Kal Aana (“Oh woman come tomorrow”) in the film.
Naale Baa was an urban legend that went viral during the 1990s in Karnataka. According to the myth, a witch roams the streets in the night and knocks the door. Apparently the witch calls out a person outside a house in the voice of the person’s family members ,inorder to deceive the person to open the door. As soon as the person opens he/she dies.” So the residents came up with a smart idea of writing “Naale Baa” outside the doors and the walls of their house. So when the witch arrives and reads it then it goes back just to come again the next day and likewise the cycle repeats.
In some other variations of the myth, the spirit is believed to be a bridal ghost who roams around the town in search of her husband, She is known to take away the man of the house who is often the sole earning member of the family, therefore, bringing bad luck to the entire household.
Now lets go through some of the trivias of this film-
- According to Imdb, Rajkummar Rao was the one who suggested the title ‘Stree’. When the story was being narrated to him by Raj & DK the title was ‘O Stree Kal Aana.’ Rajkummar came up with the title as it was the first word that came to his mind.
- Upon demand for the role , Rajkumar Rao learned tailoring. And as a part preparation for the role , a tailor would come regularly for 20 days to train him and Rajkummar was provided with a sewing machine.
- According to producer Dinesh Vijan, the location in Bhopal was chosen because of the mysterious stories associated with the place. The production team was informed by the locals about unexplained events that had taken place in the area and were also guided with the safety precautions to be followed. Following their advice, a set of guidelines to be followed by everyone were created and placed in all the rooms inside the fort.
- You might have noticed Shraddha Kapoor’s character has no name in the film.
- During a night shoot at Chanderi – a town in Madhya Pradesh , the locals warned the team about not shooting at an abandoned street. But due to the tight schedule, the team went ahead, but faced several issues. During the shooting all throughout the night, there were a lot of unidentified technical glitches from the focus puller not being able to focus, to lights going off repeatedly to bulbs shattering. But once it was dawn ,the shoot became very smooth. “A day prior to our shoot, a few locals came to me and told that the street we had picked up for the shoot was haunted and no one goes there,” director Amar Kaushik said in a statement to IANS.
- Remember the crystal pendant that shraddha was wearing in the movie. According to reports ,the crystal pendant was not a part of her look in the movie but it was actually given to her by the locals during the shooting of the movie. During the shoot of the film, Shraddha was going through a lot of sleepless nights and disturbing dreams. As she informed her team about it, she was suggested to keep a blessed object with her at all times. But when the locals heard of this, they bought a chanted crystal pendant and gave it to Shraddha Kapoor to help her with a peaceful stay. Later the director of the film found it going with her look and he let her wear during the film.
- During the movie promotions, Rajkumar Rao shared about a creepy experience and also posted about the particular image of the scene on his social media handle. He narrated about shooting a scene around 3 -3:30 am at night when Raj, one of the producer of the film clicked a photo of the shooting spot and in that picture later the team saw someone peeping from above which had no face .
Watch the real scary image below and spot the ghost-
#Stree Night shoot. Saw something peeping out of the window. Do you see it too? It’s right in the center of the picture. #UntouchedPicture 💀 @ShraddhaKapoor @MaddockFilms @amarkaushik @rajndk #Dinoo pic.twitter.com/iljWeM2JcF
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) January 27, 2018
https://youtu.be/rB2GGRiHLxA
