Vaastu Shastra (film)

Vaastu Shastra
Movie poster
Directed bySaurab Usha Narang
Written byCharu Du Acharya
Produced byRam Gopal Varma
StarringSushmita Sen
Peeya Rai Chowdhary
J. D. Chakravarthy
CinematographySachin K. Krishn
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music byAmar Mohile
Distributed byK Sera Sera
Release date
  • 22 October 2004 (2004-10-22)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget5 crore[2]
Box office10 crore[2]

Vaastu Shastra (lit.'Science of architecture') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language horror film produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Saurab Usha Narang, starring Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Sushmita Sen, and J. D. Chakravarthy. It is loosely based on the 1980 film The Shining by Stanley Kubrick,[3] as well as inspired by the South East Asian films Ju-On: The Grudge and Acacia.[4][5]

The film was released on 22nd October 2004, and was declared a below average performer at the box office, grossing 10 crore worldwide against a 5 crore budget.[2][6] The film was dubbed into Telugu as Marri Chettu.[7]

  1. ^ "Vaastu Shastra". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ a b c "Vaastu Shastra - Movie". Box Office India.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "These aatmas are inspired!". Rediff.com. Sushmita Sen's Vaastushastra, which took bits and pieces from every conceivable South East Asian horror flick like Ju-on: The Grudge and Acacia.
  5. ^ "Zinda: Dutt shines in a very dark film". Rediff.com. Retrieved 12 January 2006. The Eye and Dark Water became Naina; Acacia; Ju-On: The Grudge became Vaastu Shastra.
  6. ^ "JD Chakravarthy calls RGV a master of horror films". 3 October 2012.
  7. ^ Article Title[usurped]