{"data":{"prismicArticle":{"uid":"priyadarshan-busts-bhool-bhulaiyaa-myth","tags":["Entertainment"],"first_publication_date":"2026-07-21T12:22:28+0000","last_publication_date":"2026-07-21T12:22:28+0000","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"Priyadarshan Busts 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' Myth"},"rating":null,"datetime":"2026-07-21T07:45:00+0000","img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad/ZrINZ0aF0TcGItux_priyadarshan.JPG?auto=format,compress&rect=0,0,2028,1000&w=2028&h=1000"},"embed":{"embed_url":null,"thumbnail_url":null,"author_url":null,"title":null},"content":{"raw":[{"text":"Ace filmmaker Priyadarshan once reflected on why 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' can not be called a horror comedy."},{"text":"In an exclusive interview with media during promotions of his film 'Bhoot Bangla' he was asked \"You all have been pioneers of horror comedy in India, and now, it has become a hit genre. So, how do you feel when you hear such comments?\""},{"text":"Reacting to this, Priyadarshan shared, \"We just started it. Then the people, I mean others, took over. We just started with 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa'."},{"text":"The filmmaker further pointed out that he considers 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' not to be a horror film, but a psychological thriller."},{"text":"Shedding further light on the genre, Priyadarshan went on to explain, \"So, but it's a very, very nice psychology, I'll tell you something. In a tense film, a little bit of small humour also works in a big way because they are a little tense in the theatre. So, a small sequence of humour will work. But in an out-and-out comedy, you have to really work hard on humour. The most difficult thing. This is something everybody has to accept. I have suffered a lot making comedy films on this. And when I watch my own films, which have become huge hits, when I see them again, I don't feel like laughing. Then finally I think, 'you know, it's gone.' But in the theatre, I see the response. Because ten times you can't see the same scene. But there are people watching it twenty times, thirty times. This is the most difficult thing.\""},{"text":"The 'Hera Pheri' maker further went on to admit that every time he tries humour and horror, he ends up getting a shiver."},{"text":"\"I mean, it's very, very difficult, I can say that\", Priyadarshan concluded."}]}}},"relatedArticles":{"edges":[{"node":{"uid":"a-new-chapter-begins-for-kaaka","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"A New Chapter Begins for ‘Kaaka’"},"img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad/oXbIOu4d5cme4rUP_kaka.JPG?auto=format%2Ccompress&rect=0%2C37%2C450%2C222&w=2028&h=1000"},"datetime":"2026-09-04T11:49:00+0000"}}},{"node":{"uid":"raaka-release-date-buzz-real-or-fake","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"‘Raaka’ Release Date Buzz: Real or 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