Shah Rukh Khan Challenges You To “SPOOKSRK” more than ‘BETAAL’
In a tweet today, Shah Rukh Khan threw an interesting challenge to his followers and fans. He wrote: Since we’ve all got a bit of our time on our hands in quarantine, thought I can get us all to work a bit… in a fun, creative and.. spooky way!. His challenge #SpookSRK.
The challenge begins with a question: Who doesn’t enjoy a good horror film or series? I know that I do!!!
His challenge is how about we channel the inner film making ghost in us to make a scary indoor film with an element of horror in it.
Since we’ve all got a bit of time on our hands in quarantine, thought I can get us all to work a bit… in a fun, creative and… spooky way! #SpookSRK
Read on for more details. pic.twitter.com/MNh8Osq3ND— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 9, 2020
The rules are simple SRK says:
- Any camera that you can shoot with
- A prop readily available at home that can be used spookily
- And, ( You can choose to make it with multiple people as well, as long as the rules of social distancing are followed)
So if you come up with something creative, horror like indoor film and think it will spook SRK then mail it to teamdigital@redchillies.com before 18 th of May. The entries will be judged by Patrick Graham, Viineet Kumar, Aahana Kumra and Gaurav Verma.
The selected three winners will be getting a video call with the Super Star Shah Rukh Khan and the four awesome cast of Betaal.
Now, this is a good pre release campaign for SRK’s Betaal second webseries from Red Chillies. And, surely it will catch some attention and involvement from his followers and fans. It will also give him a sense to compare are there any content that is more spookier than Betaal?
So, check out the trailer of Betaal and see if you can beat them in their own game.
How far would you go to battle the demons within? Our second web series, #Betaal, a horror-thriller, releases May 24, @NetflixIndia. @ItsViineetKumar @AahanaKumra #PatrickGraham @iamnm @RedChilliesEnt @gaurikhan @_GauravVerma @blumhouse #SKGlobal https://t.co/D9LSxtxU9L
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 8, 2020
Betaal will begin streaming on Netflix from May 24th.
Watch the trailer here
Betaal is about “Evil is eternal’. It is from the makers of ‘Get Out’, ‘Insidious’, ‘Bard of Blood’ and ‘Ghoul’ and a genre-elevating horror series.
While on a mission to displace the natives of Campa forest in order to build a highway, Sirohi and his squad unwittingly unleash the curse of Betaal mountain that wreaks havoc on the people and threatens to end civilization as we know it.
Betaal stars Viineet Kumar Singh (Mukkabaaz and Bard of Blood), who in the trailer gives out a sneak peek of his acting brilliance, Jitendra Joshi (Sacred Games), Aahana Kumra (Lipstick Under My Burkha), and Suchitra Pillai (Dil Chahta Hai), have also pitched in with great stuff. The second web series from Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies production is written and directed by Patrick Graham (Ghoul) and Nikhil Mahajan.