A sequel to horror Movie “Chhorri” is beneath growth with lead actor Nushrratt Bharuccha and director Vishal Furia returning on the helm, the makers introduced Thursday.

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Producers T-Collection, Crypt TV and Abundantia Leisure are wanting ahead to increasing the franchise following the success of the Hindi movie which was launched on Amazon Prime Video on November 26.

“Chhorii” is the remake of Furia’s 2017 Marathi movie “Lapachhapi”, which revolves round a pregnant girl whose unborn little one is focused by evil spirits.

The sequel, tentatively titled “Chhorii 2”, is about to choose up Sakshi (Bharuccha)’s story from the place it left off within the first movie and can deliver again some key characters in addition to introduce new scares.

Furia mentioned he’s “thrilled” to take the movie’s story to the subsequent degree with its half two.

“I’ve at all times envisioned Chhorii to be a a number of movie franchise and began growing the story of the sequel whereas we had been filming the primary version. The love for Chhorrii from all quarters has been overwhelming and I’m prepared to start one other journey with the amazingly gifted Nushrratt and my producers who’ve stood by me and supported my imaginative and prescient all by means of,” the filmmaker mentioned in a press release.

Bharuccha mentioned she is “over the moon” with the response to “Chhorii” and is worked up to reunite with Furia and the crew.

“Chhorii was a major departure from the work I had beforehand been part of and to see the danger being rewarded is such an ideal feeling. Chhorii is a ardour undertaking for all of us and I can not wait to interact with Vishal and the group as we take the story ahead with Chhorii 2,” she added.

Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra, Jack Davis and Shikhaa Sharma, who will proceed as producers, issued a joint assertion relating to the second a part of “Chhorii”.

“The vital acclaim and fan love that Chhorii has acquired is a testomony to our perception that the Indian viewers has a robust urge for food for high-quality scary content material and we hope to proceed serving them with extra thrilling and distinctive tales.

“We’re additionally grateful to Amazon Prime Video for the platform that Chhorii acquired to showcase itself to the world. With Chhorii 2, we’re delighted to proceed the profitable collaboration with Vishal on the helm and Nushrratt as our main woman. We hope to take Chhorii 2 a notch increased and make it scarier than the primary version,” they mentioned.

“Chhorii 2” additionally marks a step ahead in Abundantia Leisure and LA-based Crypt TV’s collaboration to create platform-agnostic and genre-defying horror tales. This movie may also be the second enterprise of Psych, Abundantia Leisure’s vertical centered on horror and paranormal tales.

The sequel marks one other outing between T-Collection and Abundantia Leisure following movies like “Chhorii”, “Sherni” and “Airlift”.