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Fear has always been a favorite subject for Ram Gopal Varma’s films. His films had sent chills down the viewer’s spine many times in the past. As he is getting ready to take the viewers on a scary ride once again this August with his latest venture Agyaat, let’s take a look on the long list of spooky movies from him.

Way back in 2003, Varma came out with Bhoot which gave the viewer’s some sleepless nights. The film, starring Urmila Matondkar, Ajay Devgan and Fardeen Khan, was quite an unconventional Bollywood movie and performed moderately well at the box office. Bhoot remains Ramu’s best work so far in the horror genre.

But his next two horror movies Darna Mana Hai and Darna Zaroori Hai failed to make any impact at the box office. Varma was the producer of Darna Mana Hai, directed by Prawal Raman and released in mid 2003.  He was also one out of the six directors of Darna Zaroori Hai released in 2006. Both times he tried to present an anthology horror film integrating six different spooky stories. Though the innovative story telling was appreciated, both the films sank at the box office without a trace.

Ramu’s next ghost story was Darling in 2007 with Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol and Isha Koppikar in the lead roles. Darling received only mixed reviews but was appreciated for knitting comedy, songs and dance sequences quite well in a horror film.

Ramu, then ventured into black magic and superstitions with Phoonk in 2008. This small budget affair with relatively little known stars turned out to be the surprise hit of 2008. Though the critical response was mixed, the film helped in bringing some kind of an end to Ramu’s bad run at the box office.

And now Ramu is all set to take viewer’s to the jungle for another scary ride with his Agyaat which is scheduled for an August 7 release. Agyaat, starring Priyanka Kothari and Nitin Reddy, is about a film crew who got misplaced in a jungle and is haunted by an unseen force.

Don’t think Agyaat is the last one! Ramu has announced his next horror film titled Warning, which will be India’s first 3D horror film. Warning will have Ritesh Deshmukh in the lead.

It seems, Ramu has no intentions to stop scaring people.