{"id":115278,"date":"2025-09-03T09:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/115278\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T09:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:03:06","slug":"ghoul-creator-patrick-graham-returns-to-indian-horror-with-new-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/115278\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ghoul&#8217; Creator Patrick Graham Returns to Indian Horror With New Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/patrick-graham\/\" id=\"auto-tag_patrick-graham\" data-tag=\"patrick-graham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Graham<\/a> is making his return to Hindi-language horror, signing on to write a new feature film inspired by an real-life Indian tragedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGraham, who created the Netflix horror series \u201cGhoul\u201d and \u201cBetaal,\u201d will pen the script for the untitled film being backed by Khyati Madaan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/not-out-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_not-out-entertainment\" data-tag=\"not-out-entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Not Out Entertainment<\/a> alongside Prashant Gunjalkar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ahan-shetty\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ahan-shetty\" data-tag=\"ahan-shetty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ahan Shetty<\/a> has been tapped to star, marking a genre shift for the actor following his debut in 2021 romantic action thriller \u201cTadap\u201d and ahead of his role in the ensemble war epic \u201cBorder 2,\u201d which also features Sunny Deol, Diljit Dosanjh and Varun Dhawan. The patriotic drama is scheduled for an Indian Republic Day 2026 release and is expected to be one of the year\u2019s major theatrical events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe project is being positioned as a theatrical horror experience mixing scares with romance, built around the real-life historical event. The casting of the female lead is currently underway, with the title and director still to be announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGraham\u2019s previous work includes the critically praised \u201cGhoul\u201d in 2018 and \u201cBetaal\u201d in 2020, both produced under Blumhouse Television\u2019s Indian operations. The global horror specialist is behind franchise tentpoles including \u201cGet Out\u201d and \u201cThe Purge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tProducer Madaan launched Not Out Entertainment this year after a decade-long career at Red Chillies Entertainment, Disney India and Maddock Films. The company has positioned itself to revive theatrical Hindi-language cinema through genre-defining storytelling. The banner\u2019s current slate includes the romantic horror-comedy \u201cAbhootpurva\u201d and a slice-of-life drama from Indian National Film Award-winning filmmaker Habib Faisal, known for \u201cDo Dooni Chaar\u201d and \u201cIshaqzaade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGunjalkar brings talent management and entertainment experience through his Pals &amp; Peers company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patrick Graham is making his return to Hindi-language horror, signing on to write a new feature film inspired&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28569,64,63,134,344,81802,81803],"class_list":{"0":"post-115278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ahan-shetty","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-not-out-entertainment","14":"tag-patrick-graham"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}