Sameera Reddy’s Chimni Is Based On Real Events—Director Says, “The Demon Is A Metaphor, Not A Ghost”
Sameera Reddy’s Horror Film Chimni (Photo Credit – YouTube)
Sameera Reddy’s much-anticipated horror-thriller Chimni draws inspiration from chilling real-life events, specifically the rare medical condition fetus in fetu, where a newborn appears pregnant due to a parasitic twin growing inside. The teaser, released Thursday, teases a haunting blend of emotion, folklore, and spine-tingling reality.
Director Gagan Puri revealed how the unsettling concept became the story’s foundation. “Yes, the story is inspired by real-life incidents that have happened to people across the world. Though rare, fetus in fetu is a documented medical condition, where it seems like a baby is born pregnant, but that’s not exactly the case. When I first came across it, it felt like something that blurs the line between science and horror, and I wanted to explore that.”
He further added, “The idea came to me when one of the writers narrated a real case.
Sameera Reddy’s much-anticipated horror-thriller Chimni draws inspiration from chilling real-life events, specifically the rare medical condition fetus in fetu, where a newborn appears pregnant due to a parasitic twin growing inside. The teaser, released Thursday, teases a haunting blend of emotion, folklore, and spine-tingling reality.
Director Gagan Puri revealed how the unsettling concept became the story’s foundation. “Yes, the story is inspired by real-life incidents that have happened to people across the world. Though rare, fetus in fetu is a documented medical condition, where it seems like a baby is born pregnant, but that’s not exactly the case. When I first came across it, it felt like something that blurs the line between science and horror, and I wanted to explore that.”
He further added, “The idea came to me when one of the writers narrated a real case.
- 7/12/2025
- by Koimoi.com Team
- KoiMoi
Chimni Teaser Review Ft. Sameera Reddy: Done With Strees Fighting Bhoots! (Photo Credit –YouTube)
Another horror film is arriving to scare, but the first teaser is not messing with my brain so much that I could get scared! Starring Sameera Reddy, the film titled Chimni, seems to dive into another folklore! However, the mystery and the intrigue created by this glimpse are very flat and do not offer anything good or substantial to be excited about!
The film marks the comeback of Sameera Reddy, and to be fair to her comeback vehicle, she looks captivating on screen even in this brief appearance of 50 seconds! She looks ready to shed her old skin and embrace something new!
Rather than teasing the plotline, Chimni teaser creates a narrative, from a single scene. This should have been a winning strategy, but it fails in its purpose. I do not want anything more,...
Another horror film is arriving to scare, but the first teaser is not messing with my brain so much that I could get scared! Starring Sameera Reddy, the film titled Chimni, seems to dive into another folklore! However, the mystery and the intrigue created by this glimpse are very flat and do not offer anything good or substantial to be excited about!
The film marks the comeback of Sameera Reddy, and to be fair to her comeback vehicle, she looks captivating on screen even in this brief appearance of 50 seconds! She looks ready to shed her old skin and embrace something new!
Rather than teasing the plotline, Chimni teaser creates a narrative, from a single scene. This should have been a winning strategy, but it fails in its purpose. I do not want anything more,...
- 7/10/2025
- by Trisha Gaur
- KoiMoi
Doordarshan movie review is here. The comedy drama is helmed by Gagan Puri and stars Mahie Gill, Manu Rishi Chaddha and Dolly Ahluwalia. The movie is released today ? February 28, 2020. Does it tickles our funny bones?. Let?s find out in the movie review of Doordarshan.
Immediate reaction when the end credits roll
Inspired from the 2003 Wolfgang Becker?s German classic Good Bye Lenin! Gagan Puri?s Doordarshan is the latest example of the fixation to tell stories from saadi Dilli (Delhi)/?ya toh phir?the Hindi heartland. Here Khosla Ka Ghosla meets Bareily Ki Barfi with an agenda to tell that Good Bye Lenin! story ignoring the imaginative glory, political insight and the required nostalgia.
The Story of Doordarshan
Sunil (Manu Rishi Chadha) is heading a dysfunctional family. His wife Priya (Mahie Gill) wants divorce. Son Sunny (Shardul Rana) is infatuated by his neighbor?s daughter played by Mehak Manwani.
Immediate reaction when the end credits roll
Inspired from the 2003 Wolfgang Becker?s German classic Good Bye Lenin! Gagan Puri?s Doordarshan is the latest example of the fixation to tell stories from saadi Dilli (Delhi)/?ya toh phir?the Hindi heartland. Here Khosla Ka Ghosla meets Bareily Ki Barfi with an agenda to tell that Good Bye Lenin! story ignoring the imaginative glory, political insight and the required nostalgia.
The Story of Doordarshan
Sunil (Manu Rishi Chadha) is heading a dysfunctional family. His wife Priya (Mahie Gill) wants divorce. Son Sunny (Shardul Rana) is infatuated by his neighbor?s daughter played by Mehak Manwani.
- 2/28/2020
- GlamSham
Actress Mahie Gill who features in an upcoming family comedy Doordarshan alongside Manu Rishi Chadha says that she is lucky to have seen the time of black and white television, Vcr and now the new age technology driven new era.
Also read:?'Shukranu' Movie Dialogues
Ask her what she misses about the 80s and 90s, the actress says, ?I miss how the families used to get together to watch a show or Chitrahaar on Sunday mornings. Shows like Dekh Bhai Dekh, Discovery of India or Fauji were much ahead of its time.
Now we have so much of content and no time but that time we used to wait for our favourite shows. Those were amazing times.?
Doordarshan is a story of a couple who have been bickering over their divorce but are compelled to revive their marriage and keep the peace as the grandmother of the family...
Also read:?'Shukranu' Movie Dialogues
Ask her what she misses about the 80s and 90s, the actress says, ?I miss how the families used to get together to watch a show or Chitrahaar on Sunday mornings. Shows like Dekh Bhai Dekh, Discovery of India or Fauji were much ahead of its time.
Now we have so much of content and no time but that time we used to wait for our favourite shows. Those were amazing times.?
Doordarshan is a story of a couple who have been bickering over their divorce but are compelled to revive their marriage and keep the peace as the grandmother of the family...
- 2/12/2020
- GlamSham
Badhaai Ho
Starring Gajaraj Rao, Neena Gupta, Ayushmaan Khurrana, Sanya Malhotra, Surekha Sikri
Directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma
Stop right now and do yourself a favour. Go see Badhaai Ho. You will come out smling but also deeply moved by the artless charm of that great big universe known as the Indian Muddle Class, and I do mean ‘muddle’ where so many contradictory cultural, religious and political forces co-exist uneasily and yet without friction.
Some such controlled chaos defines the world that the Kaushik family inhabits with such fluent ownership. We’ve seen an abundance of commendable comedies on the Delhi’s confounded middleclass such as Dibakar Bannerjee’s Khosla Ka Ghosla and Habib Faisal’s Do Dooni Chaar. But none so delectably oblivious of its responsibilities of pinning down the characters to their cultural canvas.
We meet the family….rather we run into them as though their existence does not depend on our attention.
Starring Gajaraj Rao, Neena Gupta, Ayushmaan Khurrana, Sanya Malhotra, Surekha Sikri
Directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma
Stop right now and do yourself a favour. Go see Badhaai Ho. You will come out smling but also deeply moved by the artless charm of that great big universe known as the Indian Muddle Class, and I do mean ‘muddle’ where so many contradictory cultural, religious and political forces co-exist uneasily and yet without friction.
Some such controlled chaos defines the world that the Kaushik family inhabits with such fluent ownership. We’ve seen an abundance of commendable comedies on the Delhi’s confounded middleclass such as Dibakar Bannerjee’s Khosla Ka Ghosla and Habib Faisal’s Do Dooni Chaar. But none so delectably oblivious of its responsibilities of pinning down the characters to their cultural canvas.
We meet the family….rather we run into them as though their existence does not depend on our attention.
- 10/19/2018
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
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