India's Most Haunted

"India's Most Haunted" has started airing from Friday 13th May onwards. I am sure they wouldn't have found a more auspicious occasion. :-)

I have always loved watching "Ghost Hunters International" starting with their "We are not here to hurt you" down to the "Good Job Man" backslapping at the end of each one-hour episode. Maybe that's why the half-an-hour episode of "India's Most Haunted" seemed a bit short in comparison.

Rocky and Mayur used almost the same gadgets like motion sensors, EMF recorders, EVP recorders and infra-red cameras as in GHI. This first episode was shot in Delhi's Jamali-Kamali where the duo claims to have experienced the paranormal about 20 years back. They talked about it at the beginning of the episode. There were some short chats with the locals who talked about sightings. And then the duo actually went to the same place that they had visited 2 decades ago.

I know the program should not be judged based solely on one episode. But I think they would do well to shoot more at the supposedly 'haunted' locations. A brief about the place and the experiences of the locals should not consume more than 5-8 minutes. And if the location is outdoors, the use of motion detectors should be restricted as the place could have any number of creatures that are residents of the "normal" world - like rats or monkeys. Oh, and please screen out the locals who talk about "ladies in white", "sound of the payal" and "howling dogs". That's the stuff that Indian horror movies are made out of. :-)

This program can be seen on NDTV Good Times on Fridays at 10pm. Repeat telecast is on Saturdays 6:30pm and Sundays 11pm.