The popular Indian zomcom film, Go Goa Gone, is soon to have a sequel. The new film, written and directed by the same team responsible for the 2013 cult favorite about three friends who go on a vacation (attending a party) in Goa only to end up hunted by zombies, will include many of the same actors, including Saif Ali Khan as Boris, as well as Kunal Khemu and Vir Das.
Saif Ali Khan was quoted as saying, “I will return as Boris in the sequel. But this time, I’ll be on a different mission. Raj and DK (the directors) have found an interesting premise for the second installment, which is in sync with the first part. They are currently writing the script.”
Go Goa Gone is marketed as India's first Hindi-language (Bollywood) zomcom, which was similarly claimed for the 2013 film Rock the Shaadi by director Navdeep Singh but which was not released in theaters in India. These zomcoms were joined in 2016 by the Tamil-language action film Miruthan, yet another story of somewhat zany or bumbling protagonists striving to stay alive in a world overrun by the hungry undead. (A more serious Tamil-language short film, Uruvan, is available on YouTube.) I couldn't figure out whether or not the sequel to Miruthan was ever produced.
While Go Goa Gone may be billed as India's first zomcom, it is not the nation's first zombie film. That honor may go to Rise of the Zombie, which was directed by Devaki Singh & Luke Kenny and also released in 2013.
What was it about 2013 that saw the production of three separate zombie films in India?