Watching the idiot box would certainly be a better idea than venturing out at the marquees. "Kis Kis Ki Kismat" starring Dharmendra, Mallika Sherawat, Rati Agnihotri, Siddharth Makkar and directed by Govind Menon, and Ram Gopal Varma's "Vaastu Shastra" were the two films on offer this week.

While "Kis Kis Ki Kismat" is an over-the-top over-sexed film, "Vaastu Shastra" is too stylised and scary for viewers looking to be entertained. Starring Sushmita Sen, Chekrvarthy, Ahsaas Channa, Peeya Roy Choudhry, Purab Kohli, Rasika Joshi and Sayaji Shinde, "Vaastu Shastra" is directed by Sourabh Usha Narang and comes with a warning.

For those who like the spine chilling experience, Varma has come up with arguably the most terrifying Bollywood horror film ever.

Mallika, meanwhile, is on cloud nine. Her guest appearance at an event in Ahmedabad reportedly drove the male populace wild. Frenzied crowds, breaking cordons to get a glimpse of the new queen of oomph, were of course telecast live via real time TV.

Mallika's surging popularity is good news for the industry that has been going through a dull phase lately.