Murghan Enterprise (India)

(1974-1986) s Nicknames: "Gate of Hell", "Spooky Statue", "The Reason Why I Didn't Watch Any Of Murghan's Films", "Statue from Hell", "Manish Films's Older Sister", "Creepier Saravan Films Younger Brother"

Logo: On a dark background, we see two candles. Suddenly we see a purple smoke, and after a red smoke we see the shadow of a religious statue (supposed to be Kartikeya, also known as Murughan, who gives the name of the company), a la Saravan Films 2nd logo. The lights are turned up and we see the statue, which inside a big red circle where we can read "muRGHaN ENTERPRISE" in golden letters. The statue is also above a white circle. The circle contains an elephant with three heads (which resembles the national emblem of India) on a red background. The candles are on the right and the left of the circle with the elephant. The smoke continues moving inside the big red circle, behind the statue, witch is now yellow-orange, the color of the original fire.

Variants:

Dard uses a dark night with stars and galaxies moving. The Murghan logo is off-centered, because it stands more to the right.

Paap Aur Punya: Same as the original variant, but with a thin fog instead the smoke.

FX/SFX: The smoke and the light, in addition of the stars and galaxies on Dard. Quite an overblown concept.

Music/Sounds:
 * A ominous and very sinister melody followed by a men's chorus and the fanfare still playing on most of it's movies.

Availability: Seen on Chor Sipahee, Gautam Govinda, Dard, Paap Aur Punya("The Prince and the Pauper"),Wanted (Dead or Alive) and Begaana.
 * On Dard, the logo is silent, which adds to the scare factor.
 * On Paap Aur Punya, there's a melody with a sitar, which calms down the look of the logo.

Scare Factor: It depends on the variant: NOTE: The logo from Paap Aur Punya has been frozen before being released to YouTube, so we don't have enough information to describe the FX/SFX section of this variant.
 * Original Version: Nightmare. The music, spooky nature, and even the smoke will scare lots more than many people. It looks like a early version of Manish Films, which was scary enough. Anyways, you will feel absolutely terrible and sorry for all those poor Indians that had to see this.
 * Dard Version: Medium to nightmare. Even without the dramatic music, the logo is still very spooky. The galaxy stars of the logo may still lower it for some people.
 * Paap Aur Punya Version: Low to medium. The creepy statue along with the fog will still spook some, but its a lot tamer due to the relaxing sitar music.