Buddha Pictures (India)

(1961) Nickname: "Natural Disasters and Buddha", "Creepy Buddha"

Logo:
 * Opening Variant: We see some live action scenes of some natural disasters in this order:
 * 1) A tropical storm (presumably a hurricane) in a city shore.
 * 2) A thunderstorm.
 * 3) An avalanche with some stones falling with the snow.
 * 4) A volcanic eruption.
 * 5) A river flowing strong.
 * 6) A rock slide.
 * After this, we see a supposed explosion. Suddenly, we see on a cloudy background an statue of Buddha behind a translucent circle where we see some strange symbols. The statue of Buddha comes towards the camera. When the statue stops moving, petals are thrown onto it and the camera pans down to show
 * BUDDHA PICTURES
 * Presents
 * in the grass.

FX/SFX: The natural disasters, the Buddha statue coming toward the camera, the petals being thrown, the panning down of the camera.
 * Closing Variant (Seen on Pava Mannippu): The logo begins on the part of the Buddha, which does the same motion as the previous variant, and the petals are thrown, but in the screen we see "The End" in Tamil language, and the camera doesn't pan down.

Music/Sounds: A heavily dramatic fanfare during the natural disasters which jarringly cuts to silence just before the explosion, a religious hymn sung by men during the screen time of the Buddha statue. In Pathi Bakthi,the opening theme of the movie plays when the camera pans down. In Pava Mannippu, a rising harp flourish plays.

Availability: Seen only on Pathi Bakthi and Pava Mannippu.

Scare Factor:
 * Opening variant: High to nightmare. The dramatic music during the footage of natural disasters will unnerve many, as with the jarring cut from a horrific atmosphere to a calming one. The Buddha statue doesn't look all that friendly, either.
 * Closing variant: Low to medium. The absence of the natural disasters make this variant tamer, but the creepy Buddha is still there.