India, Dec. 21 -- Maddock Films has emerged as one of the pre-eminent Bollywood production houses in the last few years, largely due to the success of its horror comedy universe, one of India's only successful cinematic universes. It all began for Maddock with Stree, the 2018 sleeper hit. Producer Dinesh Vijan has now revealed that he decided to bankroll the film himself because nobody else was willing to come on board.

In an interview with PTI, the Maddock Films head talked about their recent run of good and successful films. "The last three years have been just unbelievable for us. The number one Hindi film was Stree 2, who would have imagined it. When we made the first Stree, no one was funding me, so I had to make it on my own," he s...