Rakul Preet Singh does first ever horror film ‘Boo’ with a side of humour
Rakul Preet Singh does first ever horror film ‘Boo’ with a side of humour
Not keen to do out-and-out scary films, Rakul says she gave her nod to Boo as she wanted to explore the horror-comedy genre
Rakul Preet Singh has never done an horror film and no producer had ever approached her for an horror film. lacked a
Scary “Boo” is the first ever horror film that the actor took up. She took it on to experience what the horror meant.
As per Rakul, director AL Vijay approached her for the Tamil-Telugu offering amid the 2020 pandemic lockdown. He had created a concept-based, psychological horror-comedy that would be shot from start-to-finish in a house [in Hyderabad]. It was an experimental script,” Rakul recounted.
The Hindi version of the bilingual drops on Jio Cinema today. Also featuring Vishwak Sen and Nivetha Pethuraj, it revolves around Rakul’s character Kiara whose Halloween celebration with her friends turns spooky when spine-chilling events start taking place, as they read a book on supernatural occurrences.
While on shoot for the spook fest was a different ballgame compared to her previous offerings, Rakul adds her first brush with the genre was a riot, as the story had comic elements to it.
She always wanted to explore the genre of horror comedies. It was exciting as there are multiple stories intertwined, and they take place over one night.”
However, she isn’t keen to do an out-and-out horror film next. Om the contrary, she prefers horror-comedies over a pure scary film. She is willing for another good horror-comedy script which.comes her way, and she will do it.
As a viewer, Rakul enjoys watching scary films, relishing the thrills and jump scares. She has watched Paranormal Activity, and The Exorcist and these two horrors never scared her. She wasn’t a scared child, and the fearlessness comes from being a Fauji’s daughter. God forbid she hasn’t experienced any supernatural events, and would like to keep it that way.
News input KV Raman
