Bollywood
Says Tusshar Kapoor, who loves scare fests; doesn’t miss a single film in this genre
Updated : Sep 14, 2017, 06:00 AM IST
Tusshar Kapoor may have done a lot of comedy films, but his favourite genre is horror. So much so that he doesn’t miss a single horror film, be it Hindi or English! The actor was recently spotted at a suburban theatre, where he had gone to watch the latest horror release, IT. “Once I put my son Laksshya to sleep, I go and watch movies in the theatre. I love watching films, and horror in particular. I like the fact that these films delve into the unknown and deal with supernatural elements. We are all intrigued by happenings that we are clueless about. It is a stressbuster for me,” he says.
And while scary films usually spook people, Tusshar feels relaxed! “Incidents in such films are not something that are natural, but they are presented in a realistic manner and made believable. I feel relaxed and I get good sleep after watching them,” he smiles. His favourite horror films are The Exorcist (1973), The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, The Conjuring, and the Spanish film, Orphanage.
Usually, he goes to these scarefests with his group of friends. Ask him what he thought about IT and he says, “I loved it. I had seen the original 1990 TV series and the film was a little predictable. I am a veteran in this genre,” laughs the actor.
What about the horror films in Bollywood? “The market is not really big here. Maybe, because a lot of stars shy away from doing it. The producers also are not very mainstream. Only a few like Vikram Bhatt, Ram Gopal Varma and my sister (Ekta Kapoor) have made them. But we should make more such films here,” says the actor who had starred in Kuch Toh Hai.
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