Forget mindless blood and gore, PNC's next horror-cum-psychological fare, Accident, will really send a chill
down your spine and keep you on the edge of the seat.
Produced by Pritish Nandy and Rangita
Nandy, the film stars Shiney Ahuja, Soha Ali Khan, Rahul Dev and others.
The cinematography is
by Abhik Mukherjee of (Bunty Aur Bubli and Chokher Bali fame); The Accident is a 'classic psychological
horror film, which shows the deterioration of a woman's mind'.
The film is about a couple moving from California to India, and meeting with an accident soon after. The
woman loses her child, creating an emotional rift between the couple. Life takes an eerie turn after they move
to a certain bungalow
. There on, the condition of the girl's mind deteriorates... or does it really? Or
are supernatural powers at play? As director Abhijit Chaudhuri aka Dadu (the renowned ad film maker in the
league of Sudhir Mishra and Anurag Basu) puts it, "The Accident is horror in the tradition of The
Tenant.
It is more a mind game than a blood-fest. Scary and freezing because the fear is immediate
and palpable." Soha seconds this thought, as she says, "It (the film) has an international quality to it... As
the film progresses, it will keep the audiences guessing."
Well, another reason why the film is in news is because of some intimate scenes between Soha and
Shiney.
The duo has shared the screen in Khoya Khoya Chand earlier. Soha refutes that there are
too many intimate scenes or too much intimacy in them.
She says that there isn't a lovemaking
scene, as such, and there are only silences and shadows. Though the actress has no qualms about doing
such scenes, she admits to drawing a line if she is not comfortable.
Lately, media has been speculating about the completion of the film and when we contacted the Mr. Ram
Kamal Mukherjee, Vice President, Pritish Nandy Communications, he added, "We have completed more than
90% shoot of the film.
We need to shoot just three to four more days. The scenes would require
Soha Ali Khan and Shiney Ahuja. We will be shooting the solo Soha scenes and other patch works
first.
Once we get fresh dates from Shiney Ahuja we shall resume the shoot and wrap up the film."
When asked about the reports published in various websites and news agency that the fate of the
film is undecided, Mr Mukherjee added, "Certainly not. The film is almost complete and we would release it
whenever we are ready with it.
It's a new kind of cinema, a treatment which is not seen on Indian
celluloid. Moreover I am very confident about the fact that people will get to see a talented filmmaker like
Abhijit Choudhuri and writer Arindam Mitra.
Horror films will get a different definition with The
Accident." So, the audiences need to get ready to get spooked out.
Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:44 IST