Actor Kunaal Roy Kapur’s next movie is supernatural horror film The Final Exit, which is a genre that he says has not been explored properly in India.
Recent horrors film such as Mona Darling and Dobaara: See Your Evil failed at the box office this year.
Asked whether audiences are not ready to accept horror films, Kapur said: “I do not think there is anything wrong with the genre for our audience to accept, but about the treatment of it.”
“In the last couple of months, films like Annabelle: Creation and It have done well at the box office. Audience is enjoying these films. But when it comes to Bollywood, horror is one of the under-explored genres. People think it is a genre of B-grade movies where we over-sexualise the story and have given all the wrong treatment to it,” he added.
“Horror is one of the genres where the director needs to have high skill to play with every aspect of a film, including cinematography, background score, light, special effect and characters. Unless the treatment is smart, instead of getting thrilled, people find it funny, and therefore the film does not work,” Kapur said.
The Delhi Belly actor is known for playing quirky characters and having good comedic timing. This is the first time Kapur has gone out of his comfort zone to play a part in a horror film.
About his character in The Final Exit Kapur said: “I play a photographer who has a recurring dream of a place and people, and in search of that, he sets a road trip. And then when he reaches the place, he gets stuck and therefore looks for a way to his final exit.”
Kapur, who has also directed an English film titled The President Is Coming and acted in web series such as TVF Tripling and Going Viral, has recently joined social media.
“It is quite ironical that the character I played in Going Viral is about a guy who runs a company that helps people to go viral on social media; and in real life, I was not on social media for the longest time. In fact, I joined Twitter this month,” he said.
“I think now being on social media is a part of the business and I am just trying my hand at it. Let’s see how it goes.”
