Technology and spooky go together is what Neil Nitin Mukhesh and Sonal Chauhan’s 3G is all about. Shibaji Roychoudhury reports
When the talk is about Bollywood horror films, one imagines a purani haveli, a night sequence with fog and some eerie background score. But the latest Neil Nitin Mukhesh and Sonal Chauhan starrer, 3G is here to change the stereotypes of horror films in India.
“It is horror by all means and yet, you won’t find any clichés that such movies in India are known for. 3G is about horror in a very psychological way but it can’t be classified as a thriller. There will be surprises at every step and it is wise to say that viewers should expect the unexpected,” Neil tells you.
“I play Sam Arora in the film who is a software engineer. Everything is hunky dory till Sam takes his girlfriend Sheena (Sonal Chauhan) for a vacation to the Fiji Islands. He ends up losing his mobile phone and is forced to buy a second-hand 3G phone. But when he activates the 3G facility on his new phone, spooky things start happening,” Neil says.
On her part, actress Sonal Chauhan, who has been out of Bollywood after her debut film Jannat which was a blockbuster, her third outing is a hatke horror film.
She was busy completing her undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Delhi University before signing up for 3G.
“I had just gotten over with my studies when I auditioned for this film. I loved the script. When we arrived in Fiji Islands for shooting, I was slightly let down. The beauty of the place is ideal for a romantic film, not for horror. But, that is exactly what 3G is all about,” she tells you.
For Sheershak Anand, the co-director of the film, he got inspiration to do the film by listening to horror cellphone tales. “There were a lot of rumours about haunted cell phones around the world. We wanted to weave all those stories into a film. Technology has evolved, so has relationships and everything else around us. Hence, the concept of horrors also should evolve. Instead of spirits, ghosts and haunted houses, this one will explore technology,” he says.