Darkness scares me: Emraan Hashmi

The ‘Serial Kisser’, on an exclusive chat with Paarul Vats of India Syndicate, speaks about ‘Raaz 2’ and his fear of darkness.
Q) Your upcoming movie, ‘Raaz –The Mystery Continues’ is a horror movie. What scares you most?

A) It’s the questions from the media that scare me now: do I have kissing scenes in the movie or how many kisses I have in it! Seriously speaking, lots of things scare me. Darkness is one of them. I saw the movie, ‘Shining’, as a kid. There is the shot of a wooden corridor which haunts me till date.

Q) About the character you are playing in ‘Raaz- The Mystery continues’

A) Well, I am playing the character of a painter, an artist. He lives in the loneliness of his studio and he has got different shades. There is a gradual growth in his character as the story proceeds. He gets interesting visions and he draws them on the canvas. We got this idea when we were searching for a lot of such stories about individuals who had a communication with the spiritual world all over India.

Q) What is your personal belief on ‘auto writing’?

A) I have a lot of friends who have done it and they have contacted other friends and people in their family. If you get to think of it, it is quite spooky but they had very emotional experiences to tell. They actually got answers back which make you feel that sometimes one should believe in such supernatural phenomena.

Q) Your look in the film?

A) We have given a very gothic look to this character in the film. First of all, the genre of this film is to be kept in mind…it is horror and one should look wild so I have spiked up hair and a beard. There is a slight tinge of evil in my eyes.

Q) How is Mohit Suri as a director?

A) I think the first thing is not to get carried away while making a good horror movie. I’ve seen lots of horror movies, Japanese, Korean and the like. These guys have somehow mastered the art of making horror movies .What Mohit has done is, he tried to scare the audience psychologically. The way you actually get scared with the visuals in your face without the blood or gore. The movie will change the format of how horror movies are made in Bollywood. Mohit has done a great job in switching from dramatic films to horror films.

Q) You have always been lucky with music and this time too the songs of ‘Raaz- The Mystery Continues’ have topped the charts. What is your belief about the same?

A) The music of ‘Raaz’ was entrusted to Nadeem Shravan and we waited for like seven, eight months, got a lot of tracks from various artists and finally got this amazing album. ‘Maahi’ is the top song in the charts today. So we are very satisfied with the music of this film.

Q) On a parting note, comment something on the t-shirt you are wearing.

A) Glad you noticed! I bought it specially to promote this movie. It seems appropriate for promoting a horror movie as scary as ‘Raaz- The Mystery Continues’. Isn’t it?