Mumbai:
Suparn
Verma's
upcoming
venture
Aatma
blends
elements
of
domestic
violence
with
horror
and
the
director
says
lead
actress
Bipasha
Basu
went
through
hell
emotionally
while
shooting
the
film.
'Aatma'
has
actor
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
in
the
lead
alongside
Bipasha.
The
film
also
stars
Shernaz
Patel
and
child
actress
Doyel
Dhawan
in
supporting
roles.
"Both
the
actors
were
willing
to
go
into
the
unsafe
zone
that
they
have
never
been
in
before.
For
Nawaz
it
was
a
very
deep
personal
space
that
he
had
to
go
in
and
get
totally
psyched
about.
Bipasha
has
gone
through
hell
emotionally
during
the
making
of
Aatma.
"I
mean
it
has
traumatised
both
the
actors.
It
has
traumatised
me
while
writing
it
and
I
can
only
imagine
what
impact
it
will
have
on
the
audience," Suparn
told
PTI.
When
asked
why
he
zeroed
down
upon
the
two
actors
to
be
part
of
his
film,
the
38-year-old
filmmaker
said,
"I
signed
Bipasha
before
Raaz
3
happened.
We
began
shooting
four
months
after
the
release
of
the
film,
which
is
good
for
us
because
it
was
a
huge
hit.
"And
I
signed
Nawaz
after
Kahaani.
Gangs
of
Wasseypur
happened
while
we
were
two
months
into
shooting.
I
did
not
base
my
casting
on
their
last
films.
I
chose
them
as
per
the
requirements
of
the
roles,"
said
Suparn.
The
journalist-turned-filmmaker
made
an
entry
into
Bollywood
as
a
writer
for
the
2002
film
Chhal.
He
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Fardeen
Khan
starrer
Ek
Khiladi
Ek
Haseena
in
2005
and
then
followed
it
up
with
multi-starrer
Acid
Factory
four
years
later
in
2009.
He
has
also
written
the
screenplay
for
other
thrillers
including
Karam,
Zameen
and
Qayamat.
Aatma
stars
Bipasha
as
a
single
mother
and
Nawazuddin
as
her
husband,
who
comes
to
take
away
their
daughter
after
his
death.
"It
has
a
simple
story
line
-
the
mother
and
father
are
fighting
and
the
father
has
come
back
to
take
the
daughter
but
the
big
spin
is
that
he
is
dead.
The
whole
tussle
is
of
love
but
with
love
also
comes
horror
because
when
love
goes
wrong
you
have
casualties," Suparn
said.
Aatma
will
hit
theatres
on
March
22.