Actress
Lakshmi
Priyaa
Chandramouli
says
nearly
80
percent
of
forthcoming
Tamil
horror-drama
Kalam,
which
releases
in
cinemas
on
Friday
(April
29),
unfolds
inside
a
house
which
plays
a
pivotal
character
in
the
film.
"Almost
80
percent
of
the
film
takes
place
in
the
house
which
plays
a
very
important
character.
It's
one
of
the
most
beautiful
houses
I've
come
across
in
the
city.
It's
a
very
ancient
house
and
each
room
has
about
10
doors.
There's
no
story
without
the
house," Lakshmi
told
IANS.
Directed
by
Robert
Raaj,
the
film
also
stars
Srinivas,
Amzath
and
Madhu
Sudhan.
Kalam
will
be
a
logical
horror
film,
says
Lakshmi.
"Unlike
the
recent
horror
comedies,
our
film
is
not
intended
to
be
funny.
It
has
the
usual
share
of
thrills
but
everything
you
see
will
be
logical
and
sensible,"
she
said.
Although
the
experience
of
working
with
a
new
team
was
encouraging,
Lakshmi
found
night
shoots
exhausting.
"We
were
working
on
a
tight
budget,
and
hence,
were
working
on
double
call
sheets.
Most
of
the
night
shoots
will
continue
to
the
next
day
and
we'd
hardly
have
any
time
to
sleep.
It
was
really
exhausting
but
the
stress
never
came
in
the
way
of
our
work,
thanks
to
a
very
committed
team,"
she
said.
Talking
about
her
eerie
experiences
on
the
sets,
she
revealed:
"Most
of
the
interiors
of
the
house
was
made
of
wood.
So
every
time
we'd
walk
around
at
nights,
the
wood
would
creak
and
the
sound
would
send
chills
down
our
spines."
Lakshmi
currently
has
independent
projects
such
as
Revelations
and
Iglu,
besides
a
few
Tamil
and
Malayalam
projects
under
her
belt.