"I set Acid Factory in an acid factory" - Suparn Verma
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oi-Staff
Acid
Factory,
a
Sanjay
Gupta
production,
which
is
directed
by
Suparn
Verma
(Ek
Khiladi
Ek
Haseena)
is
all
set
to
arrive
this
Friday.
After
it's
much
hyped
unveiling
that
took
place
in
IIFA
last
year,
the
film
has
been
pretty
much
in
the
news
for
it's
all
macho
star
cast,
comprising
of
Fardeen
Khan,
Irrfan
Khan,
Manoj
Bajpai,
Dino
Morea,
Aftab
Shivdasani
and
Danny
Denzongpa
along
with
femme
fatale
Diya
Mirza.
Talking
to
this
correspondent,
Suparn
promises
that
the
film
will
bring
in
a
different
dimension
to
the
way
thrillers
are
perceived.
Describing
it
as
a
'serious
hardcore
entertainer
thriller',
Suparn
also
insists
that
the
film
is
every
bit
the
tagline
it
reads
-
'Some
thrillers
go
too
far;
this
one
starts
from
there'!
Acid
Factory
-
Now
that's
quite
an
intriguing
name.
So
did
the
title
come
first
or
the
story?
The
central
element
of
the
film
was
meant
to
be
a
factory.
After
doing
a
bit
of
research,
I
set
the
film
in
an
acid
factory.
As
we
started
thinking
of
the
title,
some
people
even
suggested
that
we
keep
it
short
and
just
name
the
film
'Acid'.
There
were
others
who
felt
that
Acid
Factory
would
be
apt.
Meanwhile,
I
had
made
a
pre-production
promo
for
the
actors
to
get
the
sense
of
the
mood,
action
etc.
of
the
movie.
I
showed
it
to
Sanjay
Gupta
and
then
and
there,
his
reaction
was
to
go
ahead
with
the
title
Acid
Factory.
Time
and
again,
one
comes
across
the
cliche
that
a
location
is
almost
like
a
character
in
the
film.
It
seems
quite
genuine
here
considering
the
fact
that
it
forms
a
part
of
the
film's
title
itself,
isn't
it?
Exactly!
In
fact
I
spent
3
months
with
Nitish
Roy
(the
Art
Director)
to
work
on
the
entire
factory
concept
and
design.
See,
whenever
we
talk
about
a
factory,
all
we
see
in
movies
is
Mukesh
Mills.
We
see
those
chains
and
drums
in
factories
and
warehouses.
It
was
a
conscious
call
on
our
part
to
break
away
from
the
cliche.
In
fact
Nitish
and
I
custom
designed
the
factory
even
from
the
shooting
point
of
view.
I
covered
all
my
angles
on
a
3D
model
and
further
spent
one
and
a
half
month
to
actually
construct
the
factory
at
Ramoji
Rao
Studios,
Hyderabad.
I
remember
when
people
arrived
there
for
the
first
time,
they
felt
that
they
had
entered
a
real
factory.
Coming
to
the
cast
of
the
film,
it
must
have
been
quite
a
challenge
to
get
the
right
actors
in
place
for
a
film
that
boasts
of
a
complex
hard
hitting
drama?
Fardeen
(Khan)
and
Manoj
(Bajpai)
were
the
first
ones
to
be
approached.
Then
we
went
to
Irrfan
(Khan)
and
he
asked
me
if
I
would
actually
be
able
to
shoot
it
the
way
I
had
narrated
it.
I
showed
him
the
factory
design
and
he
started
getting
more
and
more
interested.
Then
he
had
a
few
queries
on
the
last
scene
of
the
film
and
once
I
answered
them
all,
he
told
me
that
Acid
Factory
is
gonna
be
one
kick
a$
film.
He
was
on.
Please
carry
on...
Then
I
gave
the
same
narration
to
Danny
and
his
first
reaction
was
that
to
him
it
seemed
like
quite
a
twisted
plot.
At
that
time,
I
didn't
quite
know
whether
he
said
this
in
a
positive
or
negative
sense
(smiles).
I
just
told
him
that
I
had
written
it
for
him
mid-way
during
the
scripting.
Three
hours
passed
by
after
the
narration
and
we
chatted
about
everything
from
Mere
Apne
to
some
of
his
recent
films.
He
hadn't
said
'yes'
or
'no'
even
then.
I
just
quietly
got
up
and
asked
him
what
he
felt
about
Acid
Factory.
That
was
when
he
laughed
and
told
me
that
he
wouldn't
have
chatted
with
me
for
so
long
if
he
wasn't
interested.
Believe
me;
I
had
the
longest
party
of
my
life
that
night!
You
have
repeated
Fardeen
after
Ek
Khiladi
Ek
Haseena...
And
trust
me,
he
has
outdone
himself.
However,
it
is
going
to
be
Diya
who
will
shock
a
lot
of
people.
You
will
see
a
new
her.
See,
most
mainstream
heroines
who
play
negative
roles
ultimately
end
up
having
some
sort
of
justification
to
their
character.
In
case
of
Diya's
character,
there
is
no
justification.
She
is
shown
to
be
born
that
way.
Since
the
film
is
not
about
good
or
bad.
Everybody
in
the
film
has
a
shade
of
grey
and
each
of
them
is
there
on
the
edge.
Just
a
few
more
hours
to
go
before
the
baby
would
be
delivered.
Anxious?
More
than
anxious,
I
am
plain
and
simple
happy.
In
Sanjay
and
Mumbai
Mantra
folks,
I
have
some
happy
producers
out
there.
In
my
cast
and
crew,
I
have
quite
a
few
happy
people
who
have
turned
out
and
said
that
they
had
the
best
shoot
of
their
lives
in
Acid
Factory.
As
for
me,
I
am
satisfied
because
after
Ek
Khiladi
Ek
Haseena,
I
wanted
my
next
film
to
work
and
I
worked
extra
hard
to
achieve
that.
I
am
lucky
that
I
have
moved
on
from
a
Rs.3
crore
film
to
a
Rs.21
crore
film.