He
is
someone
who
has
made
up
his
mind
that
it
is
going
to
be
only
horror
films
for
him.
Whether
it
is
first
film
Ho
Sakta
Hai,
his
subsequent
release
Mallika,
his
ready
film
Ghat
-
The
Hill
Station,
his
in-progress
Shout
or
his
Friday's
release
Kaalo
-
each
of
his
outings
has
belonged
to
horror
genre.
As
India's
first
ever
day-horror
flick,
Kaalo,
which
has
a
'unknown
and
unnamed
creature'
as
the
central
protagonist
releases
today,
Wilson
Louis
talks
about
what
fascinates
him
to
pick
up
the
horror
genre
time
and
again.
Here
is
presenting
director's
cut,
in
his
own
words.
Why
horror?
One
of
the
reasons
that
horror
has
appealed
to
me
is
that
it's
an
awesome
amount
of
fun.
I
mean,
directing
sequences
that
have
a
very
clear
and
concise
goal
to
scare
the
audience,
or
to
take
the
audience
on
a
journey
of
suspense.
My
personality
is
sort
of
trial
and
error
and
I
do
carry
"everything
as
a
learning
experience" kind
of
approach.
We
all
go
to
see
movies
to
escape
and
to
be
swept
up
in
that
moment,
and
so
I
don't
think
there's
any
other
genre
that
allows
us
as
much
complete
and
total
separation
from
our
everyday
lives
as
horror
does--you're
never
any
more
separated
from
reality
than
you
are
when
you're
totally
scared,
And
that's
a
very
intense
feeling.
Once
upon
a
time
From
my
earliest
days,
I
used
to
have
vivid
imaginations
to
see
ghosts
in
shadowy
shapes,
to
be
emotionally
connected
to
the
unknown
and
to
fear
things
that
are
improbable.
Watching
a
horror
film
gives
me
an
opening
into
that
scary
world,
into
an
outlet
for
the
essence
of
fear
itself,
without
actually
being
in
danger.
Weird
as
it
sounds,
there's
a
very
real
thrill
and
fun
factor
in
being
scared
or
watching
disturbing,
horrific
images.
So
why
face
it
alone?
It
is
better
to
make
others
scared
than
being
scared
alone.
So
do
not
blame
me.
I
am
a
fan
of
the
classics
but
more
so
a
fan
of
what
horror
and
sci-fi
can
do
as
an
artistic
tool,
the
way
it
can
get
to
the
heart
of
social
issues
and
our
very
humanity
in
a
way
straight
narrative
cannot.
I
had
a
dream
I
knew
I
wanted
my
first
film
to
be
horror.
So
when
I
made
my
first
horror
film
Ho
Sakta
Hai,
it
was
based
on
black
magic
-
one
of
its
first
kinds
in
Indian
cinema
which
is
now
being
explored
by
other
filmmakers
in
India.
I
felt
I
could
be
experimental
and
explore
the
boundaries
of
film
making
and
also
felt
the
horror
audience
would
be
more
forgiving
if
we
were
sincere
in
our
efforts,
and
I
believe
all
of
that
proved
true.
Horror
films
should
frighten,
be
eerie,
entertain
and
keep
audiences
on
the
edge
of
their
seats
and
not
make
people
run
out
of
the
theatre
to
the
bathroom.
And
then
came
Kaalo
I
got
an
offer
to
direct
my
next
which
came
from
Yash
Patnaik,
who
saw
a
creature
in
me,
and
I
won't
let
him
down
off
screen
and
for
the
on
screen
result.
I
always
believe
it's
easy
to
make
a
feature
film
but
it's
very
difficult
to
sell
one.
Yash
Patnaik
and
Mamta
Patnaik
will
leave
no
stone
unturned
to
make
this
project
to
be
seen
for
a
wider
audience.
We
believed
that
horror
film's
USP
is
its
horror
itself
so
the
idea
to
rope
in
a
star
in
film
was
not
even
considered.
On
the
location
hunt,
in
the
deserts
of
Rajasthan,
what
inspired
me
was
the
scorching
daylight,
the
sandstorm
and
the
real
haunted
areas
of
Jaisalmer
which
obviously
couldn't
be
captured
in
night
time.
It
was
thus
challenging
to
a
day
horror
film,
for
you
can't
hide
details
of
the
visual
effects
or
any
hidden
action
sequence
in
broad
daylight.
Moreover
to
scare
the
audience
in
total
daylight
without
a
shot
of
night
is
something
I
guess
was
never
attempted
before.
Kaalo
-
The
creature
For
me,
tone
is
the
most
interesting
thing
a
filmmaker
has
and
so
the
Creature
is
a
creature,
it's
not
a
ghost.
Kaalo
is
still
going
to
be
empathetic,
she
is
still
going
to
be
deadly,
she's
still
going
to
have
extreme
mode
of
killing
people
intruding
her
territory,
but
it's
uniquely
the
Creature.
It's
empathy
for
a
deadly
creature
and
tone
plays
a
big
part
of
that.
It
will
deliver
action
and
excitement,
but
I
want
it
to
be
scary.
Kaalo
is
not
a
boring
creature
for
sure,
which
I'm
afraid
she
could
have
been
if
at
all
if
she
had
to
mouth
dialogues.
She
had
to
be
physically
present
on
the
set
and
to
be
something
I
could
film.
And
my
skills
as
a
visual
effects
director
came
into
play
only
in
retouching
and
patching
whatever
it
is
to
bring
it
to
the
screen.
When
you
use
real
people
in
real
creature
outfits,
something
magical
happens
and
that
exactly
what
will
happen
to
Kaalo
as
a
creature.
I
am
extra
happy
whenever
I'm
shooting
a
kill
scene;
you
have
this
sparkle
in
your
eye.
You're
bouncing
around,
you're
glowing.
While
filming,
it
was
more
of
a
horror
waiting
for
Kaalo
in
full
make
up
than
filming
it.