Director
Suparn
Verma
promises
that
his
upcoming
horror
film
Aatma
will
go
beyond
the
same
canned
plot
and
will
tap
into
the
audiences'
deepest
fears.
"I
am
not
experimenting
with
Aatma
but
redefining
the
genre
completely.
I
want
to
set
a
standard.
It
is
not
tacky,
I
don't
want
to
make
a
film
and
be
apologetic
about
it,
either
as
audience
or
as
a
maker," Suparn
told
PTI.
The
38-year-old
journalist-turned-filmmaker
says
the
film
does
not
have
the
usual
ugly,
melting
face
or
weird
camera
angles
to
scare
the
audience
out
of
their
wits
and
will
definitely
make
them
sit
up.
"Aatma
will
break
the
norm
of
the
usual
haunted
film,
which
has
a
haunted
house,
an
old
wandering
spirit.
We
have
seen
that
time
and
again,
what
is
new
in
it?
The
audience
is
waiting,
they
are
exposed
to
world
cinema
and
so
you
need
to
have
an
international
level
horror
film
in
this
country.
You
don't
have
ugly,
melting
faces
and
the
camera
going
in
weird
directions.
I
have
made
sure
that
this
is
the
best
possible
horror
film
I
ever
make,"
Suparn
said.
Aatma
stars
Bipasha
Basu
as
a
single
mother
and
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
as
her
husband,
who
comes
to
take
away
their
daughter
after
his
death.
"The
film
is
a
supernatural
drama,
which
is
grounded
in
emotions.
It
takes
a
family
scenario
which
is
very
real
-
two
parents
going
through
a
bad
patch
and
the
kid
is
caught
in
between.
Now,
I
took
the
real
life
situation
which
is
emotionally
dramatic
and
put
it
in
a
supernatural
framework.
And
that
is
someone
that
will
make
everybody
sit
up,"
he
added.
Aatma
which
also
stars
Shernaz
Patel
and
Doyel
Dhawan
in
supporting
roles,
will
hit
theatres
on
March
22.
"It
is
the
favourite
genre
and
there
is
such
a
great
demand
for
horror.
Usually
A-listers
shy
away
from
the
genre
and
I
don't
understand
why?
I
feel
you
can
get
to
explore
so
much
more.
Horror
is
not
just
about
ghost,
it
is
primarily
about
the
emotion
of
fear,"
Suparn
said.
When
asked
which
ones
are
his
favourite
horror
films,
Suparn
said,
"My
favourite
Indian
horror
or
thriller
films
are
Mahal,
which
was
released
in
1949,
Woh
Kaun
Thi
and
Gumnaam.
These
are
classics
and
the
last
horror
film
that
I
loved
was
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
1992
film
Raat."