Mumbai, Feb 18: Actor Jimmy Shergill, who are seen within the soon-to-release horror film “Darr @ The Mall”, says there’s a dearth of filmmakers who will do justice to the horror genre, that he feels has not trapped very well.
“There are one or 2 people solely in our movie industry who do justice to the present (horror) genre. Otherwise, it is not a genre that has trapped very well in our trade,” the actor said here Mon throughout the film’s promotion on the set of programme “Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah”.
He believes that the genre contains a smart scope within the country.
“There could be a heap of scope for this genre and it’s evident from the Hollywood horror films that release in India and the large business they do. thus why cannot our horror films do this much business,” he asked.
In “Darr @ The Mall”, Jimmy plays a security agent. The film’s premise could be a mall haunted with spirits who have killed many people.
Jimmy said that before coming on board for “Darr @ The Mall”, he was sceptical regarding trying his hand at horror, however the film’s set-up and the script caught his interest.
“Personally, i love looking horror films however initially i used to be sceptical of doing horror films. however now the script was smart, character was smart, producers were conjointly terribly nice. Infact, the entire set-up was terribly nice,” said the “Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster” fame actor.
Directed by Pawan Kirpalani, the film also options Nushrat Bharucha and can hit the theatres Friday.
