Horror Story Information

Horror Story is an upcoming Bollywood dramatic horror film written by Vikram Bhatt and directed by Ayush Raina. The film stars Ravish Desai, Hasan Zaidi, and features the Bollywood movie debut of television actor Karan Kundra. The film is slated to release on September 13, 2013. The plot revolves around a night spent by seven youngsters at a haunted hotel, and sequels are already being planned.

Background

Of the film, Bhatt has stated that he did not want Horror Story to contain any songs or any sex scenes. He also remarked that he wanted to avoid casting "big stars" in the film, as he believed that they "cannot turn the audience fearful" in what he termed as a "hardcore horror film". Star Ravish Desai has commented that the movie will be the first in a franchise and that planning for further films has already begun.

Bhatt had earlier made films in the same genre, namely - 1920, 1920: Evil Returns and Haunted. In an interview, he had commented, "While [my] Raaz 3 and 1920 were romantic sagas with songs and full-on drama, this one is more of a Hollywood kind of drama. The horror lies in the story."

Plot

Seven friends reunite after several years apart to celebrate one of their friends, who was going abroad in order to pursue his career and fulfill his goals. As the group gathers at a local pub, they learn about an abandoned hotel with a reputation for being haunted. The hotel had originally started out as a mental asylum for the criminally insane, but was almost completely destroyed in a fire, the origin of which has never been fully explained. After years of sitting in neglect, rumors began to circulate that the place was haunted. Despite this, a builder decided to refurbish the ruins into a five star hotel, but was unsuccessful and committed suicide as a result- although rumors state that he was pushed by a ghost of one of the asylum's inmates. Intrigued by these rumors, the group decides to explore the abandoned building but soon come across strange and inexplicable occurrences. They initially explain these away as a trick of the mind, but soon they realize that something is very wrong and one of their friends is found dead shortly after. They try to escape, but find this harder to do than they expected.

Cast

• Karan Kundra as Neel
• Nishant Malkani as Achint
• Ravish Desai as Maghesh
• Hasan Zaidi as Samrat
• Aparna Bajpai as Maggie
• Radhika Menon as Neena
• Nandini Vaid as Sonia
• Sheetal Singh

Marketing

The promo of the movie released at Tulip Star Hotel in Mumbai. At the event, the director-writer-producer unveiled both the look of the film and its cast.