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The scary fest began last year with Ram gopal Varma’s Bhoot and this year Ekta Kapoor is hoping to cash in on the trend with her Krishna Cottage. ‘Based on a book no one should read’, her new film warns you before shots of the lead actors singing tuneful ditties engulf you. ‘‘Krishna Cottage is a love story with a lot of thrills and chills thrown in,” says actress Isha Koppikar throwing back her blonde coloured mane.
The movie also stars Sohail Khan and Natassha, the Ding Dong girl from Ekta’s last film Kuch to Hai. ‘‘The film begins as any other campus film, but somewhere along things change drastically,”says Sohail Khan.
The film’s promos suggest a love triangle between Koppikar, Khan and Natasha as we see the actor romancing both the women, but the actors are not telling. ‘‘To reveal anything would be to give the storyline away. But love in this film apart from evoking the usual reactions of happiness and tears, also brings out something else – - fear,” grins Koppikar.
The film has been shot in Mumbai and Auli in Uttaranchal, where a part of a song and the climax has been filmed. The weather conditions were tough but Koppikar and Khan describe it as ‘‘a memorable shoot. Since the sun sets at five in the evening there and we needed daylight, we were up everyday by five in the morning. Can you imagine doing that in minus temperature?” she says cheekily.
Adding to her woes was the fact that she had to be wearing a chiffon outfit. ‘‘As soon as the director would
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for cut, I would be immediately engulfed by a shawl, my hands stuffed into gloves, a monkey cap crammed on my head and a cup of steaming tea thrust at me,” she reveals.
The name of the film evokes curiosity. ‘‘I was a little taken aback myself since Krishna is also a God, but the film is not about a cottage alone. People speculate if it is about a cottage where a group of students take refuge and then are killed one by one. And I say no!”says Koppikar.
Horror and love story all rolled into one — that according to the filmstars is the USP of the film and Sohail Khan is prompt to reply, ‘‘We are all characters in the films, shelled in, it’s the script that is the King.”’ Both stars are hopeful about the fate of their upcoming venture at the box office, ‘‘because a good film always works.”
And how was it working with Ekta Kapoor? ‘‘Oh it was wonderful. She is very dedicated,” says Sohail while Isha adds, ‘‘Her dedication is to be seen to be believed. She knew the dialogues of every scene that was being canned,”’ gushed Isha.
While Ekta’s last film was a disaster, it remains to be seen whether the ghosts of Krishna Cottage can carry the film at the box office.