Everyone knows about Friday the 13th that is said to be one jinxed day of the year when believers do not launch any new venture or buy anything new.
And with his latest film Horror Story slated to release on 13 September that happens to be also a Friday, Vikram Bhatt promises to cast a spell of scare.
The story of Horror Story revolves around seven youngsters and their one dare that leads them to their most dreadful experience with the supernatural in a haunted hotel, which formerly stood as an asylum.
Unlike other Bollywood films, Bhatt's terror film has no songs, no romance and no fillers, but is only a pure unadulterated story of paranormal horror.
While most newcomers step into Bollywood with a drama or romantic film, Karan Kundra along with Nishant Malkani, Ravish Desai, Hasan Zaidi, Aparna Bajpai, Radhika Menon, Nandini Vaid and Sheetal Singh chose their debut with a twist of terror.
The film, written by Vikram Bhatt and Mohan Azad and produced by ASA Production and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd has been directed by Ayush Raina.
Television actor Karan Kundra, who is making his Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhatt's "Horror Story", calls it the right time to enter film dom.
The actor also says that a certain level of "maturity" and "experience" is required for films.
"For being a film actor, you need to have a certain sense of maturity. You have to have an experience of life to be able to emote. You need to understand the craft. So I feel that the timing (for me to debut now) is right," said Karan.
Releasing Friday, "Horror Story" is directed by Ayush Raina and also features Radhika Menon,Nandini Vaid, Sheetal Singh, Nishant Malkaniamong others.
Karan says that not only is the timing right but also the genre is perfect for a debut.
"I have done a lot of TV shows till now. I have been a romantic hero, angry brooding man and hosted shows. What is better than a horror film to prove myself as an actor. I wanted to prove a point through this," Karan, who has been seen in "Kitani Mohabbat Hai", "Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai", said.
The actor also added that generally people like to debut in a film with a romantic genre, but he decided to tread his own path.
"You have to create your own niche and your own path. I am hoping that this path works for me," said Karan, who is currently seen hosting television show, 'Gumrah'.
However, entering films will not stop him from working in TV.
"For me, medium is not important. But quality of work is important. I might be the first TV actor whose film is coming and a TV show is also on air. Most of the people who step into Bollywood announce that they won't do TV anymore," he said.
Talking about his future plans, the actor is busy with psychological thriller, "Ram Pam Posh" and two Punjabi projects.
The popular youth crime based show Gumrah: End of Innocence (Balaji Telefilms and A Lost Boy Productions) on Channel [V] will soon have the talented young actor Tapasvi Mehta in one of its upcoming episodics.
The show that highlights crime committed by young people and their aftermath will have Tapasvi getting into a case of drink and drive. The actor who was last seen on Parvarrish on Sony Entertainment Television will be playing a young boy named Lucky who kill some people on road in an accident when he will ride a vehicle all sloshed.
As Lucky is a juvenile the case gets going, and his crime backfires when his little sister gets to suffer because of his one mistake. With the guilt of killing people, this added guilt will take him up on the wall. The story of his struggles will be the focus of this episodic.
When we buzzed Tapasvi on the news, he confirmed his presence and added, "We shot for around four days and it was a great experience. I am sure viewers are going to really enjoy this heart wrenching story."
This particular episode will go on air next weekend.