Pavan Kirpalani’s fascination for the horror genre is evident in his previous offerings, Ragini MMS (2011) and Phobia (2016). But the filmmaker has turned the genre on its head with his recent horror comedy Bhoot Police. “I wanted to make a horror-comedy way before it became a viable genre,” begins the director, who wanted to kick off his career with a film in the genre. “The first film I ever wrote, as an aspiring filmmaker, was Bhoot Police. Before Ragini MMS, I had made another horror comedy that got shelved because of the recession then. If things had gone according to the plan, Bhoot Police would have been made a decade ago.”

Pavan Kirpalani