Sonil Dedhia sonil. dedhia@ mid- day. com Bollywood has rarely perfected the horror genre, struggling awkwardly between gory slasher movies and the unintentionally hilarious ones. Which is probably why when Bhumi Pednekar, an actor known for her unusual choice of scripts, backs Bhoot u2014 Part One: The Haunted Ship, the audience sits up and takes notice.

The actor believes the Vicky Kaushal- fronted offering, the trailer of which dropped online yesterday, will bring a new chapter in Indian horror films. u201c Visually, I havenu2019t seen something like this being attempted in Hindi cinema before. It will open up the horror genre in India, and will be genre- breaking. I have not explored horror movies before,u201d she smiles, adding that she canu2019t resist the temptation to experiment.