Shraddha Kapoor: Stree is a strange film

Releasing on August 31, Stree is a “horror-comedy”, about the urban legend of Nale Ba, a woman who knocks on the doors of houses at night — if you answer, you’ll never be seen again. “One of the reasons I was eager to do this film is because of its humour. But am I playing the witch? I can’t tell you,” says Kapoor. We try and persuade her to tell us more by pointing out that the fishtail braid she’s been twirling throughout this conversation is similar to the one in Nazar, Star TV’s latest supernatural show, about a daayan whose hair is long enough to deliver newspapers to the skyscrapers in Andheri, but chooses to kill with it instead.

“What a co! My role is different because I play a small-town girl. But she is a little ‘off’, you know. As for Stree, she’s not dressed in white, she wears a red sari, and she levitates,” says Kapoor. Her co-star, Rajkummar Rao, has admitted he’s afraid of bats, which he encountered during the shoot; did anything scare her? “Not during the shoot, but I’m afraid of flying. Turbulence freaks me out,” she says.

So, what does Shraddha Kapoor see in her 15-second movie montage when she feels the end is near? Is there a rain song sequence? “Haha, no. I think of my family, that I should have spent more time with them. In the last few seconds, I think that I should have said something kind to the people in my life. I also think that I should have taken more risks,” she says.

Kapoor is currently shooting for her Telugu film debut, Saaho, with Prabhas, due for release next year. Hopefully, it’ll be a risk that’ll pay off.