Kaushiki director Suparn Varma: Digital is the best platform to experiment with thriller and horror

With Kaushiki airing weekly, we asked if it helps keep the curiousity of the audience. “We started with four episodes to keep them hooked and post that it’s been an episode a week. So the sixth episode got delayed for a couple of hours and in that time, I was bombarded with messages about it. That’s never happened before and we knew we have done something right (smiles). The time gap has helped in setting up the right mood.”

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The show has multiple characters involved adding to the high-octane suspense and Suparn shared that he enjoys doing it. “That’s my favourite thing, to take a lot of things, throw them in the air and then juggle it. That’s the magic trick and for me filmmaking is a magic trick. As for thrillers, it’s not the multiple characters but how you keep it all together. You need to constantly surprise your audience and keep them on the edge,” he added.

While Suparn has aced the horror genre in movies, we asked him if the digital medium makes for a good medium for the same. Without even a thought he quipped, “Of course, I think digital medium is a great platform for horror. When in theatres, you cannot get the right mood as people make noises and talk but when you are alone, watching it on your phone; that gives the chill. So I think it’s a great medium and more horror and thrillers should be made.” Suparn concluded by saying that he has few other projects on the pipeline, out of which he is also writing one.

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Kaushiki stars Sayani Gupta, Rannvijay Singh, Omkar Kapoor, Namit Das, and Rajeev Siddhartha among more. It streams on Viu, with new episodes every Friday.