Bollywood star Kajol, who is all pepped up for the release of her upcoming film “Maa”, said that working in the horror movie was emotionally exhausting to her due to the intense and constant high-pitch tension required in every scene. This is not the first time Kajol’s playing a mother on screen. The actress first played a mother in “Kabhi Kushi Khabhie Gham…” in 2001. She shared that she is not a horror fan herself, which made her unprepared for the emotional demands of the genre.
00:00Bollywood star Kajol, who is all pepped up for the release of her upcoming film Maa,
00:11said that working in the horror movie was emotionally exhausting to her due to the intense
00:16and constant high-pitch tension required in every scene.
00:20This is not the first time Kajol is playing a mother on screen.
00:23The actress was played a mother in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam in 2001.
00:28She was then seen as seeing the characters in projects such as VR Family, Helicopter Eela,
00:33Tri Bhanga and Salaam Venki.
00:36However, playing a mother in Maa was different for Kajol and it did take more from her emotionally
00:42than the other roles she played before.
00:44I think it took a lot from me because of the fact that it's a horror film and it needs,
00:52I didn't realize that when I would be doing a horror film, there would be such a pitch
00:57to the entire film because I'm not a horror watcher.
01:00So, I didn't realize that there was this certain pitch to every horror film that's there.
01:05There's an emotional pitch.
01:07And especially when it's like such a tight, you know, there's so much happening.
01:12She shared that she's not a horror fan herself, which made her unprepared for the emotional
01:17demands of the genre.
01:18Kajol said that as actors, they need to always be on a high alert level.
01:23That as an actor, you always have to be at a, like at a, almost like a, you know, like a really high alert level.
01:31And yes, it was very, very draining as an actor also, very emotionally draining as an actor to constantly keep that pitch 24-7 all the time in every shot.
01:42Maa is a mythological horror film directed by Vishal Furia.
01:45It tells the story about Ambika and how after her husband dies due to a supernatural cause,
01:51she and her daughter visit his hometown only to discover a demonic curse that puts their lives at risk.
