Nushrratt Bharuccha says, “I am a more confident actor after doing ‘Chhorii’.”

#NushrrattBharuccha came into major limelight with the success of a film ‘#SonuKeTituKiSweety’, which too had #KartikAryan. She believes that the earlier ‘Pyar Ka Panchnama’ series was instrumental in the success of this film as it did a groundwork for all the actors in it, including herself. After giving successful films like Dream Girl and Chhalaang , she’s gearing up for a horror movie Chhorii. Chhorii is an official remake of a marathi film ‘Lapachhapi’. Both the versions are directed by Vishal Furia. The movie Chhorii is taking a digital route for release. Nushrratt Bharuccha interacted by out correspondent Keerti Kadam during the promotions of the said film.

‘I am a horror enthusiast in a way as I consume a lot of horror stuff. I am a fan of horror films and watch movie in that space. Talking about Chhorii I am playing a pregnant woman and I wore a pregnant body suit while performing. In fact I practised a lot, wearing that body suit, the movements and mannerisms of a pregnant woman. As I have no personal experience of pregnancy I had to do a lot of homework about the character playing in this film. It was an unreal space for me as horror is a larger emotion. I had to consciously keep in mind about Sakshi’s (character’s name Nushrratt is playing) pregnancy and then perform. Though it was a strenuous job, both emotionally and physically, (director) Vishal sir helped and took me through it’, Nushrratt was talking passionately about her ‘Chhorii’ experience.

Nushrratt did not watch the original marathi movie ‘Lapachhapi’, nor she read the full script. On this she reacted, ‘I tried this for the first time. I do not know whether I would have done a better job after reading the full script and watching the original film. But I did not want to get influenced by what was already shot. I wanted to bring something else, different to the table. I wanted to get my emotions, reactions to be instant and natural. I did not do any other project while doing Chhorii. In fact I did not shoot anything else 25 days prior to this film and it took me two months to come out of it. I was utterly engrossed in this character and we shot for 28 days at a stretch in a lonely sugarcane field in Madhya Pradesh.’ ‘I wanted to feel isolated because Sakshi is feeling isolation in the film’, added Ms Bharuccha.

Talking about the hardships, if any, she faced during the filming, Nushrratt said, ‘Well, though I did not experience any spooky incident, Vishal did. I had to walk, run in the sugarcane field. The blades of sugarcane are very sharp and it was a dense field. Almost everyday I used to fall, get bruised and used to get cuts because of the the sharpness of the blades. Again it felt spooky because you are surrounded by tall sugarcane plants while walking through the dark paths.’ About getting this film she said, “People who worked with me before like to work with me again. I met Jack (one of the producers) over a cup of coffee and we were discussing general things. Next day I received a call from Vikram sir (another producer) saying that he and Jack are making a film together, a remake of a marathi film Lapachhapi, and will you like to be part of it? I said yes and he said ‘you are on’. I couldn’t believe it initially and reconfirmed it over three phone calls. I landed this film much easily maybe because I was destined to do it.”