New Delhi: 'Delhi in a Day' director Prashant Nair, who is writing the script for Bollywood's first vampire film 'Bloody Veer', said he is trying to reinvent the supernatural concept to suit Indian audiences instead of just copying from Hollywood.
The film is being produced by Siddharth Jain of iRock Media and will be directed by Heeraz Marfatia, a long time associate of Shekhar Kapur.
"'Bloody Veer' is going to be India's first mainstream vampire film. It's a coming of age story, but it's extremely Bollywood - there are song, dance and action sequences. Instead of just trying to copy from the West, I am looking
through Indian mythology and culture to reinvent the concept of vampire so that it works in India," Prashant told PTI.
It was rumoured that Ranbir Kapoor would be playing the lead in the film, but Prashant said the casting process is yet to begin. "The script is almost done and we are planning to do some revisions close to production. We are just about to start the whole casting process," said Prashant.
Meanwhile, the entrepreneur-turned-filmmaker is also busy working on his new film 'Umrika', the script of which was approved by the Screenwriters Lab held by Mumbai Mantra and Sundance Institute. "It's a comedy set in the eighties. It is one of the six chosen projects by the Mumbai Mantra-Sundance Screenwriters
lab. Umrika is a French-German-Indian co-production. I am hoping to shoot it next year," he said.
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