| Actors Sudhanshu Pandey and Sumeet Raghavan reveal that their real-life spooky encounters while shooting Sony's forthcoming supernatural thriller, Akeyla (tentative title), left them with a better understanding of "spirits and other supernatural elements".
The plot has two cops Ranbir (Pandey) and Savio (Raghavan), who possesses extraordinary powers, which help them combat evil forces.
Says Pandey, "My real-life experience helped me perform better in this supernatural series. Whenever I'm enacting a spooky scene, my subconscious tells me that I have already felt an eerie presence years back."
Unlucky 13
Talking about that experience, Sudhanshu says, "I had my first brush with a supernatural entity when I was 13. At that time, we were living in Bareily, and the monsoon had just set in.
After a heavy spell one evening, I was returning home after meeting a neighbourhood friend, and I saw a dhoti-clad man standing near some bushes. After walking by him, I turned back to look at him, and saw that he didn't have a face!"
Trick, or levitation?
However, his parents dismissed the incident as pure hallucination. Later, when Sudhanshu moved to Delhi to pursue modelling, he had another ghostly experience.
"I was staying in a rented room, in a bungalow near Preet Vihar, Delhi. The only other inmates were an old couple, who had a relative who visited them regularly. While I was staying there, this guy died in a road accident near our house.
After the incident, I would feel an eerie presence in my room throughout the day. And at night, I found myself floating in air; my music system would also start playing on its own. It was weird, and I have no logical explanation for it," says the actor.
Co-star Raghavan, however, is sceptical. "I don't believe in spirits. But a friend tries to convince me all the time that if there's positive energy, there has to be negative energy at work as well.
The only incident I can recall, is in Film City one evening. We had packed up late and while riding back on a bike, I saw a white figure crossing the road. But I think that could be my imagination. Anyway, I'm not affected or scared." |
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