Shekar’s suspense flick to experiment with the Rashomon-effect screenplay

Director PC Shekar’s next, a suspense thriller titled Bad, apparently follows the Rashomon-effect screenplay. “Named after Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon, the Rashomon effect is a format of storytelling and writing method in cinema in which an event is given contradictory interpretations or descriptions by the individuals involved, thereby providing different perspectives and points of view of the same incident. We have to bring in new elements on screen, about the same story, without overwhelming or boring the audience. With each story, we have included something unique to look out for,” explains the director.
While the film stars newcomer Nakul Gowda in the main role, Shekar adds, “There are seven main characters in the film; six are based on arishadvargas - kama (desire), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), mada (Sense of I), moha (Attachment), and matsarya (Partiality) and the seventh character is a conclusive one or the ‘solution’ which balances the other six out. But the hero here is anger, which is portrayed by Nakul.”