SPPU students unite to make Marathi horror film

The Pune University sprawls over a huge area and is covered with lush greenery. It’s the perfect place to set a horror film in, but for Kaaal, director D Sandeep wanted to move out of his comfort zone.
Sandeep is a student of the university as are almost all of his film’s HoDs. While they share a bond with the campus, their film has been shot on the outskirts of Pune.That, though, doesn’t mean they haven’t explored the university’s so-called haunted places, especially the Alice Garden.
Legend has it that the ghost of a British woman named Alice roams this particular garden in the university. Some even say the ‘ghost’ is headless and moved around on the ghost of a horse. However, Sandeep, a self-confessed horror enthusiast, says it’s nothing like that. “Way before we even thought of making Kaaal, we had done a small investigation of our own at Alice garden. We stayed late to find out if what people said about the place was actually true. But, to our utter disappointment, nothing happened that night,” laughs Sandeep, adding, “Most of the times it’s just the stories that create a fear in the minds of people and with Alice Garden, it’s something like that I think.”
Years after the ‘investigation’, Sandeep did his research for a horror film and has successfully made one- Kaaal- which will soon hit theatres.