When Ghoul starring Radhika Apte was released on Netflix, apart from the memes that took over the internet, the horror element of the series was one of the things that captivated the viewers. The look of the series is nowhere close to what the Indian fans of fright are used to. There were no mansions, no ghosts in white sheets, no widows catching you off-guard. Instead, the menacing story unfolded at a military detention camp and it also had a political undertone.
Viewers and critics appreciated the works of Mahesh Balraj as the monster on board. So how did this eerie, dark story came to fruition?
In the video featurette released by Netflix India, cast members Radhika Apte, Mahesh Balraj, producer Vikramaditya Motwane, and director Patrick Graham explain what really went into bringing the Ghoul to life.
The video spills all the secrets out including how the gore was created, how the scenes were lit in a dark basement that stood as the location for the detention camp.
As the video starts, both Apte and Motwane describe director Patrick Graham as someone who loves scaring people and add blood and gore in the scenes. Graham continues the conversation by giving insight about Apte's character Nidha Rahim and her journey of finding the humanity within.
Then we see Mahesh Balraj patiently getting ready to play Ghoul in his prosthetic makeup. Graham also explains that they had to get new makeup for new people because 'the whole point of the Ghoul is that it takes over people, and so each different iteration of the Ghoul would look different.'
Production Designer Vintee Bansal shed light on how she made sure that the lighting used in the series was incorporated in the how the set was designed.
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The series is now streaming on Netflix.
