Swapnil Joshi, the popular actor in the Marathi film industry, recently completed 30 years in the industry. And he has ventured into the horror genre with a Marathi film titled Bali. As per reports in Free Press Journal, he was quoted saying, “My fans will be happy that they can watch the film with their family. The film has a lot of positive moments. It is the story of hope and life. Honestly, nothing fascinates an actor more than fear of the unknown. That is the reason why I have been here for three decades, surviving and being relevant in spite of this long career. It was a brilliant two-year time to have gone through the narration, workshops, reading and then the prosthetics and trials post the background music. It was a brilliant and never-ever felt or seen experience. I cannot genuinely wait to see the reaction of my Marathi audiences – who love out-of-the-box stories and love to watch progressive and good films.”
When Vishal approached Swapnil with the concept of his Marathi horror after making a classic Lapachhapi, Swapnil had no inkling what Vishal wanted him to do. “I thought he wanted me to produce it. I am very scared of horror. I don’t watch horror films. But Vishal told me that shooting horror films is not scary. What Vishal has beautifully crafted is a story of human values and relationships and is a father-son story. It is moved me a lot about what a father will do to safeguard a child’s life. The concept is universally appealing.”
He was coerced by the director to watch his earlier horror film. “It took me three days and 72 hours to watch a 90-minute film. I would keep all the lights on and watch around 15 minutes at one go. But I loved Lapachhapi and what worked is that it is not a random ghost. Bali will take horror a notch up.”