Moser Baer Entertainment Ltd. and Idiot Box’s combined venture film “Hide and Seek” is directed by debutant director Shawn Arranha and produced by Apoorva Lakhia and Lakshmi Singh. With more than 13 years in the media profession, Shawn Arranha started off as production assistant on Channel V Show Head bangers Ball. In 2003, he worked as a 3rd Assistant Director for film “Boom”. From then on he started working as 2nd Assistant Director in films like “Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost”, “Lakshya” and “Mangal Pandey” and gradually moved on to being an Assistant Director for films like “Hari Om”, “Ek Ajnabee”, “Pyaar Mein Twist”, “Gafla”, “Shootout at Lokhandwala”, “Mission Istaanbul” etc.
Shawn Arranha has been an assistant to Apoorva Lakhia for nine years who gave Shawn the chance to independently make the upcoming film “Hide and Seek”. The film stars actors like Purab Kohli, Arjan Bajwa, Ayaz Khan, Samir Kochchar and former Miss Earth Amruta Patki and the music of the film is composed by Gaurav Dasgupta and Chirantan Bhatt.
The director claims that “Hide and Seek” is not a typical thriller film as it’s made on a different magnitude. The techniques used in the film are first of its kinds that have been made in India which will make the audience glued on to their seats. The film is based on 6 childhood friends Om, Abhi, Jaideep, Imran, Gunita and Jyotika who start playing the popular game “Hide and Seek” on a cold Christmas night. But little do they expect that night and that game would change their lives forever.
On asking Shawn as to why he wanted to make a debut with a suspense thriller film? He answered, “I personally love watching action cum thriller films and I feel audience like such movies too as it keeps you on a loop. The script of “Hide and Seek” was really impressive and I think I’ve given my best shot to make the film interesting and I hope people like my work. As an independent director today, I’ve done a lot of hard work for this film and I’m just waiting for the film to hit the theatres with a “houseful” tag.”
We also asked Shawn how it felt to work with such a huge star cast to which he replied, “It was a very good experience to begin with. We used to mostly shoot in the night time and we had a hectic 21 days work schedule which really worked in our favor as it gave the stars a natural terrified look”, laughs Shawn.
