Fresh out of the success of Mirzapur 2, Ali Fazal has been fielding a host of offers. But the actor has his heart set upon a psychological thriller that will see him in a dark light.

For the first time in his career, Fazal, 34, has been offered a part out of his comfort zone simply because of the genre the film belongs to. He shot for a film written by Hussain Dalal in Khandala in September. The almost two-week schedule had a small crew and will be seen in the festival circuit first.

The Death On The Nile actor has always been a fan of psychological thrillers as a genre and for him to have been offered a film in this space was extremely gratifying. He says, “Thrillers are one my favourite genres and I always enjoy edge-of-the-seat screenplays.”

The genre, according to him, is almost “non-existent” in our films and hopes that films like the one he is doing are experimented with, in the future. Fazal has always been inspired by the works in this space with films such as The Girl On The Train, Get Out, Stranger and Cell 211.

“I could fill up pages listing them. I was excited when the chance to work on this experimental project came my way, given not many writers write comfortably in this space. And I have never seen a script that makes me more uncomfortable. It was an easy yes that entailed a hard prep,” he says.