GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT

AFTER BHOOT UNCLE AND BHOOT AND FRIENDS, ACTOR JACKIE SHROFF HAS AGAIN ESSAYED THE PART OF A GHOST IN ZEE5's RECENTLY RELEASED ROMCOM ATITHI BHOOTO BHAVA

- Karishma Upadhyay

Q. Seeing how you've played a ghost multiple times, do you believe in them yourself?

I both believe and don't believe. Everything we've heard about ghosts is probably what makes our minds play tricks on us. When I was much younger, I remember going to Matheran. I had to do the seven-kilometer uphill trek from the train station to the town on my own. At some point, I started hearing the sound of ghungroos; there was a scent in the air; and I also glimpsed a sari. All this, we are told, signals the presence of a bhoot, but I didn't really see one. I wonder, though-why do ghosts only wear saris and not suits?