Ayushmann-Rashmika's Thamma Based On Indian Folk Tales, Existed Before The Vampire Diaries, Says Writer - EXCL

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Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna’s Thamma is releasing on October 21 in theatres to celebrate Diwali with a unique, cinematic love story revolving around a human and a vampire. Soon after the trailer released in the last week of September, a section of netizens lauded it as India’s answer to The Vampire Diaries, a popular youth-centric show that aired from 2009 to 2017. Niren Bhatt, the writer of Thamma, reacted to the comparison in an exclusive interview with Zoom.

Thamma's folklore older than The Vampire Diaries

Niren told us, “We are trying to create stories based on our folk tales and our mythologies because our scriptures and culture are so rich. If you talk about vampires, they are there in all cultures, like Chinese, Persian, Greek, and there have been legends in popular culture. In the West, it came around like 100 years back with Dracula stories, but The Vampire Diaries is a 10-year-old thing.”ALSO READ: Chhoti Stree Writer Niren Bhatt Shares Script Update On Shraddha Kapoor Film's Animated Prequel | EXCLHe further added, We have had it since the last thousands of years in our scriptures, like Singhasan Battisi and the stories of Vikram and Betal. Betal is a riddler. Each time Vikram gets on his back, he tells him a story and asks him a question in the end. If Vikram gives the wrong answer, then he'll go back to the tree. That thing has always been there in our culture, and it came way back before The Vampire Diaries and the Twilights of the world.”

About Thamma

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Paresh Rawal are also a part of Thamma, the love story between a vampire and a human. Aditya Sarpotdar directs the upcoming movie backed by Maddock Films. It is the fifth film in the horror-comedy universe.