The multi-faceted Shekhar Suman is gearing up for the release of his directorial debut Heartless 
however, unlike other directors, who often choose formula films to foray into Bollywood, Shekhar has chosen a path less travelled.
Heartless is a romatic medical thriller, which deals with a frightening medical phenomenon called anaesthesia awareness. When asked to shed some light on the movie and the phenomenon around which it revolves, Shekhar stated, ³It¹s a hard-core romantic thriller with a medical background. My film¹s plot revolves around a phenomenon called anaesthesia awareness and not many people are aware of it.
It’s a very interesting but frightening phenomenon and one out of a 1000 or may be 10,000 patients experience it. When they are anaesthetised, because of the anaesthesia effect they become unconscious from the outside, but remain conscious from within, which means you start hearing sounds in the Operation Theatre and start experiencing the pain. You shout for help, but no one can hear you. A lot of people I have spoken with have admitted to the fact that at one time or the other, they have experienced it, and they only realised it was anaesthesia awareness when I told them about it, he further added.
When quizzed why he picked up such a different topic for his directorial debut, the filmmaker said, I chose this topic because I¹m a doctor’s son so, it was very natural for me to bring forth a topic which is related to the medical field. Also these days all the films are very similar to each other in terms of treatment, narration, the way the songs are shot and fight sequences. In such a situation, it becomes very important for a filmmaker, if he wants to create an identity for himself, to pick up such a topic which the audiences have never seen or experienced before and anaesthesia awareness is a phenomenon not many people are aware of. It’s a very horrifying situation to be in and I hope no one experiences it.
The much-anticipated movie will feature Shekhar’s son Adhyayan Suman as the protagonist and he will share scree space with stalwarts like Shekhar, Om Puri, Deepti Naval and Madan Jain in it. Heartless, which is slated to release on February 7, next year, will mark the acting debut of Ariana Ayam.
Source : Lokesh Shastri