Vikramaditya Motwane says literature has always inspired filmmakers and choosing a dystopian backdrop for "Ghoul" simply put the story of the Netflix India Original in perspective.
Motwane, whose last collaboration with the streaming service was the megahit "Sacred Games", has co-produced the three-episode series through Phantom Films, along with Ivanhoe and Blumhouse.
"Literature is always used. Dystopia is a very interesting setting. Whether it's '1984' or 'Fahrenheit 451'... Dystopia is a wonderfully cinematic setting. It was really interesting to put the story of 'Ghoul' in this kind of setting," Motwane told PTI in an interview.
"Ghoul" follows a prisoner who arrives at a remote military interrogation centre and turns the tables on his interrogators, exposing their most shameful secrets.
When asked if the series sends across a message in today's time, the producer said writer-director Patrick Graham had penned the script long back.
"I don't think it has anything to do with the current state of affairs. Patrick has written it, I don't think there was even this government (when he wrote it)."