Supernatural thriller The Thread has started shooting inIndia this week, where it will continue through the rest of September beforemoving to the UK.

Mahesh Mathai (Bhopal Express) is directingfrom a script by Randall Fontana, based on a story by Harris W. Freedman.Deepak Nayar, who previously produced Bride and Prejudice and Bend itLike Beckham, is producing.

The film is about a half-Indian Englishman who is haunted by amysterious woman from his past who he doesn't remember. Linus Roache, Saffron Burrows,and Andrea Corr star.

Nayar's last production, Paul Mayeda Berges' Mistress of Spicesstarring Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott, premiered on September 11 atthe Toronto International Film Festival.