Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Horror Comedy Hindi
Rooh Baba ventures into a haunted mansion in the kingdom of Raktaghat in West Bengal, where he confronts two vengeful spirits, both asserting to be Manjulika.
| Cast: | Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Ashwini Kalsekar, Rajesh Sharma, Kanchan Mullick, Arun Kushwah |
|---|---|
| Director: | Anees Bazmee |
| Writer: | Aakash Kaushik |
| Camera: | Manu Anand |
All Guild Reviews of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Who is the real Manjulika?
It has been 17 years since Bhool Bhulaiyaa released and introduced to the world the unforgettable mystery of Manjulika, supposedly a vengeful spirit that wandered around the halls of an ancient palace. But the appeal of the movie lay not in the scares, but the twist at the end: that Avni was not possessed at all and, in fact, there was no ghost, just superstition masking the reality of mental illness. But in the sequel, and now Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, Manjulika is no longer a psychological manifestation but a genuine spirit.
In this horror comedy movie, Kartik Aaryan returns as Ruhaan or Rooh Baba, a self-proclaimed ghostbuster. We find him swindling people out of their money by claiming to get rid of evil spirits possessing their family members or haunting their houses. However, his pretty profitable career brings him to a new case in which he comes face to face with something he is not prepared to deal with an actual, honest-to-goodness ghost.
रंगबिरंगी, मसालेदार, टाइमपास
2007 की ‘भूल भुलैया’ तो ज़रूर याद होगी आपको। तर्क की कसौटी पर कसी हुई प्रियदर्शन निर्देशित वह फिल्म एक सायक्लोजिकल सस्पैंस-थ्रिलर थी जिसे आज हम हिन्दी की क्लासिक फिल्मों में गिनते हैं। उसके 15 साल बाद आई ‘भूल भुलैया 2’ को उस फिल्म के कंधे पर सवार होकर सिर्फ और सिर्फ इसलिए बनाया गया था ताकि नोट बटोरे जा सकें। वह फिल्म पिछली वाली का सीक्वेल नहीं बल्कि उसी कड़ी की एक फ्रेंचाइज़ी फिल्म थी जिसमें मंजुलिका को भूतनी दिखा कर लोगों को डराया और कुछ मसखरे जोड़ कर लोगों को हंसाया गया था। अनीस बज़्मी के निर्देशन में आई उस फिल्म को आज हम भले ही एक सफल फिल्म कहें लेकिन थी वह एक औसत दर्जे की मसाला फिल्म ही। अब अनीस के ही निर्देशन में आई यह ‘भूल भुलैया 3’ (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3) भी ऐसी ही है-हॉरर और कॉमेडी का मसाला लपेट कर आई एक औसत फिल्म जो कुछ पल को हंसाएगी, डराएगी, नोट बटोरेगी मगर इज़्ज़त नहीं कमा पाएगी।
Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan are underutilised in this drab horror comedy
Kartik Aaryan is alive to the situational humour but director Anees Bazmee falters between sticking to stereotypes and taking a progressive step
In the festive season, director Anees Bazmee tells cinegoers to bring in the popcorn and he would deliver the comic twists. This Deepavali, the director lights up a green cracker that leaves a purple patch in the air but in a bid to be progressive, he fails to keep his traditional comedic pot on the boil and underutilises powerhouse performers like Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan to light up the screen.
This is a good time to a make a ‘horror-comedy’ in Hindi cinema, in this case, rehash a film with a sequel of an established franchise. In this genre, you don’t really have to focus on the horror part (the audience laughs at it anyway, in many cases, it is nervous laughter) and for the comedy part, you just have to put a few characters in a ‘horror’ situation and voila, the comedy element is sorted.
Twice the Manjulikas but half the fun
The dynamic between Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan is an opportunity wasted in the long film, which is high on concept but low on mood
In 2007, Priyadarshan directed Vidya Balan as the ghostly apparition Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa, with Aneez Bazmee taking over the reins of this comedy-horror franchise in 2022. Akshay Kumar was replaced by Kartik Aaryan, who played Ruhaan—a charlatan masquerading as a psychic, who communicates with and channels spirits. Tabu stepped into the dual roles of the trapped spirit, Manjulika, and her twin sister, Anjulika.
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