Bouma

Rejin S. Babu, the writer and director of Bouma, probably believes in the adage that the journey is more important than the destination. Predictably, the destination in this gothic horror is an old haunted bungalow, where the film ends with a rather underwhelming, open-ended climax. The mysterious happenings within the bungalow give one a ‘been there, done that’ feeling, for the setting is familiar from numerous films. However, the happenings outside, where the film spends much of its runtime, evoke much curiosity. The movie maintains this until the last act. The choice to not confine the characters mostly within the bungalow did pay off in a way. Bouma begins unhurriedly from the point of view of Celine (Revathy Sarma), a singer at a resto-bar, and her live-in partner Jacob (Sagar Surya), a food delivery worker. The struggling couple lands the jackpot when she realises she has been bequeathed ancestral property of immense value.