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Starring:
Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Amisha Patel,
Paresh Rawal
Producer - Bhushan Kumar
Director - Priyadarshan
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa is a hindi remake of a Malayalam superhit film
- Manichitrathazhu, which has a better ending than the
other Priyadarshan movies like Dhol, etc... Its a
slapstick murder mystery which thankfully has buffoonery
restricted only to the first half of the movie and thats
tolerable. The second half really scares the audience,
which apart from frightening, is also amusing and
exciting.
Siddharth
(Shiney Ahuja), a descendant from a royal family of India
returns to his hometown with his newly-wed wife Avni (Vidya
Balan) who insists that they stay in their ancestorial
palace rubbishing aside the abundant caution from their
other family members. Not realising the mystery,
discovery, surprise, shock and revelation lay in front
of them.
His his large extended family welcomes them. His uncle
Badrinarayan Chaturvedi (Manoj Joshi) unsuccessfully
voicing his displeasure decides to come in and stay with
the newly wedded couple purely for the couple's safety
reasons.
CREDITS
Producer -
Bhushan Kumar
Director - Priyadarshan
Screenplay writer - Neeraj Vora
Dialogue writers - Manisha Korde, Neeraj Vora
Lyrics - Sameer, Sayeed Qadri
Cast
Akshay Kumar - Dr. Aditya Shrivastav
Vidya Balan - Avni Siddharth Chaturvedi
Shiney Ahuja - Siddharth Chaturvedi
Amisha Patel - Radha
Paresh Rawal - Batukshankar Upadhyay
Rajpal Yadav - Chhote Pandit
G. Asrani - Murari
Rasika Joshi - Janaki Upadhyay
Vineeth - Professor Sharad Pradhan
Manoj Joshi - Badrinarayan Chaturvedi
Vikram Gokhale - Shri Yagyaprakashji Bharti
Tarina Patel - Nandini Upadhyay
Other Credits -
Original Music by - Pritam Chakraborty
Cinematographer - Tirru
Film Editors - N. Gopalakrishnan, Arun Kumar
Art Director - Sabu Cyril
Visual Effects - Avik Banerjee
Assistant Colourist - Mahesh Deshpande
Choreographer - Pony Verma
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The movie begins with its
usual slapstick comedy rendered by Paresh Rawal, Rajpal
Yadav, Asrani and the gang - without Akshay Kumar. It is
acceptable since the story moves on alongwith the regular
giggling moments. The film has songs, comedy, suspense and
spirits, and some portions are not for the faint hearted.
The hit songs are Hare Krishna Hare Rama - which could
have been included somewhere around Akshay Kumar's entry
which would be more excitable. The other number on Shiny
Ahuja and Vidya Balan is a very popular number and
beautifully picturised.
Suddenly all the unforeseen happenings, mysterious
elements, horrific indications and life-threatening
incidents happen in the palatial mansion. It reaches to
such an extent that someone in the family could face
death!
This is when Siddharth instinctively calls up his
Psychiatric Doctor-friend Aditya (Akshay Kumar) who
reaches there just some moments before the interval. Our
doctor-friend too witnesses and experiences many
unexplained happenings in the middle of the nights. He
immediately starts his investigations which even makes him
take a trip to some city in Central India.
Mercifully, the buffonery of
Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav is somewhat restricted and
appear logically realistic at times. The highlight of the
film is the suspense which comes as a jolt. The flashback
that follows is equally interesting. The mystery is solved
in climax which is a bit unconvincing, but alls well that
ends well... which should be lapped by the Indian audience
which usually give thumbs up to films with a happy ending.
Performances by Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and Shiney Ahuja
are splendid. Unfortunately Amisha Patel has been given
less scope to showcase her talents. Paresh Rawal, Rajpal
Yadav and Rasika Joshi are first-rate. Manoj Joshi is very
much with the character. He performs well. Vikram Gokhale,
Asrani, Vineeth and Tareena Patel are good in their brief
roles.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa is an extremely well-shot, glossy and a
visually attractive film. For a change the director
appreciates maturity of the audience thus incorporating
horror with humor in a steady flow of events taking place
in the palatial house.
- Amar Jeet
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