Last Saturday, I woke up in the morning, with a determination to enjoy
my very first Saturday-off. And enjoy I did, coz much to my mom’s amusement,
I dressed up in flashy red and went alone to watch the matinee show
of ’Bhool Bhulaiya’ at R Adlabs. And wow, what a movie!
The movie does have a few flaws, but its so charmingly different that
you’ll forgive that. And its a mix of exactly the kind of movies I
like- thrillers and comedies. (..AND it has Akshay Kumar and Shiney Ahuja)
The movie starts with a funny-scary scene, with Paresh Rawal (sporting
a shendi) finding himself alone in a beautiful haunted haveli. The next
few scenes establish the fact that theres something not quite right with
the lovely mahal. But the real story starts when the newly-wed NRIs Siddharth
(Shiney) and Avani(Vidya Balan), insist on staying in the haunted mahal. What follows is
literally a bhool-bhulaiya of suspicion, fear and superstition.
I liked this movie for several reasons. 1) The way its shot. Most of the action
takes place in the haveli. This adds that air of ’somethin-lurking there since
ages’ feel to the movie, since the haveli really looks like it had an...’eventful’
past. 2) All the funny supporting characters and their silly antics. eg: Asrani
trying to run away from the ’Bhootni’. hahaha, that was so funny. 3) Those
Nancy Drew like sequences when the girls decide to explore ’that’ room. 4) Akshay
Kumar as the eccentric detective-cum-shrink, adding lots of laughs to the recipe
5) The genuinely scary scenes 6) The music especially the flash-back dance is
spectacular. 7) The climax.
What I didnt like was the way the title song popped out of nowhere on Akshay Kumar’s
entry. It was totally out of place. Also, the movie felt really long, never-ending
and repetitive at times.
Nonetheless, this one is definitely worth a watch, especially on a big screen.
My 100 bucks are full vasool.