Film: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit & Triptii Dimri
Director: Anees Bazmee
Rating: 3/5
Runtime: 2h 38min

A decent climax often saves a bad film. But a good one has the power to completely shift your feelings about everything you have seen before those last 20 minutes. That’s also what makes concluding feelings about Anees Bazmee’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 difficult. The director returns with the third instalment of the horror comedy with its lead star, Kartik Aaryan, and the original Manjulika, aka Vidya Balan, who starred as the jilted spirit in the franchise’s first film in 2007, helmed by Priyadarshan.

As far as scale and ambition go, it couldn’t have gotten bigger than the latest instalment. Also in terms of cast, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 scores big as it also features Triptii Dimri, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Rajesh Sharma, and Ashwini Kalsekar. Just like the ensemble, the story by Aakash Kaushik is also packed with a lot of horror, history, humour, and heart. However, before the film reaches its core emotion, which also doubles up as a suspense thriller, it drags and seems directionless beyond a point.