On Akshay Kumar's 57th birthday, the superstar dropped a major surprise for fans by revealing the title and the first look poster of his upcoming horror-comedy, Bhooth Bangla . Interestingly, this comes right after the blockbuster success of Amar Kaushik's Stree 2 , where Akshay Kumar had a scene-stealing cameo. What's special about Bhooth Bangla is that he is reunited with director Priyadarshan for the horror-comedy, that's co-produced by Ektaa R Kapoor.
It doesn't need to be said that Priyadarshan is one of the few directors who have made the best use of Akshay Kumar's comic timing on screen. ‘Bhooth Bangla’: Akshay Kumar Reunites With Priyadarshan After 14 Years for New Horror-Comedy; Film To Arrive in 2025 . Bhooth Bangla marks the seventh collaboration between Akshay Kumar and the Malayalam filmmaker, who, in the past, has given us iconic movies like Hera Pheri, Garam Masala and Bhool Bhulaiyaa .
In fact, the 2007 movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa is also the first horror-comedy that Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan have each done in Bollywood, and it was also their collab's biggest money-maker at the domestic box office (INR 49.10 crore in 2007 wasn't that bad). So it makes sense that their reunion after 14 years would come by in the same genre, apart from the fact that horror-comedies are now the new favourite flavour of the audience after the super-successes of Munjya and Stree 2 .
‘Stree 2’ Ending and Post-Credit Scenes Explained: Decoding How Akshay Kumar-Varun Dhawan’s .