Director: Anees Bazmee Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Triptii Dimri, Madhuri Dixit, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Ashwini Kalsekar, Sanjay Mishra Where To Watch: Theaters Rating: 3.5 stars After entertaining the audiences with Welcome, No Entry, and Singh Is Kinng, Anees Bazmee lost his comedic touch with Welcome Back and Pagalpanti. In 2022, the filmmaker made his grand comeback with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.
Not only did he revive the franchise, he was also able to bring in the audiences back to the theatres. For me, the standalone sequel worked big time. And now, Bazmee is back with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 with Kartik Aaryan reprising his role as Rooh Baba, a fraud psychic who earns his bread and butter by taking advantage of others' superstitions.
In the threequel, Triptii Dimri's Meera offers Rooh Baba Rs 1 crore in exchange for warding off the vengeful spirit of Manjulika in a haunted mansion in the kingdom of Raktaghat, West Bengal. As Kartik reaches his destination, horror and humour follow. Soon, it is revealed that there isn't one, but two spirits - Vidya Balan and Madhuri Dixit - claiming themselves as the real Manjulika.
Kartik's Rooh Baba must find out the truth and save the whole village now. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has a lot of overdose from its previous part. A couple of scenes even seem like they have been reused with new dialogues, as per the new script.
The humour also is a bit repetitive and the threequel has no real spine-chilling moments, unlike the last horror comedy Stree.
