Bhool Bhulaiyaa Movie Review
Introducing Bhool Bhulaiya
First of all let me make it clear, Bhool Bhulaiyaa is NOT an out-n-out comedy movie as its trailers suggest. It’s a thriller narrated in a very entertaining way.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa is the remake of a 14 year old Malayalam movie, Manichitrathazhu. The movie was also remade in Kannada and Tamil. It a script that has always worked! So is Bhool Bhulaiyaa in the same league?
Bhool Bhulaiyaa Story
Badrinarayan Chaturvedi (Manoj Josi) is the head of the Brahmin family living in a small town were the people are very conventional and superstitious. His elder brother’s son Siddharth (Shiney Ahuja) and his wife Avni (Vidya Balan) return to their ancestral village after living in US for many years. Siddharth insists in staying in his ancestral palace which for long has been uninhabited as it’s considered to be haunted. Despite opposition the newly wed couple shifts to their ancestral mansion. Avni an adventurous girl breaks the ground rules to explore the room considered to be the devil’s home. What follows is a series of life threatening incidents. Siddharth instinctively invites his vibrant Doctor friend Aditya (Akshay Kumar) to solve the mystery behind the mansion and the mysterious events.
Who is behind all the baffling activities? Is it really ghastly or just a human trick? Watch Bhool Bhulaiyaa to uncover the mystery, for the movie ventures into one of the most confusing yet interesting study of human psychology.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa Movie Review
Priyadarshan has handled the complicated script extremely well. A few changes have been made to the original, to make it funnier and more convincing. The first half is a light comic thriller and completely revolves around the supporting characters. The lead character (Akshay Kumar) enters 45 mins into the movie and takes it to a completely different level. The second half is more of a psychological thriller.
Bhool Bhulaiya has just the right ingredients of a successful movie – adequate amount of comedy, suspense and thrill to keep you at the edge of your seats throughout. Music is never really great in Priyadarshan movies but Bhool Bhulaiyaa is an exception. Two songs titled ‘Allah Hafiz’ and ‘Hare Krishna Hare Ram’ standout. The background score is outstanding.
The performances are top-notch. The second half belongs to Vidya Balan. She has done complete justice to a role that demanded great onscreen histrionics. Watch out as she sets the screen ablaze with a mind blowing performance in the last 20 mins. Undoubtedly her best performance to date! Akshay Kumar is surprisingly good in emotional scenes and as always brilliant with his comic timing.
Shiney Ahuja is good. Amisha Patel should stop acting, the sooner the better. Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani are great in providing comic relief.
Indicine.com Bhool Bhulaiyaa Verdict
Overall, Bhool Bhulaiyaa is a great movie. History should repeat itself for a script that has always created history in every single language that it was made in. You would have never watched something like this before in a Bollywood movie. At the box-office, the advance booking is huge. With positive word of mouth, Bhool Bhulaiyaa could well be the 3rd blockbuster of the year!
Rating: 
4 stars (Dont miss it)
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PP: (October 13, 2007 at 5:51 pm)
vijay: (October 13, 2007 at 7:47 pm)
hey i see this movie just few hours before and i still thinking abt it i really like the last song where ‘ vidya chant some bengali lines . and i love the way historic part depict in story .
vijay: (October 13, 2007 at 7:47 pm)
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apollo: (October 13, 2007 at 8:36 pm)
All,
I have seen all versions of this film(Malayalam, Kannada, Kannada & now Hindi). I rate this versions as follows:
Manichithrathazhu ( Malayalam ) —> 10/10
Apthamithra (kannada) —-> 5/10
Chandramukhi (Tamil) —> 2/10
Bhool Bhulayya (Hindi) —>7/10
I think Bhool Bhulayya did justice to the original script. Priyan has done it very well. Superb performance from Akshay and Vidya. But Shiney Ahuja’s acting is pathetic.
Anyway Alltogether the movie is a great treat. Good value for ur money. You can take my word for it !!
apollo: (October 13, 2007 at 8:39 pm)
All,
I have seen all versions of this film(Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil & now Hindi). I rate this versions as follows:
Manichithrathazhu ( Malayalam ) —> 10/10
Apthamithra (kannada) —-> 5/10
Chandramukhi (Tamil) —> 2/10
Bhool Bhulayya (Hindi) —>7/10
I think Bhool Bhulayya did justice to the original script. Priyan has done it very well. Superb performance from Akshay and Vidya. But Shiney Ahuja’s acting is pathetic.
Anyway Alltogether the movie is a great treat. Good value for ur money. You can take my word for it !!
rythum singh: (October 13, 2007 at 9:31 pm)
this movie was so bad but the only good thing about it was akshays acting but the movie it self was boring and they should never make flimys like this ever agian. akshay is my fav. actor so i will say that he is a great movie actor he does not deseve this kind of role but better. sorry akshay it is not ur fault it is just a horrible movie but u are still the number one actor in my heart ur the best ever
kamu: (October 13, 2007 at 11:13 pm)
great movie….!! Akshay rocks…!!
I must say ……..’poor comment’ by Chaitra.
we cannot compare the commercial movie (aptamitra) with the classical movie BB.
Chitra ….dont try to prove ‘yourself’ by putting such comments ..!!
Amaresh: (October 14, 2007 at 12:55 am)
Times of india gave this movie 2 stars… so not sure how good is this movie…
and heard akshay has the role for few mins. he enters just before interval…
guys… any comments..
aks: (October 14, 2007 at 3:26 am)
Akshay has done100% justice to the role played by Mohan lal,which Vishnuvardhan and Rajnikanth miserably failed.
Pleasant surprise!!!! Vidya Balan handling the role that won Shobhana the national award,with penache.
Paresh Rawal could’nt quite get it up to the mark.
Rajpal was @ his usual best.
Amisha should quit acting to say the least…
Shiney was mediocre..
In all the movie is certaily worth watching for all your money(3.5 – 4),and those who say otherwise have certain psychological problem and I would recomment Dr.Aditya Srivastava(Akki) to treat them…
Esha: (October 14, 2007 at 3:52 am)
wicked performance by vidiya and great comedy by akshay kumar big up to him! yeah ameesha was better off with a side role, as she needs improvment or even better get off the screens! oh well atleast she is trying, she just has the beauty. Anyways Shiney was a good role, he looked nice threw out the movie and sum scenes (serious) roles were carried out good by him tooo… wish them all best in life. and you people out their, if you like suspence movies you should go and watch it. otherwise ul be missing out n loads…!
pankaj: (October 14, 2007 at 5:56 am)
pankaj
I dont care what the people are saying about the movie. i do know this is the best movie of the year so far great comedy, great thriller, great suspense and moreover, great acting. 5 out of5 to this movie
Farhad: (October 14, 2007 at 8:07 am)
Great film, but as a fan of Akshay, I would give the biggest credit to the show stealer of the film, that is Vidya Balan, how well did she portray that difficult role. Akshay was superb as usual, ut Vidya just scared the living light out of me.
Brijith: (October 14, 2007 at 6:15 pm)
Hi all,
Do you guys know that priyardarshan had worked as a IInd Unit director of the original Movie “Manichitrathazhu”. There were around 5 Top directors including priyan who has worked on manichitrathaazhu and thatz becos the original Hero of the film was the script. Even this film Screen play was well crafted supported by BGmusic, Camera Wrok and the awesome Sets. In that way Bhool Bhoolaiyaa has done really well. Credit must go to priyan, sabu cyril (Art Director) and camera man Thiru. I have seen the Tamil version which is just a Rajni movie where he is given much importance and not to the Script.
My verdict on this Movie..a big Thumps Up..way to go Priyan…
thomas: (October 14, 2007 at 7:26 pm)
one of the flop movie i have ever seen……
Sonu: (October 14, 2007 at 9:10 pm)
Great movie…it could have been a classic if some loopholes had been plugged in by PRIYAN…otherwise a great movie…keeps you on the edge of your seats …Go watch this movie guys…rating 3.5 out of 5 or may be 4…And please dont give false reviews just did Thomas… :)
Twinkle Khanna: (October 14, 2007 at 9:55 pm)
:o excellent my dear hubby…you are on roll this days…whatever you are doing is going perfect…Good suspense movie…missed comedy but still a perfect blend of comedy and suspense…Thrilling. Vidya Balan looked in form during last 20 minutes
rajiv ravindran: (October 14, 2007 at 10:12 pm)
A big bang Damn Good Movie. Surprise package frm Priyan frm his usual comedy stuff. Great Entertainer.
Full marks to Akki Baba. He has done full justice to Mohanlal”s role in Manichitrathazhu”. Vidya Balan was superb in last 20 min. This good a movie i wld like to watch many more times…..
First of it kinds…but will be remembered for a long time…it will surely make an impact on ur mind…
So guys go watch it, and enjoy the movie..its its a veryyyyy goooood paaaaaisa vasooooool….
SaTiSh MeDoS: (October 15, 2007 at 1:43 am)
really worth watching movie and the music is good as always pritam delivered now also , Akshay Vidya and Ahuja performed well , evey character contains something for the script and the way Sabu Cyril handled the art department is simply superb . i would give it 4/5. In my view it is far better than Chandramukhi which tried to highlight Rajnee …… No matter what its a Good Good Movie .. Go lolz go watch it ……. dont miss it
SaTiSh MeDoS: (October 15, 2007 at 1:44 am)
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PP: (October 15, 2007 at 6:19 am)
Akshay kumar is real Superstar…He rocks…….
guys Akshay is real superstar of bollywood….he can do any kind of role…hatss off to him