6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Bhooth Bangla (2026)
Bhooth Bangla (2026)
Overview
Bhooth Bangla is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language comedy-horror film directed by Priyadarshan. Akshay Kumar stars as Arjun Acharya, a man living in London who inherits a palace in rural Mangalpur and plans his sister Meera's wedding there, encountering supernatural events that prompt an investigation into the property's past. Co-starring Paresh Rawal as wedding planner Jagdish and Tabu as Yashodha.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Hinduism: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.5
Overview
Bhooth Bangla is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language comedy-horror film directed by Priyadarshan. Akshay Kumar stars as Arjun Acharya, a man living in London who inherits a palace in rural Mangalpur and plans his sister Meera's wedding there, encountering supernatural events that prompt an investigation into the property's past. Co-starring Paresh Rawal as wedding planner Jagdish and Tabu as Yashodha.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's supernatural conflict in a haunted mansion emphasizes comedic resolution over ideological messaging, maintaining political neutrality through its focus on entertainment.
The film employs a standard Bollywood ensemble of Indian actors without diverse recasting beyond regional Indian representation. Its narrative reinforces traditional gender dynamics through regressive humor and familial duties, offering no critique of conventional identities or promotion of inclusion.
Secondary
The film portrays close sibling bonds and the importance of ancestral inheritance and arranged marriage positively, endorsing traditional family structures through protective familial roles and wedding preparations. While it includes mild critiques of regressive rituals and secrecy in family decisions, these nuances do not overshadow the overall favorable depiction of family unity.
The film incorporates Hindu mythology, including references to the Vedas and Mahabharata, as the foundation for its supernatural curse and black magic elements. Scholarly theology is affirmed through the rational protagonist's father, a theologian, who contrasts with the comedic folly of superstitious villagers and priests. This depiction offers nuance by respecting religious texts while satirizing irrational beliefs, aligning the narrative with the dignity of informed faith.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative revolves around family inheritance, a wedding, and ghostly occurrences without any queer representation or related subplots.
No transgender characters or themes are present in the film. The narrative centers on comedic supernatural events in a haunted mansion, with no exploration of trans identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Bhooth Bangla presents an original narrative centered on a haunted ancestral palace and a family wedding disrupted by supernatural events, featuring newly created characters without any reimagining of established figures from mythology, prior adaptations, or historical sources in altered genders.
Bhooth Bangla features an original storyline with newly created characters set in an Indian context, lacking any adaptations, reboots, or biopics that establish canonical races for potential swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.5
Critic Ratings
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