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Horror, Comedy • 2026 • 163 min • Teen (13+)

Bhooth Bangla is a Hindi horror-comedy directed by Priyadarshan, starring Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, and Tabu. A man inherits a crumbling palace in rural Mangalpur, decides it is the perfect venue for his sister's wedding, and promptly discovers the locals have opinions about that plan. The supernatural chaos that follows draws heavily on Indian mythology and village folklore, which is where the Leans Traditional label earns its keep. Family loyalty, ancestral inheritance, and a traditional wedding sit at the narrative core. There are no progressive identity themes, no political framing, and Hinduism is treated as a natural, positive backdrop rather than a target for commentary. The ideology, such as it is, tastes like mithai.
Akshay Kumar • Paresh Rawal • Tabu
Bhooth Bangla is a Hindi horror-comedy directed by Priyadarshan, starring Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, and Tabu. A man inherits a crumbling palace in rural Mangalpur, decides it is the perfect venue for his sister's wedding, and promptly discovers the locals have opinions about that plan. The supernatural chaos that follows draws heavily on Indian mythology and village folklore, which is where the Leans Traditional label earns its keep. Family loyalty, ancestral inheritance, and a traditional wedding sit at the narrative core. There are no progressive identity themes, no political framing, and Hinduism is treated as a natural, positive backdrop rather than a target for commentary. The ideology, such as it is, tastes like mithai.
Akshay Kumar • Paresh Rawal • Tabu
Folk horror-comedy anchored in Indian mythology and black magic delivers its verdict through genre mechanics alone, with no detectable ideological valence in the central conflict or its resolution.
The production employs an entirely Indian principal cast in conventional Bollywood roles. Its narrative draws on Indian mythology and rural folklore without critiquing traditional identities or centering equity themes.
The narrative centers sibling bonds and ancestral inheritance around the planning of a traditional wedding, framing family gatherings and multigenerational ties as sources of both humor and continuity amid supernatural disruption.
Hindu mythology and rituals form the core framework, with Shiva granting immortality and ancient texts like the Vedas and Mahabharata supplying the demonic curse and black-magic lore that drives the narrative.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes are present.
No transsexual characters or themes appear. The narrative contains zero identifiable depictions of transgender identity or related motifs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
No gender-swapped characters appear. This horror-comedy features entirely original roles drawn from general mythology tropes, with no legacy figures from prior canon or history recast across genders.
No race swaps occur. Major characters are Indian figures drawn from Indian mythology and portrayed by Indian actors in an Indian setting, with no mismatches against any prior canonical racial baselines.
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