At the outset, it would be better to say that the movie Bhool Bhulaiya is not a completely comedy movie, but on the other hand is indeed a thriller narrated in a very entertaining way. In fact, Bhool Bhulaiya is the remake of a 14-year-old Malayalam movie, Manichitrathazhu, and being a popular story was also made in both Kannada and Tamil. The centre story has always received positive results, so there is also a great expectation regarding this Hindi experiment.
The story goes like this. Badrinarayan Chaturvedi (Manoj Josi) is the head or the chief protagonist 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 can be behind all the baffling activities? Is it in true sense a ghastly act or just a human trick for some nefarious designs? Now to unravel this mounting mystery it is necessary to watch Bhool Bhulaiya for the movie ventures into one of the most confusing yet interesting study of human psychology.
The movie has been handled by Priyadarshan in an apt manner and the few changes that have been made to the original, has indeed made the entire experiment funnier and more convincing. While the first half is dominated by a light comic thriller and completely revolves around the supporting characters, the second half entails more to a psychological thriller. The movie has all the right ingredients for success, and actors like Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani are great in providing comic relief!
