Bhooth Bangla (2026)
Original title: भूत बंगला
Bhooth Bangla is a 2026 Hindi-language horror movie directed by Priyadarshan and Rohan Shankar, with a running time of 2h 43m. It stars Akshay Kumar, Wamiqa Gabbi and Paresh Rawal.
Priyadarshan returns to haunted-house farce with a palace, a wedding, and a village convinced the place is cursed. A man inherits an estate in rural Mangalpur, plans his sister's ceremony inside it, and finds himself chasing footsteps, slamming doors, and the property's buried history while the locals flee. Akshay Kumar produces and stars alongside Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Rajpal Yadav, a comic ensemble pitched at broad scares and broader laughs. The Hindi-language production leans on timing and screams in equal measure.
Quick answers
What is Bhooth Bangla about?
Priyadarshan returns to haunted-house farce with a palace, a wedding, and a village convinced the place is cursed. A man inherits an estate in rural Mangalpur, plans his sister's ceremony inside it, and finds himself chasing footsteps, slamming doors, and the property's buried history while the locals flee. Akshay Kumar produces and stars alongside Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Rajpal Yadav, a comic ensemble pitched at broad scares and broader laughs. The Hindi-language production leans on timing and screams in equal measure.
When was Bhooth Bangla released?
Bhooth Bangla was released on 16 April 2026.
How long is Bhooth Bangla?
Bhooth Bangla runs 2h 43m.
Who made Bhooth Bangla?
Bhooth Bangla was directed by Priyadarshan, Rohan Shankar and Abhilash Nair.
Where can I watch Bhooth Bangla?
Bhooth Bangla is available on Netflix.
Where to watch Bhooth Bangla
Stream: Netflix
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Arjun Acharya
- Wamiqa Gabbi as Priya
- Paresh Rawal as Jagdish Kewalramani
- Tabu as Yashoda
- Jisshu Sengupta as Dr. Vasudev Acharya
- Rajpal Yadav as Sundar
- Asrani as Shantaram
- Mithila Palkar as Meera
- Rajesh Sharma as Dasund Acharya
- Manoj Joshi as Govind Maharaj
- Zakir Hussain as Vashishtha Guruji
- Perin Monish Malde as Rahul
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A few thoughts on Bhooth Bangla
Fans of the haunted-mansion comedy should try Luigi's Mansion, the game that turns ghost-hunting a spooky estate into slapstick with a vacuum cleaner. Same mix of genuine chills and pratfalls in a house that will not stay quiet.
Haunted-house comedies where the ghosts play for laughs
Bhooth Bangla sends an ensemble chasing footsteps and slamming doors through a cursed Mangalpur estate, milking scares for comedy at every turn. Scary Movie 2's parody mansion, A Haunted House 2's found-footage spoof, High Spirits' crumbling Irish castle overrun by spirits, Night of the Demons 2's party-gone-wrong haunting, and Luigi's Mansion's room-by-room ghost hunt all treat a haunted house as a punchline first.
Indian ghost stories tied to a haunted house or village
Bhooth Bangla roots its scares in a specific inherited estate and a village that swears the place is cursed. That same grounding in a haunted household runs through Stree 2 and Thamma's horror-comedy hits, Haunted 3D's Bollywood mansion chiller, and Bulbbul's story of a feudal house with a dark reputation of its own.
Horror spoofs that never let you take the scares seriously
Priyadarshan pitches Bhooth Bangla at broad scares and broader laughs, never asking the audience to actually be frightened. Scary Movie 4 and its 2000 and 2026 franchise-mates run the same playbook on bigger targets, Tom Holland's Twisted Tales turns campfire horror into gags, and Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon goes for splatter comedy over genuine dread.