Somebody should have thought this one line concept — two guys having some enjoyable and video games with a scorching feminine ghost — was worthy of being made. As somebody shaken and stirred, not in a great way in any respect, whereas struggling via the excruciatingly unfunny ‘Telephone Bhoot’, can I please simply say that that first somebody was fallacious. So, so fallacious.
Gullu (Ishaan Khatter) and Main (Siddhant Chaturvedi) are mad horror followers. We all know this as a result of their bachelor pad, which some inside decorator has had enjoyable with, is dotted with loopy lights, bizarre masks, and scary red-eyed figures. As money-making concepts go, going after ghosts is just not madly authentic: keep in mind the nonetheless flat-out hilarious Hollywood comedy ‘Ghostbusters’ and its sequels? Nevertheless it’s one factor to elevate an concept, it’s fairly one other to show it into a movie with the requisite smarts. And laughs.
The looks of Ragini (Katrini Kaif), who rapidly reveals that she is a ghost on a mission, sinks the movie even earlier than it has taken off. Kaif has proven that she will be able to do properly if given a well-written position: keep in mind ‘Zero’, the place she was the one factor value taking a look at? Right here, in slinky leather-based, boots, and bangs, she is given some tacky traces that would have flown if their supply was not so flat. And that infects the movie from starting to finish.
Each time different characters flip up, you increase your hopes. There’s Jackie Shroff as Atmaram, an evil black-robed monster who lures poor lifeless creatures who need ‘moksha’, solely to idiot them until eternity. There’s Sheeba Chadha, as a wild-eyed, ‘ulte-pair-wali chudail’, who speaks Bengali accented Hindi. Sadly, her make-up is best than her scenes.
Earlier than you ask why Bengali, let me let you know that the writers are clearly pushing for nationwide integration, with Gullu spouting Tamil, Main a smattering of Punjabi ( there’s even a lush grey-haired ghostly creature who breaks right into a ‘bhangra’). There’s an meeting of ‘bhoots’ in fancy costume in an underground cavern, careering and cavorting. Shroff is the one one who’s in on the joke, getting to talk tapori, and name his henchmen ‘bhidu’, when not flashing snarky smiles and twirling a workers that shoots inexperienced rays of sunshine.
Someplace struggling beneath this mess should have been a film. However the one we get is a fallacious quantity.
Telephone Bhoot film forged: Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Jackie Shroff, Sheeba Chaddha
Telephone Bhoot film director: Gurmmeet Singh
Telephone Bhoot film assessment: 1 star