Phone Bhoot review: Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi’s film is wacky, wild and weird

Throw: Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter, Siddhant Chaturvedi

the director: Gurmeet Singh

Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

It’s wacky, wild, and weird in a way that takes a lot to get used to. From its opening sequence, phone ghost It’s a kind of mirage. Can you relate and enjoy your whimsical horror comedy phone ghost Depends entirely on whether you have a taste for the bizarre. If you do, the film produced by Excel Entertainment offers a full complement of temptations. It does not stop at all in its search for what is strange and strange in witchcraft.

phone ghostDirected by Gurmeet Singh (whose credits include mirzapur and some episodes of inside edgeApart from movies like what rubbish And To take oil) takes the calculated shot Maze– Like a freak. The results are uneven but not completely pointless.

The makers of the film believe that phone ghost Represents an idea that can be milked beyond the confines of a single film. A spectral facilitator who presents a voiceover narrative at the beginning, middle and end of the film points to the possibility of a sequel. Are we excited at the moment? One is not completely sure.

The film’s flights of fantasy don’t land on perfect tarmac all the time, but it manages to assemble a bunch of gags that are supposed to be together, some joy, some craziness, and plenty of manic moments driven by a cast. saves. In perfect sync with the crazy spirit of the film.

A wandering soul, Ragini (Katrina Kaif), seductive as hell, emerges out of the blue and sells a business idea to two self-styled people. ghostBusters, Sherdil Shergill ‘Major’ (Siddhant Chaturvedi) and Galileo Parthasarathy ‘Gullu’ (Ishaan Khatter). Two boys, one from Punjab, the other from Tamil Nadu, have become obsessed with ghosts and ghosts and have inevitably found each other.

Both are different from real people, especially Major’s Papa and Gullu’s Appa. The first wants his son to join the army, the second hopes that his son will one day become a scientist. Although two fathers (Manu Rishi Chadha and Kedar Shankar) appear in the same scene, they make no bones about the fact that they have abandoned the boys.

It turns out that the traveling spirit that has made its way into their lives has a plan that is much bigger than it makes sense to begin with the Drifter pair. When they find out where they are headed, they give up at first and then choose to keep playing whatever the cost. They have nothing to lose other than their self-loathing and hopeless taunts of the world.

They find themselves reluctantly on a collision course with Atmaram (Jackie Shroff), an evil ‘soul-catcher’ whose power derives from a staff that is both a weapon and a trap for the dead seeking salvation. . Her luck takes a sharp turn as two faltering boys inadvertently offer her tough competition in the business of freeing spirits wandering the mortal world.

One such soul is Chikni Chudail, played by Sheeba Chadha, who wears a guise that is so far from the screen persona that she usually slips into slice-of-life family dramas entirely. Fasting which turns into an unbridled camp is not its merit. Still, when she has lines to deliver, she not only makes them flow, she actually omits them and adds to the increasingly awkward part of the film.

parts of phone ghost Dial the correct number, others just don’t connect. Despite the hit-and-miss case that the film ends with, the film boldly follows a path of absurdity as honest Ghostbusters come up against dangerous forces that come out to subdue them and put them out of business.

phone ghost Hindi popular cinema of the 1980s and later, most notable is the one that marks the beginning of Jackie Shroff’s career. The volatile character that this Bollywood veteran plays, turns to his young opponents and pokes fun at them: “the real hero is standing herefrom 1983.” He went on to play a tune from the actor’s debut film, Subhash Ghai. heroon a flute.

As the villain’s den reminiscent of Bollywood’s past, in which the climax plays out, there is no stopping it. Shroff delights in the excesses which he is allowed to indulge freely. His co-stars are in lockstep with him as Atmaram tries to stop Major and Gullu’s lassi-and-black-coffee combination from finding a way to turn the tables. Him.

Ravishing is not the only phantom in Ragini Major and Gullu’s fight. He has his own guardian ghost, Raka (Surendra Thakur), who occupies a central position in his home whose title dominates the film’s posters. screaming wall And closed door, just setting that a Devotional Spirit: No invitation will be required to swim in.

Katrina Kaif literally floats in and out of the film until her back-story, narrated blow-by-blow by Ragini herself in the second half, turns her into the central figure, with a real mission a dead woman. Siddhant Chaturvedi, playing the role of a flamboyant and quick-drawn Major, fits the bill. But the actor who walks away from the film, and quite effortlessly at that, is Ishaan Khatter. As the nerdy Gullu, he brings both charm and courage to bear his performance.

Phone Booth It’s not an earth-shattering, game-changing deal for the genre, but it has the feel of an absolute crazy haters party where everything goes. It’s not the least bit apologetic about it. This is the main strength of the film. It’s anything but easy to pull off, as the film’s zany arc shows, but the mischief itself doesn’t ripple. That, by all calculations, should count as a success.

Recommended but with minor health caveats: phone ghost Not for all palates.