{"id":12310,"date":"2026-04-16T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12310"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:28:11","slug":"130309647-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12310","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bhoot Bangla&#8217; Review: What to expect from Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan&#8217;s horror-comedy ahead of April 17 release | &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130309647,imgsize-39720,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130309647.jpg\" alt=\"'Bhoot Bangla' preview: What to expect from Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan's horror-comedy ahead of April 17 release\" title=\"Akshay Kumar marks a strong comeback with the horror\u2011comedy Bhoot Bangla, rolling out paid previews on April 16 and a full release on April 17. Set in a haunted mansion, the film mixes laughs, scares and family chaos, positioned as a light\u2011hearted masala entertainer rather than pure horror, with strong early advance\u2011booking figures signalling a hopeful box\u2011office start after a quiet patch since December 2025.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Akshay Kumar marks a strong comeback with the horror\u2011comedy Bhoot Bangla, rolling out paid previews on April 16 and a full release on April 17. Set in a haunted mansion, the film mixes laughs, scares and family chaos, positioned as a light\u2011hearted masala entertainer rather than pure horror, with strong early advance\u2011booking figures signalling a hopeful box\u2011office start after a quiet patch since December 2025.\">Akshay Kumar marks a strong comeback with the horror\u2011comedy Bhoot Bangla, rolling out paid previews on April 16 and a full release on April 17. Set in a haunted mansion, the film mixes laughs, scares and family chaos, positioned as a light\u2011hearted masala entertainer rather than pure horror, with strong early advance\u2011booking figures signalling a hopeful box\u2011office start after a quiet patch since December 2025.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/akshay-kumar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Akshay Kumar<\/a> is making a strong return to theatres after a busy 2025. Whether it was \u2018Sky Force\u2019 or \u2018Jolly LLB 3\u2019, he kept his audience thoroughly entertained. Now, he is back with the horror\u2011comedy \u2018Bhoot Bangla\u2019, which kicks off with paid previews today, April 16.<!-- --> The film officially releases on Friday, April 17, and the early advance collection is considered a positive sign for the box office after a quiet run since December 2025.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Plot of \u2018Bhooth Bangla\u2019<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The story is set in an old, spooky house known as \u201cBhoot Bangla,\u201d on the edge of a small town, where people have always believed that strange and scary things happen. The house has a bad reputation: locals discuss strange noises, ghost\u2011like shadows, and weird events that follow anyone who stays there.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>What can fans expect from &#8216;Bhooth Bangla&#8217;?<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fans can expect Bhoot Bangla to be a simple horror\u2011comedy entertainer where a haunted mansion becomes the backdrop for laughs, scares, and family chaos. There are some spooky scenes and jump\u2011scare moments, but the film keeps things light and funny, with Akshay Kumar juggling fear and comedy in a typical Priyadarshan\u2011style setup. Along with Akshay, actors like Tabu, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/paresh-rawal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Paresh Rawal<\/a> and others add humour and drama, while the story slowly reveals a mix of supernatural vibes and a human\u2011driven twist, making it more of a fun, masala watch than a serious horror film.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018Bhooth Bangla\u2019 technical detials<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Sacnilk, the film has earned Rs 15.82 lakh in India by selling 8,757 tickets so far. Madhya Pradesh contributed the highest amount at Rs 2.79 lakh. Although the numbers are still in the lakhs, trade expects the film to recover its costs before its full theatrical run, banking on the successful past track record of Akshay Kumar and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/priyadarshan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Priyadarshan<\/a>. Reports suggest that \u2018Bhooth Bangla\u2019 is currently trending better than Akshay\u2019s last release, \u2018Jolly LLB 3\u2019. The courtroom drama, which also stars <!-- -->Arshad Warsi<!-- -->, was released last year and had collected over Rs 3.23 crore from advance bookings, eventually opening at Rs 12.50 crore.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/hindi\/bollywood\/news\/bhoot-bangla-review-what-to-expect-from-akshay-kumar-and-priyadarshans-horror-comedy-ahead-of-april-17-release\/articleshow\/130309647.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akshay Kumar marks a strong comeback with the horror\u2011comedy Bhoot Bangla, rolling out paid previews&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[270,29858,10511,5022,776],"class_list":["post-12310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-akshay-kumar","tag-arshad-warsi","tag-bhoot-bangla","tag-paresh-rawal","tag-priyadarshan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}