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BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
Stree was smart stuff, Roohi seems like random fare. The comparison had to crop up, the only reason the producers seem to have made Roohi is because they struck gold with Stree. Blending horror with humour looked so easy in Stree. Clearly it isn’t, you realise watching Roohi.
It doesn’t take you long to understand why Roohi slips, despite having a core idea that could have been moulded into a winner. The film lacks imaginative storytelling. Stree, scripted by Raj and DK, struck a fine balance crafting the dicey sub-genre of horror comedy, at the same time delivering a societal comment without getting preachy about it.
This is something they do: their boss (Manav Vij) arranges ‘kidnapped’ brides for paying customers.
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Just a few years into its revival, the Hindi horror-comedy has upped and died. The biggest blow was Laxmii (2020), with Akshay Kumar in a red saree, and now another is dealt by Roohi, starring Janhvi Kapoor as a human-witch hybrid.
It s fitting that her co-star here is Rajkummar Rao, and that the banner involved is Maddock Films. Having pretty much recouped the genre with the brilliant Stree (2018), they’ve now returned to tear it down. Bhawra (Rajkummar) and Kattanni (Varun Sharma) are a couple of small-town reporters and hired crooks. They pick up Roohi (Janhvi) and drive off in a van.
Roohi; Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Alexx O Nell, Manav Vij; Direction: Hardik Mehta; Rating: (two stars)BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTYStree was smart stuff, Roohi seems like random fare. The comparison had to crop up, the only .
Director:
Hardik
Mehta
In
the
midst
of
a
dense
forest,
Kattanni
(Varun
Sharma)
smitten
by
a
possessed
Roohi
(Janhvi
Kapoor),
tells
his
partner
in
crime
Bhaura
(Rajkummar
Rao),
Mujhe
toh
mohabbat
ho
ri
bhai,
Agar
yeh
bhi
mujhe
love
you
too
karti
naa,
toh
palat
kar
jaroor
dekhegi.
Sadly,
barring
a
few
scenes
including
this
comical
spoof
on
Dilwale
Dulhania
Le
Jayege s
iconic Palat
scene,
Dinesh
Vijan s
latest
film
Roohi
doesn t
give
you
enough
reasons
to palat
and
revisit
this
horror
comedy
after
the
first
viewing.
What s
Yay:
Songs,
Varun
Sharma
What s
Nay:
Direction,
Slothful
writing
Story
Roohi
begins
with