Abhirup Ghosh’s recently released horror film is Brombhodoityo and it premiered on Hoichoi. The director has already shown his mettle as a good filmmaker. We list some reasons why you must not miss watching this film.

Return of Bengali ghosts

The film throws light on the indigenous Bengali ghosts like mamdo, brombhodoityo, sakchunni, mechchho bhoot, and so on. This is a welcome break from the foreign supernatural entities like zombies, vampires that many of us have been watching for a long time. This will be going back to your own roots for supernatural elements. With this film, the director wanted to connect the youngsters of today with the Supernatural legends of Bengal.

Good cast

The cast of the film boasts of experienced actors like Rudranil Ghosh, Saayoni Ghosh, Anindya Chattopadhyay, Souman Bose, Soumalya Dutta and others. Rudranil had acted in the director’s earlier films like Zobiesthaan and K: Secret Eye.

Storyline

Saayoni Ghosh plays the role of a journalist Sayantika. She was given the task to research the obsolete supernatural characters of Bengali folktales and their connection to the youth of today. She does not have a good start with the project until she comes across a site named buyaghost.com. She comes across an advertisement which says Brombhodoityo on sale. She considers it a practical joke and orders it. What happens next?

Captivating music

The music composed by Megh Banerjee gels extremely well with the film. The background score will make you shudder.

So, if you are looking for a good film to watch during a lazy afternoon, this can be a good pick.

Priyanka Dutta