With Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge shattering box-office records — ₹761 crore in just four days and multiple ₹100-crore single-day hauls — the industry is in the grip of full-blown “Dhurandhar mania.” Yet Akshay Kumar remains remarkably unfazed about his own film Bhooth Bangla landing in theatres exactly three weeks later on April 10.
Speaking to the media ahead of the horror-comedy’s release, the superstar made it clear he isn’t losing sleep over the competition. “There are different kinds of films being made,” Akshay said. “Dhurandhar is a great film, I’ve seen it. This (Bhooth Bangla) is a different film. Dhurandhar is an adult film; this is for kids and families.”
He went a step further, revealing the thought process behind the project: “When we made this film, we didn’t look at what the current trend is; we looked at whether the story was good or not and accordingly, we made this film. We never thought about the trend.”
The confidence comes from solid pedigree. Bhooth Bangla marks Akshay’s much-awaited reunion with director Priyadarshan — the same duo that gave audiences the blockbuster Bhool Bhulaiyaa nearly two decades ago. This time the film is a fresh horror-comedy that promises laughs and chills in equal measure, deliberately positioned as all-ages entertainment rather than the gritty, gore-heavy spy thriller that Dhurandhar 2 has become. The cast also includes Tabu, Wamiqa Gabbi, Paresh Rawal, Mithila Palkar, Rajpal Yadav and the late Asrani in what is believed to be one of his final appearances.