Kartik Aaryan will reprise the role of Rooh Baba in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Director Anees Bazmee and producer Bhushan Kumar’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is one of the most awaited and biggest films of the year. The third installment of the horror comedy franchise stars Kartik Aaryan, Tripti Dimri, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Ashwini Kalsekar, Rajesh Sharma and Manish Wadhwa among others. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is set to release on November 1st, 2024 during the Diwali festival. It is a sequel to Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 which was released in 2022 starring Kartik Aaryan as Rooh Baba and Kiara Advani as her love interest.
The popularity of Bhool Bhulaiyaa franchise
The first part of Bhool Bhulaiyaa was released back in 2007 starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal, Shiney Ahuja, and Ameesha Patel among others. It received critical acclaim and was a major commercial success. The film was directed by noted filmmaker Priyadarshan and produced by T-Series head Bhushan Kumar.
In 2019, Bhushan Kumar announced the second part of the film titled Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 with Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani as the leads and Anees Bazmee directing the film. The film was postponed due to the pandemic and was successfully released on 20 May 2022 to overwhelming response. 2022 was the year when most of the Hindi and Bollywood films were failing at the box office. Whereas, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 received critical acclaim and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year. The success of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 gave the makers the confidence to come up with the third part of the film.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 was announced in March 2023 with Kartik Aaryan reprising the role of Rooh Baba in the film. Following the success of Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal and the craze of Tripti Dimri, the actress was immediately signed to play the female lead in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. In addition, Vidya Balan who essayed the role of Manjulika in the first part of Bhool Bhulaiyaa was announced to reprise the role of Manjulika in the third part of the film.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is a sure-shot successful venture for its makers and cast since the buzz of the film is high. Recently, Stree 2 which is a horror comedy genre emerged as the highest-grossing Hindi film ever beating films like Pathaan, Jawan, and Animal. But Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has to be quite entertaining to survive at the box office since the film is clashing with another big Hindi film.
Clash between Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Again
Rohit Shetty’s action cop film Singham Again is set to release on November 1st, 2024 during Diwali. It’s a direct clash between Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. It could have been avoidable but films will surely suffer by coming on the same date. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 was originally announced to release in Diwali 2024 while Singham Again was announced to release on Independence Day 2024. But Singham Again got postponed to Diwali 2024.
For now, Singham Again has the upper hand since it is a large-scale action film with a star cast of Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Tiger Shroff, Akshay Kumar, and Ranveer Singh. It is indeed one of the biggest films of the year and it is predicted to emerge as one of the highest-grossing films of the year. But nobody should underestimate Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.
Recently in an interview, Kartik Aaryan spoke about the clash and mentioned that is normal if two big films are released on the same day especially when it’s the season of holidays and festivals. He also mentioned that the audience would have several options like watching an action genre film which as Singham Again or watching a horror comedy genre which as Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 or they can watch both films. He also stated that he would go to see Singham Again.
However, Singham Again which is made on a massive budget has to earn over 300 crores in Hindi to become a commercial success. Whereas the makers of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 would be satisfied if there will earns nearly 200 crores in Hindi.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 4
Producer Bhushan Kumar is quite confident about Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.
He has already announced the fourth part of the horror comedy franchise titled ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 4’. In an interview, Bhushan Kumar revealed his plan to bring the fourth part of the film in the next few years. He confirmed that Anees Bazmee will return to direct the fourth part. Bhushan Kumar also teased that the fourth part may feature the franchise’s original protagonist Akshay Kumar in the lead besides Kartik Aaryan in the second lead. He also said that Vidya Balan and Kiara Advani too might return for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 4. The shooting of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 4 is expected to start in 2026 with a global release in 2027. Anees Bazmee has already started writing Bhool Bhulaiyaa 4. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 4 will be made on a budget of over 300 crores becoming the most expensive Indian horror comedy film.
Besides the Bhool Bhulaiyaa franchise, Bhushan Kumar is trying to build several film franchises. He also owns Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal franchise. The second part of the Animal film is going to be huge. Bhushan Kumar also owns Ajay Devgn’s crime thriller franchise ‘Raid’ and romance comedy franchise De De Pyaar De’. Raid 2 and De De Pyaar De 2 are coming in 2025.
Bhushan Kumar today is one of the biggest filmmakers in the Indian Film Industry and one of the most powerful and influential producers. His production, direction, distribution, and song company T- Series is the biggest movie production house in India.
