It has all the elements of a jumpscare horror: An old haveli (palace) and a joint family with old-school beliefs about spirits, a legend about a heartbroken dancer from the king’s court looking for revenge because her lover was beheaded, exorcism scenes, scary sounds, and a worried husband, Siddharth (Shiney Ahuja), who wants to save his wife Avni () from the spirit trying to possess her — all with a hint of humour.
Slapstick comedy by Chhote Pandit (Rajpal Yadav) and Murari (Govardhan Asrani) perfectly complement Akshay Kumar’s one-liners as the psychiatrist Aditya, tasked with treating Radha (Ameesha Patel), whom some of the family members suspect is mentally unstable.
The comedy lessens the intensity of the horror, making this movie ideal for those who are too scared to watch conventional horror movies but love the genre nonetheless.
Jolly LLB (2013)
When you combine a strong narrative that forces you to think about systemic inequities through a classic courtroom drama that is laced with laugh-out-loud humour, the result is . Advocate Jagdish Tyagi or ‘Jolly’ (Arshad Warsi) goes head-on against hotshot lawyer Tejinder Rajpal () just so that he can become a famous lawyer with people clamouring to become his clients.
Tejinder Rajpal is a competitive lawyer defending his wealthy client. Still, Irani does justice (pun intended) to this role without the over-the-top aggressive acting that you may expect in a courtroom film.
