NRI Siddharth Chaturvedi and his wife Avni return to Siddharth's family's ancestral Varanasi palace while disregarding warnings of a curse and paranormal phenomena. Soon enough, inexplicable events begin occuring, which forces Siddharth to consult the eccentric psychiatrist Aditya Shrivastav to help solve the mystery.
Acting
Vidya Balan's dual performance — she's the film's secret weapon and its soul.
Direction
Priyadarshan balances slapstick and genuine dread like a tightrope walker.
Score
That title track still slaps; classical fusion that burrows into your brain.
Director
Priyadarshan
Akshay Kumar
Dr. Aditya 'Adi' Shrivastav
Shiney Ahuja
Siddharth Chaturvedi
Vidya Balan
Avni S. Chaturvedi
Paresh Rawal
Batukshankar Upadhyay
Ameesha Patel
Radha Chaturvedi
Manoj Joshi
Badrinarayan 'Badri' Chaturvedi
Rajpal Yadav
Chhote Pandit
Asrani
Murari
Rasika Joshi
Janki Upadhyay
Vikram Gokhale
Acharya Yagyaprakash Bharti
Jimit Trivedi
Chandu Chaturvedi
Vineeth Radhakrishnan
Professor Sharad
Kaveri Jha
Girja Upadhyay
Farida Dadi
Avni's grandmother
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