There are two competing forces within Roohi . One is a conventional and schlocky horror show in which superstition is embraced, witches abo...
There are two competing forces within Roohi. One is a conventional and schlocky horror show in which superstition is embraced, witches abound and scares are accompanied by loud sound effects.
The other is a wild and unorthodox tale with metaphorical possibilities, in which an unusual love triangle unfolds between a pair of friends and a possessed woman.
But like its titular character, Roohi ends up being neither this nor that.
Directed by Hardik Mehta and written by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and Gautam Mehra, Roohi is set in a fictional corner of Uttar Pradesh. Here, Bhawra (Rajkummar Rao) and Kattani (Varun Sharma) help gangster Shakeel (Manav Vij) run a profitable bride kidnapping racket. Women are scooped up, taken straight to the mandap and married off to Shakeel’s clients.
Revenge (if one can call it that) comes in the form of Roohi (Janhvi Kapoor). Unbeknownst to Bhawra and Kattani, she is possessed by the matrimony-obsessed witch Afza. Bhawra is spooked by Roohi’s sudden transformations, the veins that cover her entire skin, her unnerving cat-eyes, and her inverted feet.
Kattani, who is made of firmer stuff and is the story’s most audacious soul, is smitten by this new creature.
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