![]() The plot prepares us for a roller coaster-ride on the politics of salvation, but the kind of detailing the production designers show in creating the spooky universe around Gullu, Major, and Ragini is somewhat missing in the uneven writing of Ravi Shankaran and Jasvinder Bath. ![]() The bombastic Atmaram also promises salvation but he ekes out blood money. for she has her own axe to grind with an evil occultist Atmaram (Jackie Shroff). They don’t want any undue profit, but Ragini charms them into the plot. The boys seem like passengers who missed the Fukrey bus and are hard on money, but they have their morals intact. One night, a wandering soul called Ragini (Katrina Kaif) knocks them out of their senses when she enters their life and offers them a business idea of liberating spirits caught in the mortal world. Their pad is like a museum of horror films. Gullu (Ishaan Khatter) and Major (Siddhant Chaturvedi) are so crazy about horror stories that they cross over to the other side like a walk in the park. Horror comedy is the new flavour in Bollywood and Phone Bhoot is the latest desi version of Ghostbusters after the arresting Bhoot Police. Mounted for teenagers in all age groups, the quirky tale pans out like a visual comic strip and opens up delicious possibilities for subversive and politically-incorrect ideas in the pop-culture space.
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