Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Badrinarayan "Badri" Chaturvedi heads a former royal family of Varanasi whose ancestral palace is believed to be haunted by the ghost of Manjulika, a classical dancer from Bengal. Siddharth, son of Badri's elder brother, and his archeologist wife Avni return to the palace from the United States after a whirlwind romance. Their marriage breaks the heart of Siddharth's childhood friend and Badri's adopted daughter, Radha, who was in love with him.

Avni develops an interest in the legend of Manjulika. The Chaturvedis' ancestor, King Vibhuti Narayan, was infatuated with Manjulika, a dancer in his court. She loved Shashidhar, another dancer. Angry, the king publicly beheaded Shashidhar on the night of Durgashtami and imprisoned Manjulika, who swore vengeance before hanging herself. The king mysteriously died and priests locked up Manjulika's spirit on the third floor of the palace. Avni gets a duplicate key from Batukshankar's daughter, Nandhini, and opens the door on the third floor. Unnatural events start taking place thereafter, including an apparition of a woman that frightens everyone in the palace. Suspicion falls on Radha, who is somehow always at the scene of every incident.

Siddharth suspects Radha has become mentally unstable after her heartbreak. He brings his friend, psychiatrist Aditya Shrivastava, to treat her. Aditya's unconventional ways leads the household to think he is a fool. An attempt to kill Siddharth by poisoning his tea is foiled by Aditya. One night, Aditya hears the sound of a ghungroo and a voice singing in Bengali coming from Manjulika's room. Posing as King Vibhuti Narayan, he converses with Manjulika, who vows revenge on the next Durgashtami.

During the engagement of Nandhini to poet Sharad Pradhan, Avni accuses Sharad of sexually harassing her. Sharad vehemently denies this and Aditya explains to an angry Siddharth that he is telling the truth. In reality, Avni has dissociative identity disorder and associates herself with Manjulika. Aditya had become suspicious after Avni's behavior and visited her hometown to gather information about her. She associates Siddharth with the evil King Vibhuti Narayan and believes Sharad to be Shashidhar, for he resides in the house Shashidhar used to live in.

Badri brings renowned exorcist Yagyaprakash Bharti. To everyone's surprise, Aditya was Yagyaprakash's disciple a long time ago. Aditya intends to cure Avni using an unconventional method of psychiatry. Siddharth believes Aditya after witnessing Avni transition to Manjulika. Aditya explains that DID is a lifelong condition but Avni might be cured if they satisfy Manjulika's purpose for existing: killing King Vibhuti Narayan.

On Durgashtami, everyone witnesses Avni assume Manjulika's identity, dressed as her and dancing to Manjulika and Shashidhar's song. Yagyaprakash makes Manjulika promise to leave if she kills the King. She envisions Siddharth as the King and Yagyaprakash and Aditya trick her into thinking she is killing him when in fact she is slaying a dummy. Avni is cured after the orchestrated "murder," believing Manjulika has taken her revenge.

The family, now pleased with Aditya, thank him for his help. Aditya, who has come to like Radha, tells her that he will send his parents if she is interested in marrying him.

• Akshay Kumar as Dr. Aditya "Adi" Shrivastav
• Vidya Balan in dual roles as Avni S. Chaturvedi & Manjulika
• Shiney Ahuja in dual roles as Siddharth Chaturvedi & Raja Vibhuti Narayan
• Ameesha Patel as Radha Chaturvedi
• Paresh Rawal as Batukshankar Upadhyay
• Manoj Joshi as Badrinarayan "Badri" Chaturvedi
• Rajpal Yadav as Chhote Pandit
• Asrani as Murari
• Vikram Gokhale as Acharya Yagyaprakash Bharti
• Rasika Joshi as Janki Batukshankar Upadhyay (née Chaturvedi)
• Tarina Patel as Nandini Sharad Pradhan (née Upadhyay)
• Vineeth in dual roles as Professor Sharad Pradhan and Shashidhar
• Kaveri Jha as Girja Upadhyay
• Jimit Trivedi as Chandu Chaturvedi
• Baby Farida as Avni's Grandmother
• Ashmita as Manjulika's double

The film was worldwide released on 12 October 2007. The DVD of the movie was released by Eros Home Media. The distribution rights of the movie were acquired to Disney India. The television premiere of the movie was occurred on Star Plus on 15 February 2008. The film was first made streaming available on Netflix on 15the September 2019. Later the film was removed from Netflix on 22 July 2020. On 3 March 2022 the film was made streaming available on Disney+ Hotstar.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa was declared a hit at the box office by Box Office India, netting ₹497 million (US$6.2 million) in India. It was the 6th highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2007.[17] It grossed ₹3,88,00,000 on its first day, while it grossed ₹23,50,00,000 in the first week. The total overseas gross was $3,910,000. The lifetime overseas breakup was $1,380,000 in UK, $1,130,000 in North America, $820,000 in UAE, $151,000 in Australia and $429,000 in other markets.[18]

The film collected ₹84 crore (US$11 million) worldwide.[19]

A standalone sequel starring, Tabu, Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani titled Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 was released on 20 May 2022.

The third installment titled "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3" was officially announced with a teaser on 1 March 2023 by T-Series, to be again directed by Anees Bazmee and Kartik Aaryan will reprise his role as "Rooh Baba" and this film will be released on Diwali 2024.

• Official website
• Bhool Bhulaiyaa at IMDb
• alummoottil.com The inspiration[1] for the screenplay came from the tragic assassination of the Chieftain of Alummoottil, an Ezhava aristocratic family in Kerala. Script writer Madhu Muttom lives very close to the family.