Tumbbad (2018)

★ 7.6 1h 53m 319 votes IMDb

Horror Fantasy

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

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Sohum Shah as Vinayak Rao Age 42 · Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India Sohum Shah is an Indian actor, producer, and entrepreneur who works in Hindi films. He made his first screen appearance with the film Baabarr (2009), where he played the antagonist. He started his o...

Mohammad Samad as Pandurang / Grandmother

Jyoti Malshe as Vinayak's Mother

Rudra Soni as Sadashiv Age 21 · India Rudra Soni (born 10 November 2004) is an Indian television actor known for portraying the role of Manav in the children fantasy television show, Baalveer and Bajirao in Indian Historical Television se...

Anita Date-Kelkar as Vaidehi Age 45

Director Rahi Anil Barve

Cast Sohum Shah, Mohammad Samad, Harsh K., Jyoti Malshe, Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar, Rudra Soni, Madhav Hari Joshi, Piyush Kaushik, Anita Date-Kelkar, Deepak Damle

SWITCH. 8/10 Jul 26, 2019

As a unique historical fantasy film coming out of India, ‘Tumbbad’ is a triumph for the filmmakers and a high-point for Hindi horror cinema.
- Jake Watt

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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-tumbbad-visually-rich-hindi-horror

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badelf 8/10 Feb 03, 2022

A **very** atypical Hindi film in that it is both a fantasy and a horror. It is a well-told fable about greed. Totally worth the watch!

r96sk 8/10 Apr 18, 2025

<em>'Tumbbad'</em> is very good folk horror fare. It's a movie that feels unusual for what Bollywood tends to offer, at least the sorta films that I've checked out from this part of the world. Aside from the evidently irremovable music interlude, it felt different - a good different.

I would say that the story gets a bit underwhelming across the middle portion, though the opening chunk and final moments are impressive - both featuring young actors, in my opinion this flick is at its strongest with Dhundiraj Jogalekar and Mohammad Samad (plus Jyoti Malshe, Rudra Soni) onscreen.

The special effects for when the characters are involved with Hastar aren't the greatest, but the film undoubtedly makes it work and it still adds the required creepiness. The practical effects for the 'old woman' are excellent though, very unnerving.

Story-wise it is sturdy, it's fairly straightforward in terms of the message of greed but it works and is portrayed nicely. As noted, if not for a meandering middle I'd be rating this higher. All the same, it's a suitably entertaining movie and one that's worthy of recommendation.