In 3 days Bhoolbhulaiya 3 starring Kartik Vidya Balanji Madhuri Dixitji did business of more than 110 crores in India

Bhoolbhulaiya 3 with Kartik Aryanji, Madhuri Dixitji, Vidya Balanji did business of more than 110 crores in India and 40 crores abroad. All 3 of them gave landmark performances. Aneez Bazmi directed the film with comedy and suspense.Ruhan "Rooh Baba" Randhawa is having a great time looting people, claiming to be a Ghostbuster. He is called by Meera's uncle to talk to Meera who is a ghost. When she arrives, Ruhan is petrified into thinking it's a real ghost and this is captured by her uncle on Meera's phone. They blackmail Ruhan threatening to post it online if he refuses to come to Rakht Ghat with them. With no other choice, Ruhan agrees. When he arrives there, everybody is shocked to see him because he looked exactly likely a doppelganger of the prince, Rajkumar Debendranath of that estate from 200 years ago. The royal family lived in the horse barn, due to Manjulika's existence in the palace. Rajpurohit warns everyone not to go near Manjulika's room and also suggests that it should be opened only on Durgashtami, and only by a person of the royal family, who has been reborn to get rid of the ghost. Everyone moves to the palace as they believe Ruhan, their savior has arrived. According to a local myth, 200 years ago, Manjulika was a princess, and the king had a son from his servant, who was named Debendranath. When the King decided to announce Debendranath as his heir, it infuriates Manjulika. She kills Debendranath, and the king decides to burn her alive. It was her spirit that roamed in the palace, and responsible for the many killings. Meera calls in the restoration department to work on the palace so it can be sold. Mallika leads the department and also shows signs of being possessed. Ruhan gets to know about the real ghost and plans to leave, but realizes that his video needs to be erased before he leaves. While looking for the video, he finds out that his photos were secretly taken by Meera, suggesting her romantic feelings for him, and when confronted she confirms to it. Ruhan decides to stay but soon finds that Pandit, Panditaayan and Chhote Pandit are already living in Manjulika's room. It is revealed that all three of them were deliberately trying to shoo everyone away so they could peacefully live there. The restoration department takes over the room and while working there, they end up breaking a wall which leads them to a secret passage. The passage leads to a room which has a door with Bhairava Kavach all over it. The Rajpurohit is also confused and to know more he decides to read more about the palace rooms and Manjulika, so they can work around the situation. Desperate to sell the property, Rajaji decides to break the Bhairava Kavach with Roooh baba's help and see what's inside. Just when they open the door, the Rajpurohit arrives with the news that the room belonged to Anjulika who was the elder sister of Manjulika and Debendranath. It is revealed that the king 200 years ago had two daughters who despised each other. Despite knowing about the palace, Mandira arrives at the palace as a prospective buyer and decides to stay there to learn more about the estate and surroundings. After Mandira and Mallika meet, strange things start to happen in the palace. The Rajpurohit warns everyone to be careful until Durgashtmi, as that's the day when Manjulika would take her revenge. Ruhan and Meera have their fair share of encounters with both Mallika and Mandira, but they are confused about which one is the real Manjulika. Rajpurohit comes back with pure oil from havan to kill the spirit of Manjulika, and the night before Durgashtmi they all gather where the body was burned 200 years ago. Ruhan cleverly gets rid of the spirit that was inside Mallika and Mandira, and then they get to know that the ghost was actually of Debendranath who was burned to death 200 years ago for her love of dance and not liking her male body. It is revealed that Anjulika and Manjulika had planned to get Debendranath killed for the throne of Rakht Ghat and he was burned to death as soon as both sisters exposed him to the king and his ministers. The king then decided to throw both sisters out of his kingdom. Debendranath's ghost then kills the king and his guards. The Rajpurohit at that time had him sealed in that secret room locking it with the Bhairava Kavach which Ruhan broke and it is revealed it was Debendranath who had been the one who had planned everything by entering Mallika and Mandira's body as they were his sisters' reincarnations. In the end, all three of them have a heartfelt moment and Debendranath gets the peace he was yearning for, for two centuries. Cast Kartik Aaryan as Ruhaan "Rooh Baba" Randhawa / Debendranath Vidya Balan as Mallika / Manjulika Madhuri Dixit as Mandira / Anjulika / ACP Rathore Triptii Dimri as Meera / Madulikadevi Vijay Raaz as Raja Saab, The King of Rakht Ghat Rajpal Yadav as Natwar / Chhota Pandit Sanjay Mishra as Jagannath Shastri / Bade Pandit Ashwini Kalsekar as Panditayeen / Bade Pandit's wife Rajesh Sharma as Meera's uncle Arun Kushwah as Tillu Shataf Figar as Vicky Khanna Manish Wadhwa as Rajpurohit Saurabh Dubey as Rajpurohit in 1824 Denzil Smith as Maharaj in 1824 Suresh Menon as Pillai Moumita Pal as Pillai's wife Shivam Dubey as Pillai's son Surendra Thakur as Jallad Kanchan Mullick as Faulad Singh, King's bodyguard Prantika Das[8] as Noor Agrim Mittal as Modak Ajay Tiwari as Daas Yogesh Jadhav as Senapati Swagatam Halder as Mr. Chopra Averi Singharoy as Mrs. Chopra Badri Chavan as Arjun / Pintu Rose Sardana as Meera's sister Arvind Prakash as Arjun's father Parineeta Borthakur as Arjun's mother Mustaqeem as Bijnori Production Casting Kartik Aaryan was cast to reprise his role from Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. On 12 February 2024, it was announced that Vidya Balan, who played Manjulika in the original Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), would reprise her character, by sharing a video of Instagram.[9] On 21 February 2024, it was announced that Madhuri Dixit and Triptii Dimri would be joining the project. Rajpal Yadav, known for his role as Chhota Pandit in the previous films, will also return to reprise his role. The cast also features Vijay Raaz, Rajesh Sharma, Manish Wadhwa, Sanjay Mishra, and Ashwini Kalsekar.[10][11] Filming On 9 March 2024, in Mumbai, the cast and crew of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 gathered for an inaugural muhurat puja ceremony to mark the beginning of principal photography. Producer Bhushan Kumar clapped the muhurat shot for Kartik Aaryan. Vidya Balan, Triptii Dimri, Rajesh Sharma, and co-producer Shiv Chanana were also present at the ceremony.[12][13] A glimpse video of this ceremony was shared by T-Series on 11 March 2024, titled "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Begins", The video also featured Aaryan shooting the first shot of the movie, which was a train sequence, filmed by DOP Manu Anand.[14] During shooting, director Anees Bazmee faced significant challenges as he fractured his leg on the last day of the film recce. Against doctor's suggestions to get a steel plate and rest for 3 months, he opted for minor surgery that allowed him to honor his commitment to the film. He came to the film set in a wheelchair and continued with his work.[15][16] The film's production involved extensive planning and coordination, with key members Bhushan Kumar, Bazmee, and Aaryan actively engaged in discussions and preparations.[17] Filming began in Mumbai, with the first schedule wrapping up on 27 March 2024.[18] During this schedule, the entry sequence of Aaryan was also shot. A massive set was erected in Film City, Mumbai, specifically for the song, which involved over a thousand background dancers with choreography done by Ganesh Acharya.[19][20] After a short break, Bazmee, still recovering from his injury, scouted for locations in Kolkata for the next schedule.[21] The cast and crew landed in Kolkata on 8 April 2024, to commence the second schedule.[22] In this schedule, Aaryan rode a bullet on Howrah Bridge,[23] with Prantika Das and with Arun Kushwah at Victoria Memorial.[24][25] The shooting then progressed to Mallick Ghat flower market, where a small set with skeletons was put up.[26] Following this, Bazmee filmed scenes at the Park Street Graveyard and Nonapukur Tram Depot, and finally concluded the shoot at Laha Bari in Central Kolkata.[27] Prior to this, key shots were filmed at an elaborate Bengali village set setup by the production team in Mumbai.[28][29] The song 'Mere Dholna' has been filmed as jugalbandi between Madhuri and Vidya and has been choreographed by Chinni Prakash.[30] After completing the Kolkata schedule, the team resumed filming on the same Bengali set in Mumbai, with a segment involving Kartik Aaryan, Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, and Ashwini Kalsekar, wrapping up the week-long schedule on 13 May 2024. A significant dance sequence featuring lead actors was also filmed on 21 May 2024.[31] On 29 May 2024; Balan, Dixit, Manish Wadhwa, Sharma, Raaz, Rose Sardana and others shot a sequence on the film's set in Mumbai, with Balan and Dixit twinning in black sarees.[32] Bazmee had shot Aaryan's scenes in advance, in May 2024, and continued filming without him for some days in early June. In early June 2024, the team took a break from shooting, allowing Aaryan to focus on promotional commitments for his film Chandu Champion, which was released on 14 June 2024. The next schedule was kicked off on 1 July 2024, in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh[33][34] with Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri, Rajpal Yadav, and others.[35] Key scenes were shot at various historic landmarks such as Orchha Fort, Ram Raja Mandir, where some dramatic scenes were filmed, and Jahangir Mahal, where Aaryan filmed a romantic song and some romantic scenes with Dimri. The schedule included filming intense sequences at Kanchana Ghat on the Betwa River.[36] A part of the climax sequence with all the principal actors together, was also shot there, with Aaryan and other leads performing some action sequences.[37] After shooting a portion of the climax in Orchha, the team returned to Mumbai to shoot the remaining scenes of the climax sequence with the entire cast.[38] Principal photography was seemingly wrapped with final scenes being shot on 31 July and 1 August 2024.[39][40] Additionally in September 2024, a romantic track featuring Aaryan and Dimri was shot in Leh, Ladakh.[41] It was revealed that 2 different climax scene were filmed to keep the suspense around the ending of the film,[42] after Kartik Aryan let slip details of filming scenes with Kiara Advani.[43] Music Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Soundtrack album by Tanishk Bagchi, Sachet–Parampara, Amaal Mallik, Aditya Rikhari and Lijo George–DJ Chetas Released 23 October 2024 Recorded 2023–2024 Genre Feature film soundtrack Length 20:10 Language Hindi Label T-Series Producer Bhushan Kumar Official audio Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (Audio Jukebox) on YouTube The background score of the film is composed by Sandeep Shirodkar, whereas the soundtrack is composed by Pritam, Tanishk Bagchi, Sachet–Parampara, Amaal Mallik, Aditya Rikhari and Lijo George–DJ Chetas. The lyrics are written by Sameer Anjaan, Rashmi Virag, Aditya Rikhari, Dhrruv Yogi and Som. The "Title Track" and "Ami Je Tomar" song originally composed by Pritam will be recreated once again after Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.[44][45] The first single titled "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (Title Track)" was released on 16 October 2024.[46] The second single titled "Jaana Samjho Na" was released on 22 October 2024, a reprised version of singer Aditya Rikhari’s 2022 single "Samjho Na". The album was released on 23 October 2024 across all music streaming platforms.[47][48] Track listingNo. Title Lyrics Music Singer(s) Length 1. "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 - Title Track" Dhruv Yogi, Sameer, Pitbull Tanishk Bagchi, Pritam Pitbull, Diljit Dosanjh, Neeraj Shridhar 3:50 2. "Jaana Samjho Na" Aditya Rikhari Lijo George-Dj Chetas, Aditya Rikhari Aditya Rikhari, Tulsi Kumar 3:32 3. "Ami Je Tomar 3.0" Sameer Amaal Mallik, Pritam Shreya Ghoshal 5:15 4. "Beiraada" Rashmi Virag Sachet–Parampara Sachet Tandon, Parampara Thakur 3:19 5. "Hukkush Phukkush" Som Tanishk Bagchi Sonu Nigam 3:44 6. "Ami Je Tomar (Sad Version)" Sameer Amaal Mallik, Pritam Sonu Nigam 0:30 Total length: 20:10 Release Theatrical Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 was theatrically released on 1 November 2024, on the occasion of Diwali. The worldwide theatrical distribution rights were acquired by AA Films. Distributor Anil Thadani had secured single screens for the film.[49] The film has been banned in Saudi Arabia due to mentions of homosexuality which is banned in the country.[50] Home media Netflix acquired the digital streaming rights of the film.[2]

Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is a well-made horror comedy which works due to its performances, taut script, creative execution and above all, an unpredictable climax."[51] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film 3/5 stars and opined "A gleefully hammy Madhuri and Vidya's volley of death stares and evil laughs engage in a ruthless glamorous tug of war in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3".[52]