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Bulbbul

2020 · 94 min

A haunting, slow-burning fairy tale that wraps you in its eerie atmosphere while its dark themes of injustice and revenge linger long after.

Directed by
Anvita Dutt
Genres
Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
Starring
Triptii Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Rahul Bose
Tagline
A fairy tale like no other
Overview
A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her village.

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  • Netflix
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Directed by
Anvita Dutt
Genres
Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
Starring
Triptii Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Rahul Bose
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • gender
  • power
  • trauma
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism4
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, fantasy, thriller
Directed by
Anvita Dutt
Written by
Anvita Dutt
Starring
Triptii Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Rahul Bose, Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Ruchi Mahajan, Varun Buddhadev, Veera Kapur Ee
Cinematography
Siddharth Diwan
Runtime
94 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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