Junglemahal: The Awakening

The director takes you through a journey of events with a group of travellers stranded in the middle of nowhere near the eastern ghats of India in 1985. Zthe series of events follow a storyline of the travellers, the days they spend in an abandoned guest house and the aftermath.

The story is very well supported with the awesome cinematography and sound design. More than some of the jumpscares, the director has focussed on making you fell eeire through the music and the setpiece. Its more of an environmental horror.

These kinds of movies are very rarely made in India and I wish more and more movies are made in this genre.

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I happened to stumble upon this one ( literally 🙂) during one my YouTube searches. This film is a brilliantly made horror film directed by Arunava Choudhary.

Loosely based on true events & set in the 80's during the peak of the Naxalite uprising , a group of 5 travellers find themselves stranded in the dense jungles somewhere in Bihar & are forced to take refuge in an abandoned forest guest house in the middle of nowhere. As time passes, strange things start happening and it becomes a matter of survival for our protagonists.

The film has been shot with a retro theme which adds to the charm of this period flick. Dense eerie jungles, a dilapidated bungalow, oil lit lamps, old black and white photographs go a long way in showcasing the nostalgic look of a bygone era and at the same time beautifully create a feeling of horror and unease as the film progresses. Doesn't rely on blood & gore at all and yet manages to send a shiver down ur spine !!

Cast of the film ( mostly unknown !! ) Deserve a special mention - Masoomeh Ab · Aditya Baliyan · Farhad Khairy · Suraiya Parvin · Amit Raina · Prashant Shinde.

Somehow such brilliantly made films that r on par with Cult Classics like " The Blair Witch Project" or " Paranormal Activity" never seem to do well or find an audience here in India .. a travesty indeed!! Probably absence of big names in the starcast also ends up pulling the film down 😔

If you r a true horror film buff then u will definitely find this enjoyable!!

Going with 3.5/5 for this... Adios 🙂!!

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Constantly something creepy happening on the screen and you don't have any time to catch your breath. Out of all the horror movies I've seen this is one of the few that actually had a scene that caught me off guard. I think it is a pretty scary horror movie which you can enjoy safely with your family as there are no explicit scene. Furthermore, you can experience something unusual watching horror movie set in Kolkata. I really recommended this film for those that love horror film. If I have to give a score for this film as a horror I would rate it 10 out of 10. Give this trailer a try first...

Well,i think that this movie is Horror thriller and full of suspense. Arunava Chowdhary has executed this movie in good order and the Dialogues in the movie were excellent. The timing of music and the scare scenes were all excellent.

I didn't really know that was this movie was based on real event, if it was in found footage format the merit of this movie would've been sky-high .

All the characters were amazing and i think this movie is Masoomeh's turning point in her career. I request you to watch this Horror,thriller movie and Analyse how the parallel cinema is making efforts to improve there art in these kind of the movies.

Now a days Indian Horror movies are made of full length comedy movies with very very few elements of Horror..Top director like RGV also failed to come up with pure Horror flick.. This movie made my day. I am big fan of horror movies and at last got a pure Horror movie after some time.

The story itself started in a unique way and all through the length it will keep the watchers sit tight holding breath. The ambiance suited well for the story. BGM took the movie to the peaks. Horror elements will make u jump from ur seats. These scene will elevate the horror aspect and justify the real devil's act.

All the actors and actresses done their best. I believe that the Director planned everything well before. Seems he executed his imaginations as it is on screen and it went excellent. This flick is a really watchable and undoubtedly enjoyable.