Baramulla

Sometimes low-budget films surprise you with how deeply they stay in your head. Baramulla might start off feeling like an average thriller, but by the time it ends, it hits you hard. The story keeps running in your mind for hours, maybe even days. I was watching it alone, and when that 30-minute-long climax ended with the mid-credit scene, I just stood up and started clapping. I didn't even plan to. It just happened. That's how powerful it was.

Manav Kaul gives one of his most intense performances ever. Other actors have done a good job too, but Manav completely overshadows everyone. The pacing of the movie keeps changing. Sometimes it feels like a psychological thriller, sometimes mystery, and sometimes horror. The way it all connects in the end is brilliant. The entire 30-minute climax is pure brilliance. The reveal, the emotion, the tension... everything from the editing, color grading, and cinematography to the direction is at its best there.

Talking about the flaws, the director's use of metaphors was good but apart from the climax, the overall direction could've been better. The second act was slow, very slow at times, and almost made me lose interest. The jump scares were too many and mostly unnecessary. The music and BGM didn't help much either. It felt like they were trying too hard to create fear with loud sounds instead of atmosphere. The VFX wasn't great, but considering the budget, it's understandable. Also, like many Indian thrillers, it again falls into that cliché of showing a minor girl being trapped by evil to get to her father. That part felt forced and honestly uncomfortable.

Still, Baramulla is a strong horror-thriller that deserves to be seen. It's the kind of film that gets better the more you think about it. The climax makes it worth the wait. If you watch Bollywood movies or know even a bit about Kashmiri Pandits' history, you'll connect with it more.

Aditya Dhar delivers a cinematic tour de force with Baramulla - a film that delicately peels through the layered fabric of Kashmir's past and present with rare sensitivity and haunting brilliance. His direction is deeply assured; every frame breathes with intent, every silence reverberates like an unspoken lament.

The storytelling flows like poetry - immersive, unsettling, and profoundly human. Dhar fearlessly walks the tightrope between fact and feeling, weaving the grim echoes of the 1990s into a narrative that throbs with emotional truth. The film's most piercing power lies in its depiction of innocence lost - the recruitment of children into a vortex of violence - linking personal tragedies to the larger horrors of a fractured past.

Cinematography here transcends its function; it becomes a soul, a silent witness. Each shot is a painting - raw, lyrical, and laden with meaning. The valley's surreal beauty stands in tragic contrast to its buried anguish, captured through visuals that linger long after the screen fades to black.

Baramulla is not merely a film - it is an experience, a requiem for forgotten voices and an ode to the endurance of truth. It stands as a testament to the power of storytelling, where art meets conscience. Hats off to Aditya Dhar and his brilliant team for crafting a cinematic masterpiece that doesn't just tell a story - it etches one into your soul.

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Something different and unique storyline.

Very entertaining and must watch. All actor performances was good, story line well plotting, it keeps you hold on for entire movie , at first you won't figure out that what is going on and which side story is going but at end it will all sum up interestingly.

I have just finished watching the movie and I can say this is such a riveting watch. Both the Aditya's have woven in an intriguing tale of Kashmir and Varahamula (Baramulla). The last 25-ish minutes of the movie are phenomenal which takes you back to 1990 and brings you back to 2016, leaving you feeling variety of emotions. If you want to watch a riveting suspence mixed with a bit of horror, this is the movie to watch.

Wow wow wow I don't usually write a review but it was not what I expected in 2025 that too from Bollywood , good horror thriller movie to keep viewers engaged while delivering such an important message to viewers, Talking about how actors acted I would say 9-10 even kids did a very good job not main kids but every kid who was involved in the story , the ambience the scenes , all were top notch pacing of the movie is moderate but it will keep you hooked up which Bollywood was failing to keep and emotion twist was good too , overall if someone wants good horror thriller family movie with a deep message go for it.

May the justice prevail!!!!!!