Tumbbad

7/26/2019

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 Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-tumbbad-visually-rich-hindi-horror Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/revelation for more Revelation Perth International Film Festival reviews.

2/3/2022

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!

4/18/2025

<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 wom

8/23/2026

*Tumbbad* understands that greed becomes much more interesting when it stops looking like a character flaw and starts looking like a family trade. Vinayak Rao does not stumble into a cursed treasure and immediately lose his mind. He learns the system. Descend into the earth. Distract Hastar with food. Take a little gold. Get out. Repeat. What begins as an encounter with something forbidden gradually becomes a procedure, refined over decades and eventually taught to his son. The cleverness of *Tumbbad* is that damnation starts to resemble competent administration. Everything around Vinayak reinforces that appetite. His monstrous grandmother has to be fed while being kept asleep. Hastar is defined by insatiable hunger. Vinayak discovers that hunger can be managed and exploited, provide