‘Tumbaad’ is releasing again after 6 years, don’t miss this film in theatres for these 5 reasons

These days, new exciting films from Bollywood are reaching the theatres after such long intervals that it has given the theatres a new opportunity to look at the old good films. In this series, while ‘Laila Majnu’ and ‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein’ have entertained the audience by re-releasing in theatres, now it is the turn of ‘Tumbaad’.

Director Rahi Anil Barve’s film ‘Tumbaad’ was first released in theatres in 2018. At that time, the film garnered a lot of praise from critics and people who watched the film in theatres then never get tired of praising it even today.

‘Tumbbad’ got immense popularity after coming on OTT, but now the public has a chance to once again love this film in theatres. Let us tell you why one should not miss the opportunity to go to theatres for the re-release of ‘Tumbbad’…

20 years of hard work of the director
Rahi Anil Barve wrote the first draft of the story of ‘Tumbbad’ in 1997, when he was only 18 years old. The script was changed many times, work on the film started many times. 7 production houses agreed to make this film but then backed out and work on this film started and stopped 3 times.

In 2008, Barve started working on ‘Tumbbad’ with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead role, but then the producer backed out and the film got stuck again. Finally, the film started being made in 2012 with Soham Shah and almost 20 years after the first draft was written, it hit the screens in 2018. When ‘Tumbbad’ reached the screens with a wonderful combination of folklore, mythology and horror, it was as if magic happened in front of the eyes of the audience.

Soham Shah’s unmatched hard work
Soham Shah was cast in 2012 as the lead character Vinayak in ‘Tumbbad’ and he also joined the story as a producer. For this role, Soham gained 8 kg of weight and maintained his special look for 6 years during the completion of the film.

The film was based on Marathi background, so Soham, who comes from Rajasthan, worked a lot on his language. After seeing his work in the film, people became his fans. The way Soham portrayed the character of Vinayak on screen is a great example of acting in Indian cinema.

As a producer, Soham Shah made every effort to complete ‘Tumbaad’ and bring it to the screen. Soham, who is a real estate businessman, sold many of his properties to complete this film. But he later said that ‘Tumbaad’ was a good investment for him.

A film made in a completely authentic way
Monsoon was a huge part of the story of the film. The idea was to show the entire story happening under the cover of dark clouds, which would give the audience the feel of the dreadful rainy season. For this, the entire film was shot in natural light without sunlight. The entire shoot took place during the monsoon and many scenes were shot in natural rain and months were waited for the right weather.

To give the right mood to the story, modern lighting was completely avoided, many scenes were shot using more than 50 lamps. The director had told in an interview that many scenes of ‘Tumbbad’ were shot at such locations where no human had gone for a hundred years. The evil god Hastar seen in the story of the film was completely prepared with prosthetic makeup. In the climax, Hastar’s scene in the womb of the earth was shot in the light of only one lamp.

The intensity with which ‘Tumbaad’ was made is visible in every scene of the film and it is something to be experienced on the big screen.

It was first released in limited form
‘Tumbbad’ was the first Indian film to be screened in the Critics Week section of Venice Film Festival, one of the biggest film festivals in the world. ‘Tumbbad’ did not have any big producer associated with it so it did not get a big release either.

Everyone had this feeling about the film that Indian audiences have never seen anything like this before, no one knows whether they will like it or not. Famous Bollywood filmmaker Anand L Rai joined the film much later and on 12 October 2018, ‘Tumbbad’ was finally released on just 575 screens.

Solid box office collection
The trailer of ‘Tumbbad’ which was released on very limited screens and the making videos of the film were very much talked about and it was through these that cinema fans got to know about the film. But due to the absence of any big star or big production house, the film did not get any strong hype before its release.

‘Tumbbad’ had an opening of Rs 65 lakhs on the first day. But the public’s praise and excellent reviews created an atmosphere for the film and it started getting a good audience even on limited screens. The box office report card of ‘Tumbbad’ says that this film, made on a budget of 5 crores, had a worldwide gross collection of more than 13 crores. This film ran in theatres for 50 days with good earnings and became a sleeper hit.

When ‘Tumbaad’ came on the OTT platform Amazon Prime a few months later, the public took notice of it. After watching the film, people were not tired of writing about it on social media and all those who had not seen it in theaters earlier, were seen regretting it.

Gradually, ‘Tumbbad’ became a cult film and is now considered one of the best films of Indian cinema. But many people regret that they did not watch ‘Tumbbad’ in theatres. So now on 13 September, the public has another chance to experience ‘Tumbbad’ in theatres. Advance booking of the film has started and film lovers are ready to watch ‘Tumbbad’.