New Delhi, April 17 -- There's something endearing about Priyadarshan swinging for the fences with Bhooth Bangla - a film that wears its Bhool Bhulaiyaa heart firmly on its sleeve, occasionally trips over its own kurta, and still manages to keep you somewhat entertained through sheer force of nostalgia. Whether that's quite enough is where things get a bit wobbly.

Let's give credit where it's due: Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) was genuinely ahead of its time. Using psychiatry rather than outright possession as the fulcrum of a horror-comedy was a quietly brilliant move - one that still holds up and will continue to do so. Bhooth Bangla, by contrast, doesn't bring anything particularly groundbreaking to the haunted mansion. There's comedy, there...