Vidya Balan Shares Her Thoughts on Tabu’s Manjulika Role in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
In an interview with News18, Vidya spoke about what she thinks of Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 which was played by Tabu.
Vidya Balan Thoughts on Tabu Manjulika
Vidya Balan Shares Her Thoughts on Tabu’s Manjulika Role: Vidya Balan is all set to reprise her role of Bengali witch Manjulika in Anees Bazmee’s horror comedy threequel Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. She had played the part in Priyadarshan’s 2007 hit but gave the 2022 sequel a miss. In an interview with News18, Vidya spoke about what she thinks of Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 which was played by Tabu.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa is a remake of Fazil’s 1993 Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu which starred Mohanlal and Shobana whose character was called Nagavalli in that film. Priyadarshan adapted the psychological thriller in Hindi in 2007 with Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan playing those parts. Vidya’s character was called Manjulika in the movie.
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Anees Bazmee was then approached by co-producers, Murad Khetani’s Cine1 Studios Private Limited and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series for a sequel. He turned it into a horror comedy and rebooted it with Kartik Aaryan’s ghostbuster Rooh Baba and Kiara Advani. He reintroduced the character of Manjulika which was played by Tabu who also essayed the witch’s twin sister Anjulika. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 was a blockbuster.
In Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Vidya will reprise her role of Manjulika from the first part. But as shown in the trailer Madhuri Dixit is also playing a character called Manjulika. Kartik and Rajpal Yadav will reprise their roles of Rooh Baba and Chota Pandit respectively. It’s releasing in cinemas this Friday on November 1 on the occasion of Diwali.
Vidya said, “I love Tabu. I don’t think I spoke to her after the film. I haven’t met her in years. But I’ve always said that Tabu is one of those actors who makes everything look like she’s just sipping water. She’s so effortless. I remember that in the early years when I had watched her do Maachis, Astitva and her comedy films, I thought that she was like water. She flows into anything. Whatever she does, she’s always amazing!”
During the song launch of Ami Je Tomar 3.0, Vidya Balan revealed why was not a part of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. She said "I was very scared because the first part of 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' gave me a lot. I thought, 'If I make a mistake, everything will be over.' I told Anees bhai that I cannot take this risk." She further added, "But when they offered me 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3', I loved the script. I was desperate to work on this film with Anees bhai and Bhushan. Then Kartik also joined in."
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