Ah, the troubles that come when you make a regular horror series that also has to make a statement.Įven if you are not a fan of these series turning into socio-political commentary, Betaal still has the substance to keep you hooked. At times, it also binds itself into a knot, when it can't determine which is the bigger sin - superstition or corporatisation. Pretty sure that the series' use of Naxalite uprising is bound to create outrage. Sometimes, it is difficult to fathom which is more dangerous - the evil unleashed from the tunnel or the one outside that caused it.
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Movie references apart, there is also a disguised commentary on totalitarian authority, power-hungry figures, rampant industrialisation and blind loyalty to authority figures. There are also nods to George Romero's Living Dead series (loved the nod to the famous 'Choke on 'Em' dialogue from the Day of the Dead), the Evil Dead films and even John Carpenter's The Thing (people trapped within a shack and not knowing who could be infected). The basic premise of soldiers taking on the undead is something we have seen in films like Dog Soldiers, or if you want something zombie-y, then Dead Snow and Overlord. Not just that, there are plenty of nods to other horror films of similar genre. Shah Rukh Khan Celebrates Betaal Wrap-Up Party With Aahana Kumra, Vineet Kumar and Others – View Pics. And maybe throw a wink at the unquestioning citizen with us. Not to put any spoilers here, but the series draws quite a few parallels with the folklore, especially through its protagonist.
Soon they find themselves barricading against the unspeakable evil and they try to survive the night, while their own men join the army of the undead, one by one.īetaal might be a zombie series, but it is more of a twisted, ghoulish take on the Vikram Aur Betaal stories.
The CIPD team, disregarding the villagers' warnings, finally opens up the tunnel, only to face the horrors within.
Why would they bring their kid to a spot, where killings were bound to happen - even without zombies - only God knows! The industrialist is accompanied by his wife (Meenal Kapoor), their teenage daughter Saanvi (Syna Anand) and his right-hand man Bunnu (Ankur Vikal). The team is led by Vikram Sirohi (Viineet Kumar), who is haunted by what he did in the previous mission, and also consists of the scarred Ahluwalia (Aahana Kumra), a cynical Assad Akbar (Jatin Goswami) and his cousin, the rookie Nadir Haq (Siddharth Menon). In totality, Betaal is gripping in most parts, though like with Sacred Games and Paatal Lok, it does seek out controversy. But it has plenty of zombies( zombie British soldiers actually, including an undead drummer boy) with added ingredients of grisly killings (spilled guts, flesh chewed out and more) and some nightmarish sequences. It does end in a cliffhanger, but most likely, it's an open ending. Truth to be told, Betaal is a more contained series, with just four episodes. Does the result give India its answer to The Walking Dead? (Minor SPOILERS ahead) Betaal: Shah Rukh Khan Gives You a Chance to #SpookSRK, Announces a Contest to Shoot a Scary Movie Indoors. Now with Betaal, Patrick Graham, along with co-director Nikhil Mahajan, has got an elevated platform to display more of his horror flair, thanks to the backing of a certain Mr Shah Rukh Khan. While Ghoul didn't manage to create the same kind of euphoria as Sacred Games, the horror series did grab plenty of eye-balls. The answer was Ghoul, a mini-series, directed by Patrick Graham and starred Radhika Apte in the lead. Betaal Review: When Netflix created waves with their first Indian Original series, Sacred Games, all eyes were on what they will come up with next.
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