Tumbbad (2018) – best Indian horror film. Story, facts, cast, box office,
cinematography, budget, awards and more.
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Tumbbad has been tagged as one of the best films to
be made in recent years. From story to cinematography and brilliant
performances, the film turned out containing each frame as masterpiece.
Tumbbad movie story:
Tumbbad is based on a goddess of prosperity who is the symbol of infinite
‘gold and grain’. She gives birth to 160 million gods with one named ‘Hastar’
being greedy for the gold and grain. Upon stealing gold and going for grain
from the goddess, Hastar is attacted by it’s siblings but saved by the goddess
with one condition that he will not be worshiped as god forever.
Tumbbad movie Hastar scene:
However, the people of Tumbbad village build a temple to worship Hastar which
makes other god curse the village with forever rain on it. How a human named
Vinayak also falls for greed and what happens to him along with Hastar, you
will find out in the film as the story unfolds.
Tumbbad movie cast:
Sohum Shah did the heavy lifting in carrying the film and earned much praises
from audience and critics alike.
Sohum Shah as Vinayak Rao
Harsh K as hastar
Jyoti Malshe as Vinayak’s mother
Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar as young Vinayak
Rudra Soni as Sadashiv
Madhav Hari Joshi as Sarkar
Piyush Kaushik as Grandmother
Anita Date-Kelkar as Vaidehi; Vinayak’s wife
Deepak Damle as Raghav
Cameron Anderson as Sergeant Cooper
Ronjini Chakraborty as Vinayak’s mistress
Mohammad Samad as Pandurang
Tumbbad’s cinematography and set design:
Pankaj Kumar serving as the DOP of the film created magic and turned this
horror film into a piece of art. Huge sets of villages and cities
doppelgangers were built. Majority of the film was shot in monsoon with the
use of artificial rain here and there. The film’s mood and look heavily relies
on the rain and lighting which was brilliantly used by makers.
Tumbbad movie facts:
Nawazuddin Siddiqui was the first choice to play the main lead but as the
studios and producers backed out several times. The film was finally made when
Sohum Shah who also served as the producer came on board.
The film was shot twice. First in 2012, the film was shot but Barve was
unsatisfied with the film and decided to shoot it again in 2015.
Tumbbad’s budget was 5 crores, which was a huge amount for it’s multiple
producers and the film earned only about 13 crores.
Tumbbad movie review:
Tumbbad mostly received positive reviews upon release and was recognized by
nation and internation media outlets and critics. The film went on to win
several national and international awards as well. It’s success and audience’s
love for the film made Sohan Sham announce it’s sequel as well.
