Tumbbad
(2018)
Overview
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.
Director
Rahi Anil Barve
Writers
Mitesh Shah, Anand Gandhi, Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad, Narayan Dharap
Top Billed
Sohum Shah
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Where to watch
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Reviews
SWITCH.
⭐ 8/10July 26, 2019
As a unique historical fantasy film coming out of India, ‘Tumbbad’ is a triumph for the filmmakers and a high-point for Hindi horror cinema.
- Jake Watt
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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-tumbbad-visually-rich-hindi-horror
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badelf
⭐ 8/10February 3, 2022
A **very** atypical Hindi film in that it is both a fantasy and a horror. It is a well-told fable about greed. Totally worth the watch!
r96sk
⭐ 8/10April 18, 2025
<em>'Tumbbad'</em> is very good folk horror fare. It's a movie that feels unusual for what Bollywood tends to offer, at least the sorta films that I've checked out from this part of the world. Aside from the evidently irremovable music interlude, it felt different - a good different.
I would say that the story gets a bit underwhelming across the middle portion, though the opening chunk and final moments are impressive - both featuring young ac…
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FolknHell
⭐ 7/10August 23, 2026
*Tumbbad* understands that greed becomes much more interesting when it stops looking like a character flaw and starts looking like a family trade.
Vinayak Rao does not stumble into a cursed treasure and immediately lose his mind. He learns the system. Descend into the earth. Distract Hastar with food. Take a little gold. Get out. Repeat. What begins as an encounter with something forbidden gradually becomes a procedure, refined over decades an…
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Original Language
HI
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