Releasing on 11 December, Telugu director G Ashok’s remake of Bhagmathie which is Durgavathi will have Bhumi Pednekar play the lead role. Arshad Warsi plays a politician named Ishwar Prasad, who has a squeaky clean reputation but appears to be involved in mysterious activities otherwise. During his time, priceless statues of deities start vanishing from temples, which prompts Mahie Gill and Jisshu Sengupta, who play police officers, investigate the matter.
They bring in Chanchal Chauhan (Bhumi) from jail in order to dig up dust on Ishwar Prasad and place her in the haunted Durgamati Haveli. Chanchal continues to survive a series of frightful and torturous happenings in the haveli till she opens a Pandora’s Box and is completely possessed by the ghost of Durgamati. She sports a dramatic and intense persona and declares she will not leave until she’s made everyone pay for their deeds. Bhumi says horror is a very tough genre because you have to be convincing to an audience who knows that what they are seeing is not real. So, the performances have to carry the film and deliver outstanding entertainment to audiences.
