Think
ghosts.
Think
grim,
grotesque
imagery.
Bollywood’s
surplus
of
petrifying
bhootnis
and
chudails
still
haunting
our
nightmares
are
a
case
in
point.
On
the
other
end
of
the
spooky
spectrum,
there’s
the
otherworld
beauty
looking
for
a
do-gooder
to
help
her
restless
spirit
find
peace.
Like
Shraddha
Kapoor’s
clandestine
Stree
may
or
may
not
be
undead
but
the
lady
sure
as
hell
has
us
guessing
all
the
way
to
its
long-awaited
sequel
Stree
2,
unravelling
the
mystery
in
cinemas
this
week.
Sukanya
Verma
points
us
towards
the
beautiful
bhoots
in
our
movies.
Katrina
Kaif,
Phone
Bhoot
Katrina’s
smouldering
hot
ghost
uses
her
supernatural
prowess
to
help
a
pair
of
bumbling
ghostbusters
get
the
job
done
while
seeking
her
own
revenge
in
Phone
Bhoot‘s
goofy
mess.
Kareena
Kapoor,
Talaash
A
sex
worker’s
connection
to
a
mysterious
celebrity
death
investigated
by
a
troubled
cop
finds
a
guide
and
ghostly
intervention
in
Kareena’s
enigmatic,
ethereal,
portrayal
over
Talaash‘s
tale
of
loss
and
grief.
Anushka
Sharma,
Phillauri
Anushka’s
gleaming
ghost
pops
to
protest
when
the
tree
she
inhabits
is
married
off
to
a
young
man
for
superstitious
reasons,
ensuing
in
Phillauri‘s
awkward
encounters
and
afterlife
woes.
Parineeti
Chopra,
Golmaal
Again
Parineeti
channels
her
cute
girl-next-door
in
overalls
to
play
a
tragically
bumped
off
girl-in-love
turned
ghost-in-distress
for
the
most
spirited
edition
of
Rohit
Shetty’s
Golmaal
franchise.
Deepika
Padukone,
Om
Shanti
Om
Farah
Khan’s
love
for
Bollywood
pop
culture
and
showmanship
finds
a
harmonious
expression
in
Om
Shanti
Om‘s
mix
of
revenge
and
reincarnation
when
Deepika
Padukone’s
ghost
girl
shows
up
for
a
few,
fantastic
seconds
of
the
climax
as
a
hat
tip
to
Bimal
Roy’s
Madhumati.
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan,
Mohabbatein
Aishwarya’s
gorgeous,
glamorous
ghost
sashaying
in
romantic
chiffons,
cheering
for
her
‘mohabbat‘
crusading
beau
while
he
takes
on
her
‘parampara,
pratishta,
anushasan‘
obsessed
father
seldom
discriminates
between
death
and
dream.
Jaya
Prada,
Maa
In
this
Ghost-inspired
rip-off,
Jaya’s
mamta-exuding
ghost
not
only
lingers
around
her
home
and
husband
but
even
gets
momentary
exemption
from
‘aatma‘
to
‘shareer‘
after
her
hungry
baby
cries
for
milk.
Dimple
Kapadia,
Lekin..
Gulzar’s
poetic
Lekin..
chronicles
the
melody
and
melancholy
of
a
beautiful
apparition
yearning
to
make
the
ultimate
crossover
between
life
and
death
in
Dimple
Kapadia’s
breathtaking
reflections.
Sadhana,
Woh
Kaun
Thi?
Okay,
so
she’s
not
quite
dead.
Yet,
Sadhana’s
woman-in-white
charade
hitching
a
ride
to
a
graveyard
in
pouring
rain
and
confession
she
loves
the
taste
of
blood
with
poker-faced
conviction
is
still
the
gold
standard
of
beautiful
bhooths
.
Vyjayanthimala,
Madhumati
Bimal
Roy’s
thrilling
combination
of
romance,
music,
dance,
rebirth
and
retribution
arrives
at
its
spine
tingling
conclusion
when
Vyjayanthimala’s
serenely
smiling
spirit
makes
a
startling
appearance,
much
before
her
alive
and
breathing
doppelganger
can,
to
settle
scores
with
Pran.
