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Movie Name: Kapkapiii
Directed by: Sangeeth Sivan
Starring: Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Siddhi Idnani, Jay Thakkar, Sonia Rathee, Abhishek Kumar, Varun Pandey, Dherendra Tiwari, Dinkar Sharma
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Running Time: 138 Minutes
Release Date: 23 May, 2025
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Production Companies: Bravo Entertainment
Budget: ₹- crore
A clique of friends, seeking for a thrill, use an ouija board to connect a ghost for fun. But they soon realized that their house has become haunted by an advent of a female spirit
Kapkapiii: Overview
Kapkapiii is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language horror-comedy film directed by Sangeeth Sivan and produced by Jayesh Patel. The film starring Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Siddhi Idnani among others is a remake of the 2023 Malayalam film Romancham. The adapted screenplay is written by Kumar Priyadarshi and Saurabh Anand. The film was slated for a June 2024 release, but is seemingly pushed due to the death of Sivan during post-production. The film is scheduled to be released on 23 May 2025.
Producer Jayesh Patel acquired the remake of the 2023 Malayalam hit Romancham and approached Sangeeth Sivan to direct the movie. After Sivan came on board, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade were signed for the lead roles, the former reuniting with the director 19 years after Kya Kool Hain Hum and the latter, 18 years after Apna Sapna Money Money. Sangeeth Sivan passed away in May 2024, while the film was still in post-production.
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Movie Review:
Horror-comedy signals a saturation point for the genre
Kapkapiii movie review: Directed by Sangeeth Sivan, it showcases Shreyas Talpade’s comic timing amid a confusing plot and tired tropes.
As I exited the theatre after watching Kapkapiii, I had two thoughts: one, the film leaves you with more questions than answers. And two, Bollywood really needs to break up with horror comedies—the situationship is reaching a saturation point.
Directed by the late Sangeeth Sivan, the story revolves around a group of friends—played by Shreyas Talpade, Dinker Sharma, Dherendra Kumar Tiwari, and Sonia Rathee—who begin playing a dangerous game with an ouija board, unknowingly summoning the spirit of Anamika. Word spreads fast, and soon there’s a long queue of people eager to get answers from the spirit—ranging from revelations about someone’s father’s real identity to solving petty domestic mysteries like stolen jewellery.
But things soon spiral out of control. How the group handles the chaos that follows forms the rest of the plot.
Kapkapiii, a remake of the 2023 Malayalam film Romancham, starts off as harmless fun. We’ve seen enough buddy comedies to know the tropes—a token drunk, a scaredy-cat—and they’re all present here. The problem is that Kapkapiii thinks it’s funnier than it actually is. Written by Kumar Priyadarshi and Saurabh Anand, the story gets increasingly convoluted. A tenant who fancies one of the guys is thrown in. Then comes a gangster, played by Dibyendu Bhattacharya. After the intermission, Tusshar Kapoor joins the gang, and from that point, it’s hard to track where the film is even headed. We get “chadar mod” and “len ke bode” in the name of jokes. Eventually, you stop laughing—and even stop feeling scared. You just sit there like a zombie—expressionless.
Shreyas Talpade is the anchor of this sinking ship. He’s the only one who truly understands the comic timing the genre demands, but with limited material, there’s only so much he can do. Tusshar Kapoor’s character is confusing—you’re never sure why he’s even in the film. Every actor tries, which is both reassuring and a little sad. Reassuring because at least there’s effort. Sad because, despite that, you’re bored.
The jump scares are minimal, and that’s about all you get.
The music by Ajay Jayanthi is a miss.
In the end, Kapkapiii is a classic case of wasted potential—a film that wants to be a quirky horror-comedy but ends up being neither spooky nor funny. It leans too heavily on tired tropes, underdeveloped subplots, and a scattered screenplay.
