Adbhut

Adbhut is an Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film written and directed by Sabbir Khan.^[1] it stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Diana Penty and Shreya Dhanwanthary.^[2] The film was premiered directly on Sony Max on 15 September.^[3][4][5]

Adbhut
Official release poster
Directed by	Sabbir Khan
Written by	Sabbir Khan
Produced by	Sony Pictures Networks India Sabbir Khan
Starring	Nawazuddin Siddiqui Diana Penty Shreya Dhanwanthary
Cinematography	Binod Pradhan
Edited by	Manan Sagar
Music by	Julius Packiam
Production companies	Sony Pictures Networks India Sabbir Khan Films
Distributed by	Sony Max
Release date	15 September 2024 (2024-09-15)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

The film starts with detective Gajraj Awasthy being honored by the Police department. In reply to a question regarding the most difficult case of his life, his memory takes him back by 5 years. He reminisces a case, which forms the story of the film. Dr. Aditya and Shruti Rawat come to stay in a house in hills. A mysterious force keeps disturbing the couple off and on once they move in. Gajraj is called in to investigate the mysterious happenings. His investigation leads him to Mary Mathews who is somehow linked to the disturbances that happens to Rawats.

It is then revealed that Dr. Aditya and Dr. Shruti Rawat killed a coma patient, Amy R Mathews and did a heart transplant to one Anjali Malhotra. The spirit of Amy goes into Anjali who becomes Mary Mathews. The Rawats confess their crime and go to jail while Amy's spirit is freed.

Cast

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Detective Gajraj Awasthy
• Diana Penty as Mary Matthews / Anjali Malhotra
• Himanshi Parashar as Amy R. Matthews
• Shreya Dhanwanthary as Dr. Shruti Rawat
• Rohan Mehra as Dr. Aditya Rawat
• Pradeep Kumar as Engineer Pradeep Kumar
• Vikram Gokhale as Khan, Gajraj's repulsive colleague^[6]
• Sohila Kapur as Mrs. Mathews, Amy's mother
• Sanjay Gurbaxani as Priest
• Shashank Shende as Ramakant Yadav

Production

The film was announced in October 2021.^[7] Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Diana Penty, Shreya Dhanwanthary and Rohan Mehra joined the cast.^[8] Principal photography commenced by October 2021.^[9] The film was mainly shot in Shimla^[10] before wrapping in May 2022.^[11]

Release

The film premiered on Sony Max on 15 September 2024.^[12]

Reception

Bollywood Hungama gave 2.5/5, saying "Sabbir Khan's story is decent though it gets clichéd at places", and "The scene where the fan comes flying towards Aditya and Shruti is terrifying. One might guess that the film will take a certain path. But it doesn’t and that makes the suspense unpredictable." Performances of all actors is praised.^[13]