Movie#75 In Ghost House Inn ( Malayalam- India)

Few movies in India run multiple sequels and this is one. Even though actress changed from the ever comical, unsurpassable first part, In Harihar Nagar, the actors, Mukesh, Siddique, Jagadeesh and Ashokan, remained till this third edition. All of them remain young at heart even though it shows the opposite in their movements, body shape and faces. After a disappointing second part, this edition redeemed the franchise and makes us, malayalees, crave for another one.
The gist of the story is that Ashokan ( real name, not character name), with the money from second part, buys a big bunglow at a hill station with plans of converting it to a resort (as always with all malayalees–  the usual business of fleecing foreigners. Not the idea or concept in this movie though). But this bunglow has a sinister history. It was here, 70 years ago, the real owner, Mrs Dorothy (screen name) after murdering her husband and his mistress, dumped their bodies together with that of her chauffer who found out about the murder into a well. As story goes, their souls haunt the mansion. All the subsequent realtors who bought the bunglow from Mrs Dorothy, had to sell it back to her, because of the hauntings, and consolidate their loss. So the present owner, Ashokan, who considers this as his last chance to be successful in life, invites his three friends over to prove to the villagers that it was all indeed superstition. They also decide to bring their wives to doubly prove that the spirits neither affect males nor females. Sinister incidents start to happen and they decide to get help from Mr Nedumudi Venu (real name) for exorcism. Will they succeed? Was it all superstition or did ghosts really exist? Watch it and enjoy.
After a many attempts, Jagadeesh started getting his comical acts to be funny again. It has been a long time since malayalam comical acts gave me a good laugh and this has been satisfying. The absence of malayalam waste bin, Mr Salim Kumar, was a big relief. There is one part where the movie almost killed itself. As a regular viewer, I felt it but I don't think majority would. If I reveal it here, it would kill the movie. I shall try to be as vague as possible. Why would one call up and boast about how he has fooled a victim, after such elaborate and labourious attempt? Don't he have to do it again with future victims and won't the current victims warn authorities? I think director Lal got confused at the end and almost blew it. It missed to pull the movie down because the movie is a treat to watch till then.
My personal rating is 3.5 out of 5. I would have given it a higher rating if only they made the end digestible. But I suggest to viewers that they should not miss this movie after a disappointing second part. Go enjoy…