Bhooth Bangla, starring Akshay Kumar, released on Friday after paid previews a day earlier and marks his reunion with Priyadarshan after 14 years. Netizens praised it as “nostalgia done right," with one X user writing, “Akshay Kumar–Priyadarshan combo works again… nonstop chaotic laugh riot,” while another called it “Akshay’s vintage comic magic with perfect punchlines.”