‘Bhediya’ Review: Bollywood Werewolf Comedy Delivers a Strong Environmental Message

‘Bhediya’ Review: Overlong Bollywood Werewolf Comedy Delivers Powerful Environmental Message Comedy horror has captivated Indian audiences since the early 2000s with more than 100 released films of this genre. Bollywood's first creature comedy, Amar Kaushik's "Bhediya" (literally "Wolf"), despite its harsh length, is a wildly entertaining rampage through the jungles of Northeast India that conveys pro-environmental and anti-racist messages, and also has the potential to become a franchise. Mainstream Bollywood star Varun Dhawan plays Bhaskar, an ambitious Delhi road worker who has mortgaged his family's home to secure a contract to build a highway through the dense jungle of Arunachal Pradesh in north-eastern India borders Porcelana. He is joined by his cousin Janardhan (Abhishek Banerjee) and assisted by locals Jomin (Paalin Kabaak) and Panda (Deepak Dobriyal). The problem is that you have to get permission from the villagers. Village elders protest bu...