Shah Rukh Khan praises Soham Shah's horror thriller Tumbbad: 'Extremely well-crafted film'

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has praised producer Sohum Shah’s dark fantasy Tumbbad and called it an “extremely well-crafted film”.

Saw bits of this extremely well-crafted film. A genre we normally don’t push boundaries in. Wishing my friends the best with this venture and hope u all watch it and enjoy it. #Tumbbad the Trailer.https://t.co/UK3JeiMF4J

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) September 25, 2018

Directed by Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad, Tumbbad tells the tale of 19th-century colonial India, where a scheming man named Vinayak becomes obsessed with finding the mythical treasure of his ancestors. [caption id=“attachment_4815941” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] A still from Tumbbad/image from Twitter.[/caption] Tumbbad premiered in the Critics’ Week section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival , becoming the first Indian film to be screened there. The horror thriller is Shah’s second production after Ship of Theseus, which won him a National Award. The film is an Eros International and Aanand L Rai’s presentation and a Little Town Films production in association with Colour Yellow Productions. It is co-produced by Film i Vst and Filmgate Films. Tumbbad is set to release on 12 October in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu. (With inputs from Press Trust of India)