As I watched Thamma and felt sorry to see the immensely talented Ayushmann Khurrana and Nawazuddin Siddiqui hamming like their fangs depended on it, I couldn’t help but compare the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe (MHCU) to Ekta Kapoor’s Naagin universe. It started with one shapeshifting ichadhari Naagin, but soon enough, there was a mongoose or shaapit nevla, a peahen who sported peacock feathers, an eagle, a honeybee, an owl and a bull, all adding to the drama. Similarly, the MHCU started with Stree, a vengeful female ghost who abducted men during a four-day pooja period. But now she has been joined by a Bhediya, a Betaal, Sarkata (headless ghost), Tadaka (Rashmika Mandanna), Yakshasan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), Munjya, and a bunch of non-dead, non-shapeshifting human beings who seem to be rat

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