Somewhere inside Vikrant Rona is a surprising, spooky saga about a daredevil cop with a tragic backstory. But before you get there - roughly in the last half an hour or so - you have to endure an incredibly convoluted story about a remote village where murder seems routine. Children are found hanging from a tree. A decapitated inspector is found hanging in a well. There is a one-eyed smuggler who carries stuff across the border, but I never managed to unravel his connection to the plot. There's also an old woman who appears at regular intervals to provide scares. Is she real? Is she imagined? I have no clue. Phantom Comics play a key role. There are lines about Brahmrakshas, khoon ki Holi, Bhoothnath ka mandir and shaitano ke bhagwan.. it's a lot.
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