Ghost of the Golden Groves

Jun 22, 2019

1h 38m

★ 7.0

Overview

Strange incidents occur in the heart of Shonajhuri forest in rural Bengal which develops an ominous character of its own that allures and finally engulfs the protagonists.

Genres

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Horror

Ghost of the Golden Groves Trailers

Cast

Promotho

Joyraj Bhattacharya

Bibhuti / Cook

Soumyajit Majumdar

Komol Mete

Bidyut Das

Man with oil jar

Amit Saha

The Lady

Debleena Sen

Shaman

Subhomoy Chatterjee

Nibaran Chakraborty

Jayanta Banerjee

Cart driver

Satish Shaw

Sushanta Saha

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