Tumbbad is a 2018 Hindi Horror film directed by Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad. The screenplay was written by Mitesh Shah, Adesh Prasad, Rahi Anil Barve, and Anand Gandhi. Eros International distributed the film produced by Sohum Shah, Aanand L. Rai, Mukesh Shah, and Amita Shah. This seat gripping thriller was aptly captured by Pankaj Kumar and edited by Sanyukta Kaza. The film narrates the story of a 20th-century treasure seeker and its title was derived from Shripad Narayan Pendse’s Marathi novel Tumbadche Khot. Ajay Atul and Jesper Kyd composed the music and background score respectively. The lyrics were written by Raj Shekhar. It went on the floor three times and seven production companies backed out. The Film features Sohum Shah in the lead role along with Ronjini Chakraborty, Anita Date, Harish Khanna, and Mohd Samad in supporting roles. Sohum Shah gained 8 kgs weight for his role and maintained it until the filming process was completed. The filming took place at various locations in Maharashtra including Saswad and Villages of Satara district. There was a womb sequence in the film which was shot without any visual effects and it took 15 to 20 days to complete it. Since it was period film lanterns and lamps were used to shoot several scenes to avoid modern daylighting techniques. The film premiered in the 75th Venice International Film Festival under critics’ week section and it was also screened in 2018 Fantastic Fest, Sitges Film Festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, El Gouna Film Festival, International Film Festival of Kerala, Morbido Film Fest, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Nitte International Film Festival. It was released on 12th October 2018 and has a running time of 104 minutes. The film was made on a budget of ₹ 50 million and grossed only ₹136 million at the box office. At the 64th Filmfare Awards, the film received awards for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Sound Design.