Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story Review: When famed paranormal investigator Gaurav Tiwari ends up dead, journalist Irene explores further into the shocking case, revealing more surprising details.
Bhay 2025 Cast
Karan Tacker, Kalki Koechlin, Saloni Batra, Danish Sood, Nimisha Nair, Shubham Chaudhary
Bhay Series Director
Robbie Grewal
The series has 8 episodes, each with a runtime of around 50 minutes and is based on the book Ghost Hunter Gaurav Tiwari: The Life and Legacy of India’s Foremost Paranormal Investigator by Abhirup Dhar.
Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story Review
Believing in the paranormal is a personal choice that a lot of us feel conflicted with. Thus, bringing different perspectives to the game feels like the obvious first choice, which, if supported by evidence and science, could turn anyone into a believer. In Amazon MX Player’s latest horror show, we follow the real-life story of Gaurav Tiwari, a pilot turned paranormal investigator who died under mysterious circumstances in his bathroom.
It’s an interesting case for sure, one that the police determined to be a case of suicide, but believers thought was done by the paranormal entities he searched for all of his life. The series is an interesting blend of real-life footage and dramatic recreations (of sorts) and showcases Tiwari’s life from the start of his paranormal journey to its end. I think it’s an interesting story that is told, one that can make anyone curious. As someone who doesn’t believe in ghosts, I found the series to invoke a sense of curiosity as I found myself wondering whether this is a mental health thing or really a paranormal thing.
However, the biggest flaw of this series is that the ghosts are ghouls are showcased so badly that it’s hard to take it seriously. From the ghostly apparitions to the silly EMF readers and whatnot, we have watched all of this in different forms of media for years and in 2025, I find all this to be really amusing. It doesn’t invoke a sense of thrill or seriousness because it doesn’t feel even mildly believable, and it doesn’t help that the ghosts look terrible in the show.
Another issue that I found in the show is that there are simply too many threads. I simply don’t care about Irene’s haunting in this situation because it’s equally as tacky as everything else and makes the series even funnier. Koechlin is fine, but the terrible special effects are this series’ downfall. Plus, it’s difficult to believe all of the things that are dramatically included in the runtime, as it makes everything more over-the-top than it needs to be.
Karan Tacker plays Tiwari in the show, and I think he does a good job, considering the character and the situations that he finds himself in. The performances are pretty great, but with a topic like this, the execution needs to be fantastic, and that’s where the series falters heavily. What starts off as a mystery surrounding Gaurav’s death ends on a cliffhanger so obvious that it is almost shocking that this is the route the series took. Frankly, I find it a bit odd that the series does not address personal issues in Gaurav’s life, focusing instead on going completely over the top and unbelievable.
Final Thoughts
Supernatural shows are a dime and dozen, and it’s difficult to create thrills and horror through them in this day and age. However, Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story seems to still be stuck in the Ssshhhh…Koi Hai era, when we were all a bit naive, and times were simpler. Now, these shows don’t work the same because we have seen better ones over the years that blend genres to leave an impact. Moreover, their executions are far better than whatever this is, which is possibly the biggest bummer of all.
What are your thoughts on Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story? Let us know in the comments below!
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Archi sengupta, your taste of movie/series is so bad. I understand it’s your point of view, but look at the imdb ratings and I personally loved this series. After a long time I have watched a amazing horror series.
I think she is carrying her own versions of Shakhchunnis, petnis and nishachinis to find the series believeable
Archi, if you do not find this web series awesome, you are really a noob.
As much as everyone’s opinion should be respected, and believe me I do respect yours, your idea behind watching this series seems to be only commercial and entertainment based. If this was a normal series made under imaginative criteria, I might have agreed with you on the bare minimum. But this story reflects the life of an actual human being whose death didn’t just shake the minds of people in India, but also those around the world. For those in the paranormal field, which is very up and coming, this series poses and depicts real threats that exist- not just supernatural, but physical and mental as well.
Its not just an entertainment platform, but also a form of closure for those who were really affected by this.
I agree, the series did take a detour, but I don’t think anyone has the power or knowledge to really know and showcase the truth of what might have happened.
So, with all due respect, your reaction of “its not scary enough, the ghosts dont look ghoulish enough, its a one track horror series” might come off as a bit disrespectful towards the person who actually went through such horror and the people who honestly deal with such stuff, believer or non-believer.
With your comment I can guess your taste in movies and web series is pathetic.
Dude!! You have not this series I can say after reading your article or you have a bad taste for horror series!! This Bhay series is a masterpiece.. all should watch it and Karan tacker was the best!!
I get your taste in movies! I loved the show!
The show is terrible and Archi’s review is very polite. Performances are poor, the lead actor does nothing to convince you that he is Gaurav Tiwari, supporting actors are boring, no character development at all. Secondly, there is no suspense, no thrill, no fear. A lot of the times it feels predictable. Now coming go to the ghosts. Every ghost in this series has blue eyes and for a few ghosts, that is the only thing that separates them from the humans. The design of ghosts tell no back stories as to why and how they became a ghost. This show has its own moments and it is interesting at best. Just interesting and not even good. You’ll watch because of curiosity and the lack of emotional connection with the story will make it boring.