I cannot stand horror films. Yet, I found Amar Kaushik's horror-comedy Stree an absolute hoot. I kept laughing out loud throughout.

In Chanderi, in Madhya Pradesh, lives a ladies' tailor Vicky (Rajkummar Rao), who can accurately gauge ladies' measurements with just a glance, and his two buddies Bittu and Jana. A mysterious, pretty out-of-towner (Shraddha Kapoor) suddenly turns up, asking Vicky to make her a lehenga urgently — and Vicky melts. Meanwhile, there's a chudail, a female ghost, haunting the town during the four days of its annual religious fair. Simply called Stree, she's a ghost with desires, who hypnotises men: soon they vanish, and only their clothes are found the next day. A female ghost with sexual desires, who abducts men, and cheerfully leaves Exhibit A behind? That's certainly a first for Bollywood.