DNA India calls The Bhootnii a “ghostly riot” with heart, humour and hauntings, positioning it as a more entertaining horror comedy than most other outlets did.

Hindustan Times says The Bhootnii is neither too funny nor scary, landing somewhere awkwardly in between. The review says Sunny Singh overdoes some scenes, Mouni Roy fares well, and Sanjay Dutt gets the maximum chuckles, but the film works only as a very casual one-time watch.

Koimoi says The Bhootnii fails to evoke emotion and is neither spooky nor funny. The review criticises almost everything outside occasional one liners and a few bits from Mouni Roy and supporting actors.

BollywoodLife calls The Bhootnii a high energy campus carnival with a supernatural twist, saying the film mixes horror, heart and humour. The review appears more positive than most critics, but no numeric rating was clearly visible.

Pinkvilla says The Bhootnii is another formulaic horror-comedy that falls flat on its face. The review says the film tries hard to entertain but becomes increasingly dull, with weak screenplay, routine performances and only a few meta references working.

Bollywood Hungama says The Bhootnii is poorly written and poorly executed, though a few scenes genuinely raise laughs. The review criticises the weak screenplay and limited impact of the horror-comedy treatment.

News18 says The Bhootnii is a loud and middling horror-comedy that Sanjay Dutt and Mouni Roy struggle to lift. The review finds the film noisy, uneven and only sporadically amusing, with neither the horror nor comedy landing strongly enough.

Times of India says The Bhootnii is haunted by clichés and only occasionally saved by humour. The review finds the horror weak, the VFX gimmicky and the story inconsistent, though some one liners and Sanjay Dutt’s Baba act bring scattered laughs.

India TV News says The Bhootnii has a blend of romance, horror and comedy and offers a dose of laughter, treating the Sanjay Dutt film as a more entertaining watch than most other critics did.

India Today says The Bhootnii is an uninspired horror-comedy with a “virgin tree,” love curse and lots of nonsense. The review says the film fails to amuse, scare or emotionally engage, despite Sanjay Dutt adding some swag.