‘Kaali Kheti’ Trailer Out: Jackie Shroff, Sharad Kelkar Turn Farmland Into a Nightmare
Jackie Shroff and Sharad Kelkar lead Kaali Kheti, a rural horror film where farmland hides a dark secret. Trailer out; in theatres November 20, 2026.
In most Indian films, a field full of crops stands for hope, hard work and a good harvest. ‘Kaali Kheti’ turns that image on its head. The newly released trailer of the psychological rural horror film, led by Jackie Shroff and Sharad Kelkar, shows a village where the soil that feeds everyone seems to be hiding something deeply sinister.
The trailer opens on an eerie rural setting where the fields cause fear instead of comfort. A community appears to be trapped by an unseen force, and the kheti (farmland) itself seems to have an almost supernatural presence that shapes the villagers' lives. The film draws on rural folklore, buried secrets and the history tied to the land, and it relies on slow-building dread rather than cheap jump scares.
A New Kind of Horror Ground
What sets ‘Kaali Kheti’ apart is where it locates its fear. Hindi horror has long depended on haunted mansions, cursed havelis and possessed spirits. Folk horror has drawn more attention in recent years, with films like ‘Tumbbad’ showing that audiences will embrace scares rooted in Indian soil and myth. ‘Kaali Kheti’ goes a step further by putting agriculture, the backbone of rural India, at the centre of its story.
