Bollywood Story review

Bollywood Story is a video slot from NetEnt with 5 reels and 9 paylines. You can play Bollywood Story in online casinos such as YoYo Casino, LVBet or ComeOn.

Theme and game basics

According to NetEnt, this Bollywood Story slot brings us a boy-meets-girl story with disapproving parents. Because, of course, the boy is too poor to be suitable for the beautiful girl. So, she steals gems from her family to give to him and make himself appear more suitable. It follows a happy ending, and no one is caught.
The slot looks lovely: as if Bollywood meets Disney. We have grim-looking parents and a very handsome young couple. The backdrop is showing us a temple and the background sound emulates Indian music in a surprisingly catchy tune.
The Bollywood Story logo is worth 1,000 coins in a 5-of-a-kind win, and for once, our female heroine gets a higher value than her handsome beau. She reels in 750 coins in such a winning combination and he gives us 500 coins. The father and mother give us 400 and 300 coins, respectively. The remaining symbols are made up of card symbols from 10 to A. The blue jewel is the scatter in the game and we get flowery overlay wilds.

Gameplay and features

The floating wilds are the most interesting feature in the base game. You get between 2 and 4 ‘floaters’ on every spin. They move in a very pretty way around the reels and stop randomly above a symbol, where they may then turn wild. Alas, they usually only turn wild every 5 to 7 spins and sometimes it will feel longer than that.
The free spins are triggered when three of the blue jewels land anywhere on the reels. Then you get 10 spins. Should you get 4 or 5 scatters on a spin, you’ll receive 20 or 30 spins, respectively. Also, it’s possible to re-trigger the spins and grab a total of 60 spins in one round.
During the free spins feature the floating wilds will number between 3 and 6 and, thankfully, they will turn wild more frequently.
The floating wilds are a nice feature, but they’d be a lot more lucrative, if they would turn wild more often.

Conclusion

The theoretical RTP (return to player) of Bollywood Story is 96.1% and it feels like it, too. Wins feel rare, which is a bit of a shame, especially since those floating wilds keep taunting us. And the free spins don’t really make up for it either, though there the floating wilds are more numerous and tend to keep their promise. The theme is surprisingly lovely, and the slot is charming enough, it just feels a little disappointing when you don’t see those floaters turn wild. Eventually, you will likely turn to something a little more exciting that offers better returns.