Bhoothnath

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Bhoothnath

Movie poster for Bhoothnath
Directed by Vivek Sharma
Produced by Ravi Chopra
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Juhi Chawla
Shahrukh Khan
Country Flag of India India
Language Hindi / Urdu
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Bhoothnath (Devanagari: भूतनाथ, Urdu: بھوت ناتھ, translation: "Lord of Ghosts") is a Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan and Juhi Chawla with Shahrukh Khan, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav. It is directed by Vivek Sharma and produced by Ravi Chopra, a B. R. Chopra Productions.

The story is about the relationship between a deceased old man (played by Amitabh Bachchan) and a boy called Banku. The ghost is named Bhoothnath by Banku. Juhi Chawla plays the boy's mother and Shahrukh Khan is her husband. They come to live at Bhoothnath's old home, Nath Villa in Goa. Banku calls the ghost Angel instead of Bhooth, and the two become friends. Priyanshu plays Amitabh’s son in Ravi Chopra’s Bhoothnath. The film began shooting on October 18, 2007 and released worldwide on May 9, 2008.[1]

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[edit] Plot

Bhoothnath tells the story of a ghost inside a swanky, neglected, uninhabited house in Goa. The ghost named Kailash Nath is in limbo, and he won’t let anyone live inside the house, Nath Villa, to which his fond memories are attached. But then comes a family of Banku [actual name: Aman Sharma in the movie] (Aman Siddiqui), his kitchen-shy mom (Juhi Chawla) and slap-happy dad (Shah Rukh Khan) to live in the house.

The ghost has the plan of scaring the family away. But he runs into the notorious nine-year-old Banku who mistakes the ghost as an angel and befriends him.

Thereby begin the funny antics of Banku and Bhoothnath. With a mere flick of his finger, Bhoothnath is able to do magical feats, and more so willingly at Banku’s command.

The story seems to go in circles as the film focuses on the adventures of the kid and the ghost until Bhoothnath’s past catches up with him.

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[edit] Music

Bhootnath
Bhootnath cover
Album Cover for Bhootnath
Soundtrack by Vishal-Shekhar
Released
May, 2008 (India)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label
T-Series
Producer Ravi Chopra
Vishal-Shekhar chronology
Tashan
(2008)
Bhootnath
(2008)
De Taali
(2008)


Song Singer(s) Duration Notes
Mere Buddy Amitabh Bachchan and Arman Mallik 4.23 Picturised on Amitabh Bachchan & Aman Siddiqui
Hum T Hain Aandhi Koushtuv Ghosh, Aparna Bhagwat, Sharavan Suresh & Sneha Suresh 4:40 Stars the entire school of kids
Banku Bhaiya Sukhwinder Singh 4.10 Picturised on Amitabh Bachchan and Aman Siddiqui
Samay Ka Pahiya Hariharan & Sukhwinder Singh 7.19 Picturised on Amitabh Bachchan ,Aman Siddiqui & Priyanshu Chatterjee
Chalo Jaane Do Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla 5.06 Picturised on Aman Siddiqui ,Amitabh Bachchan & Juhi Chawla
Bhootnath Theme Salim-Sulaiman 2.09 Instrumental

[edit] Trivia

  • BR Chopra wanted to make a film called Ek Aur Masiha with Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, and Juhi Chawla in the late '90s but the film was never made.
  • Adesh Srivastav, Anu Malik, and A.R Rehman were approached to compose the films music but opted out for unknown reasons. So project went to Vishal-Shekhar to compose the music of the film.
  • Tanmay Chaturvedi and Aamir Haafiz, who are participants in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs 08 as well as Mussarat Abbas from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 have all sung a song in this film

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