Bhoothnath

Bhoothnath

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vivek Sharma
Produced by Ravi Chopra
Screenplay by Vivek Sharma, Sudhanshu Dube
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Shahrukh Khan
Aman Siddiqui
Juhi Chawla
Music by Vishal-Shekhar
Salim-Sulaiman
Distributed by B R Films
Release date(s) May 9, 2008
Running time 169 mins
Country India
Language Hindi

Bhoothnath (Devanagari: भूतनाथ translation: "Lord of Ghosts") is an Bollywood Ghost film directed by Vivek Sharma, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav. The film is an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde short-story The Canterville Ghost.[1]

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Plot

The story focuses on Aman Sharma a.k.a Banku (Aman Siddiqui), who has recently shifted into a 1964 old bungalow in Goa, with his parents, Aditya (Shahrukh Khan) and Anjali (Juhi Chawla). His father Aditya is an engineer on a cruise line, and therefore moves with his cruise. They are made aware that the bungalow is haunted, but they disregard this. Banku is enrolled in St. Francis High School, and Anjali hires a kindhearted and comedic drunken thief, Anthony (Rajpal Yadav), as a servant to clean the house. Shortly thereafter, Banku starts getting in trouble in school, and is reprimanded by Principal J.J. Irani (Satish Shah). To make matters worse, he also starts making up stories of a new friend called 'Bhoothnath'. Anjali disregards this, but during a stage performance, a local resident tells her that Banku is mimicking the former owner of Nath Villa. Anjali soon finds out that the bungalow is indeed haunted by its former owner - Kailash Nath (Amitabh Bachchan) - who is shortly known as "Bhoothnath", and has befriended Banku. Bhoothnath will not permit them to vacate the house under any circumstances. When Aditya finds out, he rushes back home, and hires a death ceremony for Bhoothnath's salvation, and asks Bhoothnath's son Vijay Nath (Priyanshu Chatterjee), to attend. Banku has grown very close to Bhoothnath and is heartbroken when Bhoothnath disappears after the salvation. On his way to school, Banku happily finds that Bhoothnath has returned, having decided that he will never leave Banku again.

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Reception

Bhoothnath received mixed reviews from critics. IMDb rated it 5.9/10. Most critics gave positive reviews about Bhoothnath, praising it's special effects and comedic storyline. It was also a moderate success at the box office as it grossed around Rs.25 Crores and was declared as an above average performer. [2]

Sequel

A sequel for Bhoothnath has been announced. It is said that Shahrukh Khan will not appear in the sequel since he did not get a main role in the prequel. But it is also rumoured that he will have a special guest appearance in the film.

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