Bhoothnath

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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 dates May 9, 2008
Running time 169 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget INR200 million (US$3.2 million)
Box office INR684 million (US$11 million)

Bhoothnath (Devanagari: भूतनाथ translation: "Lord of Ghosts") is a Bollywood horror comedy film directed by Vivek Sharma, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav in lead roles. Shahrukh Khan appeared in an extended appearance. The film is an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde short story The Canterville Ghost.[1] It was released on 9 May 2008, receiving generally positive reviews from critics and was well received by audiences, thus becoming a success at the box office. Moreover, it was a very popular movie among children and the performances of the trio namely Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla and Aman Siddiqui playing Banku were majorly appreciated by critics and audiences alike.

Plot

The story focuses on Aman Sharma a.k.a. Banku (Aman Siddiqui), who has recently shifted into an 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. Soon one night Banku goes down to the living room to have some ice-cream when he sees a shadow on the wall. Frightened, he calls out to his mom and then sees that the bowl in which he was having ice-cream has vanished. Later he goes down again past a sleeping Anjali to investigate. It is then that he sees the ghost of Kailash Nath (Amitabh Bachchan) and then they start arguing on whether Mr. Nath is a ghost or an angel (according to Banku). Banku nicknames him Bhootnath as Mr. Nath says that he is a bhoot(ghost) and also says that he is Nath (which is his last name).

Since the ghost of Kailash Nath does not want anybody to occupy his house, he tries different ways to scare Banku and his mother, but Banku considers him as angel and treats him like a friend. Soon, Mr. Nath is overpowered by Banku's innocent love, especially after a minor incident of Banku's fall from the stairs for which Mr. Nath is in fact responsible.

The two become friends and thoroughly enjoy the company of one another. It is at this point that Mr. Nath's son returns from the US and plans to sell off this bungalow. Angered, Mr. Nath scares the buyers but Anjali comes to know the existence of him. He then tells his story to Banku and Anjali how his son deserted him at the time of need and left for the US.

Later, Aditya and Anjali decide to perform the final rites of Mr. Nath to give him Moksha. It is performed by Banku and Mr.Nath bids an emotional farewell to Banku. By this time, Mr.Nath's son also comes to know his fault and apologizes.

In the end, Banku is sad that Bhoothnath is no more. However, Bhoothnath returns and says that he is always there for him.

Cast

Reception

The film received generally positive response from critics. IMDb rated it 6.9/10, and holds a score of a fresh 76%. At the box office, the film had an below average opening, though managed to gross Rs.25 Crores among its theatrical run. It was declared an above average grosser by Box office India. [2]

Sequel

Many expectations for a sequel to Bhoothnath have been rumored, however, at the climax of the original, Bachchan explains a chance of "To be continued..." A sequel has gone on floors with the title of Bhootnath Returns in October, 2013. Amitabh Bachchan has blogged about it on his Facebook Page. The film will be releasing in the mid-of the 2014.

References

  1. ↑ http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/review.php?id=14670297&ctid=5&cid=2425
  2. ↑ http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=218&catName=MjAwOA==

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