Gang of Ghosts

Gang of ghosts
Directed by Satish Kaushik
Produced by Venus Records & Tapes Pvt Ltd,
The Satish Kaushik Entertainment
Written by Satish Kaushik, Rajesh Chawla
Based on Bhooter Bhabishyat
by Anik Dutta
Starring Sharman Joshi,
Parambrata Chatterjee,
Mahi Gill,
Anupam Kher,
Meera Chopra,
J. Brandon Hill,
Rajesh Khattar,
Saurabh Shukla,
Rajpal Yadav,
Yashpal Sharma,
Vijay Verma,
Chunky Pandey,
Jackie Shroff
Music by Dharam Sandeep
Release dates
  • March 21, 2014
Running time
 128 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Gang of Ghosts is a Hindi paranormal comedy film, produced by Venus Records & Tapes Pvt Ltd and The Satish Kaushik Entertainment. Directed by Satish Kaushik, it is a remake of Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat (Future of The Ghosts).[1]

Cast

The full cast includes—[2][3][4][5]

Guest Appearances

Plot

A story about a group of ghosts who have lost their shelter due to urbanization. The story starts with a struggling wannabe director who somehow crosses paths with a stranger. The stranger starts to narrate a story to him about a group of ghosts that stays together. The story that the stranger narrates shows the communal, social, linguistic and historical differences among the ghosts, as they belong to different eras. But very soon these ghosts face an issue protecting their haunt from the hands of demolition.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack is composed by Dharam Sandeep while lyrics are by Satish Kaushik, Vikas Kumar, Qateel Shifai.

  1. Dasni sharab di - Aamir Ghulam Ali, Malkoo, AK the Punjabi Rapper, Deepali Sathe shot on Paoli Dam
  2. Ishq behn ka dinna - Vikas Kumar, Vishvesh Parmar
  3. Jaayen to jaayen kahan - Manoj Mishra
  4. Naach Madhubala - Aishwarya Nigam
  5. Nahin dungi - Rupmatii Jolly
  6. Parody - Sudesh Bhosle, Aishwarya Nigam, Manoj Mishra, Abhishek Nailwal, Aditi Paul
  7. Machis Ki Tilli - Malini Banerjee, Jonita Gandhi, Aishwarya Nigam, Sandeep Patil shot on Mahi Gill, Meera Chopra, Pretie Lad
  8. Sheeshe ka dil - Rupmatii Jolly

Shooting

70% of the shooting of the film took place in Surat, Gujarat.[1]

Critical Response

Neha Gupta of Bollywood3 stated that The best part about the movie is that it is a refreshing change from all the bad and gory horror flicks that might have bored you till date. This film is funny and the concept is absolutely unique and new.[6]

Character Map of Remakes

Bhooter Bhabishyat Gang of Ghosts
Cast Character's Name Cast Character's Name
Parambrata Chatterjee Director Parambrata Chatterjee Director
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Biplab Dasgupta Sharman Joshi Writer
Paran Bandyopadhyay Darpa Narayan Chowdhury Anupam Kher Gendamal
Swastika Mukherjee Kadalibala Dasi Mahie Gill Manoranjana Kumari
Debdut ghosh Keshab Narayan Chawdhury Chunky Pandey Gulabchand Hemraj
Samadarshi Dutta Pablo Patranabis Vijay Verma Musician
Mumtaz Sorcar Koel Dhar Meera Chopra Rich Girl
Saswata Chatterjee Haatkata Kartik Jackie Shroff Don
Biswajit Chakraborty Brigadier Yudhajit Sarkar Yashpal Sharma Brigadier
Sumit Samaddar Bhootnath Bhaduri Saurabh Shukla Bhootnath Bhaduri
Uday Roy Atmaram Paswan Asrani Atmaram
Pradip DasGupta Khaja Khan Rajpal Yadav Cook
Mir Afsar Ali Ganesh Bhutoria Rajesh Khattar Builder
George Baker Donald Ramsey J.Brandon Hill Mr.Ramsey
Kharaj Mukhopadhyay Pramod Pradhan

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Exclusive coverage of upcoming bollywood movie- Gang of Ghosts". BuddyBits.com. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Mahie Gill emulates Meena Kumari in 'Gangs of Ghosts'
  3. ↑ Meena Kumari inspires Mahie Gill in Gangs of Ghosts : Bollywood, News - India Today
  4. ↑ Sharman Joshi wraps up 'Gang of Ghosts' shoot - Indian Express
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lyrics / Video of Song : Rimco Machis Ki Tilli
  6. ↑ "Gang of Ghosts Review". Bollywood3. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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