Bhoothnath
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| Bhoothnath | |
 Movie poster for Bhoothnath |
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| Directed by | Vivek Sharma |
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| Produced by | B.R. Chopra Ravi Chopra |
| Written by | Javed Akhtar Sudhanshu Dube Vivek Sharma |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Juhi Chawla Satish Shah |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar |
| Cinematography | Vishnu Rao |
| Editing by | Sanjay Verma |
| Distributed by | B.R. Films |
| Release date(s) | May 9, 2008 |
| Running time | 151 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Bhoothnath (Devanagari: भूतनाथ translation: "Lord of Ghosts") is a Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav. It is directed by Vivek Sharma and produced by Ravi Chopra. The film is an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde short-story The Canterville Ghost.[1] Bhoothnath means Ghost Sir The story is about the relationship between a deceased old man (played by Amitabh Bachchan) and a boy named 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 Chatterjee plays Amitabh’s son in this movie. The film began shooting on October 18, 2007 and released worldwide on May 9, 2008.[2]
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[edit] Plot
Amitabh Bachchan and his wife used to live in this particular house while raising their son. During the course of the time the son is sent abroad to study in America and loses touch with his parents. After numerous attempts to connect with him his parents assume he does not want to meet them anymore. After his mom dies he shows up for the funeral with his wife and little son. The father does not like the idea and what his son has become. For the next few moments they are shown to be living together and one day when the father comes back with his grandchild he finds his son trying to sell the house to a wealthy hotel dealer. After arguing in front of the hotel dealer, they continue to argue after dealer has left to which the son replies it took him so long to find a good offer and that there is no need to live here and there is nothing left in this house to which his father replies that this house contains the laughter, sadness and anguish of his dead wife and his mother. After that the father goes to sleep and wakes up in the morning to find out that his son along with his wife and kid are going back to America, even though the kid repeatedly refuses to go back to America and insists on staying with his grandpa, his mom is shown to drag him off in the end.
[edit] Music
| Bhootnath | ||||
 Album Cover for Bhootnath |
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| Soundtrack by Vishal-Shekhar | ||||
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May, 2008 (India)
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:07 | |||
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| Producer | Ravi Chopra | |||
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| Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Notes |
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| Mere Buddy | Amitabh Bachchan and Arman Mallik | 4.23 | Picturised on Amitabh Bachchan & Aman Siddiqui |
| Hum To 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, Aman Siddiqui & Juhi Chawla |
| Samay Ka Pahiya | Hariharan & Sukhwinder Singh | 7.19 | Picturised on Amitabh Bachchan ,Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Juhi Chawla & Shahrukh Khan |
| 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. So the project went to Vishal-Shekhar.
- Tanmay Chaturvedi and Aamir Haafiz, who are participants in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs 2008 as well as Mussarat Abbas from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 have all sung a song in this film
- At the end of the movie, "to be continued..." is shown, possibly indicating a sequel to the movie.
- Amitabh Bachchan breaks the fourth wall at the end, as he tells Banku that whenever he needs him, he will be in front of him & gestures towards the camera and tells the viewers to keep it a secret.
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