Bhoothnath
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| Directed by | Vivek Sharma |
| Screenplay by | Vivek Sharma |
| Produced by | Ravi Chopra |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Shahrukh Khan Aman Siddiqui Juhi Chawla |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar Salim-Sulaiman |
| Distributed by | B R Films |
Release date | 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]
Plot
Aditya (Shahrukh Khan) is an Engineer on a cruise line, and lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Anjali (Juhi Chawla), and a school-going son, Banku (Aman Siddiqui). They decide to re-locate to Goa and rent a bungalow, 'Nath Villa', that was built in 1964. They are made aware that the bungalow is haunted, but they disregard this. While the family works, Aditiya has to go back to the cruise line to work for three months, Banku is enrolled in St. Francis High School, and Anjali hires a drunken thief, Anthony (Rajpal Yadav), as a helper 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 '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 will soon find out that indeed the bungalow is haunted by its former owner - Kailash Nath (Amitabh Bachchan) - who is shortly known as "Bhoothnath", and has befriended Banku, and will not permit them to vacate the house under any circumstance. When Aditya finds out, he rushes back home, and hires a death ceremony for Bhoothnath's salvation, and asks his son Vijay Nath (Priyanshu Chatterjee) to come as well. Heart-broken Banku, after the salvation is on his way to school, where he finds that Bhoothnath has come back, and decided that he will never leave him again.
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan as Cap. Aditya Sharma
- Amitabh Bachchan as Kailash Nath
- Aman Siddiqui as Aman "Banku" Sharma
- Juhi Chawla as Anjali
- Priyanshu Chatterjee as Vijay Nath
- Rajpal Yadav as Anthony
- Neena Kulkarni as Mrs Nath
- Satish Shah as Principal J.J. Irani
- Tejas as Jojo
- Delnaaz Paul as Jojo's Mother
- Nauheed Cyrusi as Tina (Special Appearance)
- Aashish Chaudhary as Rohan (Special Appearance)
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.
Sequel
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A sequel for Bhoothnath has been announced since also at the end of the film it says "To be continued...". The sequel has now officially been announced and is titled "Bhootnath 2". Although, while it is filming, they might change the name of the film on the way. There have been rumoured suggestions that it could also be called "The Return of Bhoothnath" or "Bhoothnath Returns". 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, although he had stated "I will never do a cameo or a guest appearance again!", after Dulha Mil Gaya, but did a cameo role in Shahrukh Bola "Khoobsurat Hai Tu".
References
External links
- Bhoothnath at IMDb
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