Bhoothnath (2008)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Vivek Sharma

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (lyrics)
Sudhanshu Dube (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Banku, his mother, Anjali Sharma and father move in to their new house -- the Nath villa, unaware of the fact that the house is inhabited by a ghost...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | School | Cruise | Friendship | Goa

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Kailash 'Bhoothnath' Nath
Juhi Chawla	...	Anjali A. Sharma
Satish Shah	...	Principal J.J. Irani
Rajpal Yadav	...	Anthony
Priyanshu Chatterjee	...	Vijay K. Nath (as Priyanshu Chatterji)
Aman Siddiqui	...	Aman A. 'Banku' Sharma
Shahrukh Khan	...	Aditya Sharma
Nina Kulkarni	...	Nirmala K. Nath (as Neena Kulkarni)
Delnaaz Paul		(as Delnaz Paul)
Aashish Chaudhary	...	Rohan
Nauheed Cyrusi	...	Tina
Shaana Diya	...	Shaana V. Nath
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tejas Are		(as Tejas)
Shashi Kiran	...	Taxi driver
Preeti Koppikar
Lalit Parashar	...	Mr. Lal
Achyut Potdar	...	Pandit (as Achyut Poddar)

Runtime:

150 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

India:U

Company:

B.R. Films

Trivia:

After writing the movie concept Director 'Vivek Sharma' contacted his close friend Juhi Chawla who was excited with the idea and approved of being part of the movie.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: The shadow of the camera dolly is visible over Banku's backside, when he's looking up in the stars for Bhoothnath.

Movie Connections:

References "WWF Monday Night RAW" (1993)

Well how kiddie can u be?

Kiddie films are so difficult to make, yet some people think it's easy Show a school, show a naughty child, show some forced emotional angles, some songs like MERA BUDDY and ready Show some emotional scenes like he falling off a staircase

Here Ravi Chopra go a step further

Show a kiddish Bhoot, who instead of frightening the kid acts like a funny Bhoot, This was meant to be funny? There is some good chemistry between Bachchan and the child but later-on when the focus shifts to the melodramatic events the film gets so boring

Ravi Chopra doesn't know where to go, maybe he felt that he should put some melodrama to make the film look smart and appeal to the audiences of all ages, sadly it didn't

The director gives a back story to the Bhoot of being a sad person whose Son didn't treat him well straight out of BAGHBAN and that ruins the story and also the Bhoot character

Amitabh acts well and is the best part of the film The Kid is also endearing Shahrukh Khan has few scenes, he has his moments but he looks too tired Juhi Chawla plays the modern day mother, who has an unbelievable sense of humor, she impresses in parts Rajpal does provide some funny scenes Priyanshu is good in a clichéd role