Bhoothnath

2008 2h 31m HI

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6.2

MID

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60%

FRESH

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6.4

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 137🍅60%Rotten Tomatoes★6.4IMDB · 11,813

FamilyComedy

Synopsis

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Moving into a new house, a family witnesses an unfriendly ghost who wants to drive them away from the house. However, he befriends a little boy who changes his outlook forever.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Amitabh Bachchan
Bhootnath / Kailash Nath
Aman Siddiqui
Aman "Banku" Sharma
Juhi Chawla Mehta
Anjali Sharma
Shah Rukh Khan
Aditya Sharma
Rajpal Yadav
Anthony
Satish Shah
J.J. Irani
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Vijay Nath
Nina Kulkarni
Nirmala Nath

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vivek Sharma
Writers: Sudhanshu Dube, Vivek Sharma, Oscar Wilde
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Bhoothnath Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vivek Sharma, shot by Vishnu Rao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sulaiman Merchant. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sanjay Verma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Amitabh Bachchan and Aman Siddiqui and Juhi Chawla Mehta carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0991346 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vivek Sharma directs. Vishnu Rao behind the camera. Sulaiman Merchant scores. Sanjay Verma cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Part of the "Bhoothnath Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Vivek Sharma, shot by Vishnu Rao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Sulaiman Merchant. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Sanjay Verma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Amitabh Bachchan and Aman Siddiqui and Juhi Chawla Mehta carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0991346 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.