Bhoothnath

May. 09,2008      
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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. It is learnt the ghost is not too happy with his new housemates. But what the ghost is not prepared for is his unlikely friendship with Banku. Now Banku must uncover the reason why his ghostly friend is stuck and help him to attain salvation.

Amitabh Bachchan as  Bhootnath (Kailash Nath)
Juhi Chawla as  Anjali Sharma
Shah Rukh Khan as  Aditya Sharma
Rajpal Yadav as  Anthony
Priyanshu Chatterjee as  Vijay Nath
Satish Shah as  Principal Irani
Nina Kulkarni as  Nirmala
Aashish Chaudhary as  Rohan
Nauheed Cyrusi as  Tina
Shashi Kiran as  Taxi driver

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Reviews

Scanialara
2008/05/09

You won't be disappointed!

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Evengyny
2008/05/10

Thanks for the memories!

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BlazeLime
2008/05/11

Strong and Moving!

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Pacionsbo
2008/05/12

Absolutely Fantastic

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Spondonman
2008/05/13

Yet another good performance from the indefatigable Amitabh Bachchan - the man has had such high standards over the decades and has generally kept up to them. This very moral tale was apparently inspired by Caspar but seems to me to owe slightly more (in spirit) to The Ghost And Mrs. Muir (Hollywood, 1947).A family move into a house haunted by friendly old ghost Amitabh, who strikes up a warm and honest relationship with their son Aman. There's plenty of genuine family entertainment with a few nice songs and it starts out very well but the film eventually gets bogged down in vapid sentimentality, albeit always with a high moral tone. Avuncular Amitabh is the only reason to stay to the end, to see him go through every conceivable emotion, although one of my favourite pieces was Samay Ka Pahiya sung at the climax. I felt it when he fell all the way down the stairs even if he didn't! SRK had a minor part, but as with the main players was not well-used - only chubby Aman shone in his special relationship with the ghost. And some nice photography with faultless production. So, fairly good but not particularly memorable - a pleasant way to fill a couple of hours.

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Sajjad Pathan
2008/05/14

The story of a good and friendly ghost portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh has given an astounding performance, but than his was a performance of his little co-star from Amitabh's own native town of Allahabad, Aman Sddiqui. This boy has a great future ahead. Juhi and Shahrukh did their cameos in a justified way.Rajpal Yadav was hilarious as usual. Music was good and soothing to the ears. The story line was not that strong, but if the movie was made to be targeting the "Krissh" audience and their guardians, we should not be complaining. The media publicity about the story changes in the end to make its sequel in the near future was a good way for keeping the kids happy and guessing for what would be their in the next version. Overall, deserves a watch with and for the kids during this summer vacations.

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Pratik Jasani
2008/05/15

I was totally surprised by this movie even though I had watched some of the promos. In a way, this is not a typical BR Chopra film and yet in a way it is - a simple film portraying a simple story.Anjali Sharma, with her husband, Aditya, who works on cruise liner and their son, move to Goa and when they inform several taxi drivers as to where they want to go, all except one, refuse to take them. Enroute to the house, the driver informs them that the house is haunted and soon Aditya has to go to work, leaving Anjali to set up everything and including sending their son to a nearby school. One night, upon waking up, she sees her son looking for an ice cream bowl that he dropped only moments back. He even tells her that he has seen a ghost. But soon the ghost and the little boy become friends.The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Satish Shah, Rajpal Yadav, Lalit Parasher and both Priyanshu and Shah Rukh Khan make a friendly appearance. This is produced by Ravi Chopra and is directed by Vivek Sharma.This movie, to an extent, has the echoes of "Baghban" where family drama is concerned and is a good comedy where the friendship between the boy and the ghost, as well as Rajpal Yadav and Satish Shah are concerned. But the friendship between the ghost and the son is more like a relationship between a grandson and grandfather. Besides the director, Vivek Sharma, roping in two of the most popular Bollywood stars, in his directorial debut, what is really interesting the family drama angle of the story - its not just for children as some have suggested or as some think, its also for adults.The music by Vishal - Shekhar is quite melodious and worth listening and more so when Amitabh sings.Conclusion: This is one movie that is worth while watching with family, including children. But if a family drama does make you cry, then I suggest you take some tissues with you.

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vikramsamal
2008/05/16

At 66 you don't expect an Indian actor to romp in skull Caps, Cargo Pants and Designer goggles.But he does it and carries it off with finesse even while playing a lovable Bhoot(ghost) to an 8 year old..The camaraderie between Amitabh and Aman, the kid,is just so lovable that you wouldn't want this to end and even when your eyes are moist you still would be loving it.. A simple story told in even simpler format by Vivek Sharma touches your strings. The music is okay, so is the cinematography but what stands out is the chemistry between the duo and its fun to see an 8 year old standing and matching shoulders with the greatest actor of all times..But, in any case it's a movie worth watching this summer and might provide for some good lessons on forgiveness. As for parents, watch out for the athletic meet scene where Amitabh explains that success can be achieved only by hard work and not magic- A good lesson to be learnt...And yeah Juhi Chawla is good and so is Shahrukh Khan who is there for a few scenes..Go watch this at least its far better than the so called mindless movies dished out..Do take a few tissues with you..You might just need them but wouldn't mind nevertheless..

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