Bhoot (2003)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Ram Gopal Varma

Writers:

Lalit Marathe (writer)
Sameer Sharma (writer)

Release Date:

30 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Manjeet Khosla lives with her widowed mom in Bombay, India. She gets married, gives birth to a son, and separates from her spouse...

Plot Keywords:

Building | Apartment | Watchman | Psychiatrist | Police Inspector

Awards:

10 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Ajay Devgan	...	Vishal
Urmila Matondkar	...	Swati
Nana Patekar	...	Inspector Liyaqat Qureshi
Rekha	...	Sarita
Fardeen Khan	...	Sanjay Thakkar
Victor Banerjee	...	Dr. Rajan
Tanuja	...	Mrs. Khosla
Seema Biswas	...	Kamla Bai
Amar Talwar	...	Thakker
Barkha Madan	...	Manjeet Khosla
Sabir Masani	...	Watchman
Rajendra Sethi	...	Patil
Lalit Marathe	...	Dr. Shyam
Peeya Rai Chowdhary	...	Peeya
Rekha Kamat	...	Vishal's neighbor - Old woman

Also Known As:

Ghost (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Ghost House (Philippines: English title)

Runtime:

India:113 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

India:A | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Filmistan Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Dream Merchants Enterprise

Trivia:

The film broke several rules of Bollywood formula films and was nonetheless successful. There were no songs, it was only two hours long, it was heroine-centered, and it was a horror story, not a love story.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Urmila must climb 12 flights of stairs she is wearing peep-toe sandals with a heel of about 1 inch. But when she enters the flat she is wearing a three-inch heel with straps around the ankle. Similarly, when Rehka first meets Ajay Devgan she is wearing heels. When we see her entering the apartment building she is wearing flat sandals, but once inside the apartment she is wearing another -- different -- pair of heels.

Movie Connections:

Alternate language version of Shock (2004)

It's creepy alright!

This movie definitely has a very creepy setting. What works on you is that its not a haunted mansion setting, but a local apartment in Mumbai, one which you could be renting right now. Add some creepy looking doll and eerie music, you're most likely going to grab the next person sitting next to you and cry to be released. But! this intense thriller, horror remains only in the first half of the movie. The second half, although I'm not going to make any specific remarks, ( want you to find out for yourself) tries to remake some of the earlier Hollywood movies and it sort of takes your attention off of the whole movie. That's when the movie's originality begins to slide and fail.

They should have done something different, but most horror genres have this habit of screwing up some portion of the movie. But let me warn you, this movie is certainly NOT for kids. If you cannot withstand watching supernatural horror, please don't watch this one, it might really grip you tight for a few weeks, or even months maybe!