Bhoot (film)
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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Produced by | Nitin Manmohan |
| Starring | Urmila Matondkar, Ajay Devgan, Fardeen Khan, Rekha, Nana Patekar, Seema Biswas, Victor Banerjee |
| Music by | Salim-Sulemain |
Release dates | May 30, 2003 |
Running time | 119 mins |
| Language | Hindi |
Bhootis a Bollywood film released in 2003. "Bhoot" ( भूत )is the Hindi and Nepali word for ghost and the movie deals with the supernatural. It was directed by Ram Gopal Varma and stars Urmila Matondkar and Ajay Devgan. It was perceived to be different from a typical Bollywood movie as it did not contain songs. It became a hit and was remade in Tamil under the title Shock starring Meena and Prashanth.
Plot
The film revolves around Vishal (Ajay Devgan), a stock analyst, and his wife Swati (Urmila Matondkar). The two are in search for a flat in Mumbai. Vishal finds the perfect place on the 12th floor of a high-rise apartment building. However, the apartment has a horrifying past. The previous occupant of the flat, a young woman had killed her child and jumped from the balcony and died. Swati learns about this incident shortly after moving in and becomes oddly fixated with the story. Then, a series of inexplicable experiences drive Swati to near madness.
Vishal becomes helpless and convinced his wife has developed some sort of psychological disorder. He consults a psychiatrist, Dr. Rajan (Victor Banerjee). The couple’s maid (Seema Biswas) believes Swati to be possessed, and calls in an exorcist (Rekha).
Meanwhile, other seemingly unrelated events take place around the building. The watchman (Sabeer Masani) is being terrorized, one of the residents Sanjay (Fardeen Khan) is behaving erratically, and a murder occurs. Inspector Liaqat Quereshi (Nana Patekar) is sent to investigate the murder at the building. All the while, neither the psychiatrist nor the exorcist makes much progress with Swati.
The highlight of Bhoot is its nail biting plot and Varma’s stylized cinematic presentation. The director uses the background music and close up shots to create the right atmospherics. Moreover, the movie has no songs because of which the flow of the narrative is not broken.
Even the romantic track between Ajay Devgan and Urmila Matondkar has been treated differently. Unlike other Bollywood movies, the intimacy between the couple is more mature. Another highlight of the movie is heroine centered and its duration of 1 hour 59 minutes.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Urmila Matondkar as Swati
- Ajay Devgan as Vishal
- Nana Patekar as Liaqat Quereshi
- Rekha as Sarita
- Fardeen Khan as Sanjay
- Tanuja as Mrs Khosla
- Seema Biswas as Bhai
- Victor Banerjee as Dr. Rajan
- Sabeer Masani as Watchman
Crew
- Director : Ram Gopal Varma
- Producer : Nitin Manmohan
- Music Composer : Salim-Sulemain
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