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Bhoothnath

2008 · 151 min

A gentle, playful ghost story that balances silly pranks with tender moments about family and letting go.

Directed by
Vivek Sharma
Genres
Family, Comedy
Starring
Amitabh Bachchan, Aman Siddiqui, Juhi Chawla Mehta
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Vivek Sharma
Genres
Family, Comedy
Starring
Amitabh Bachchan, Aman Siddiqui, Juhi Chawla Mehta
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • friendship
  • redemption
  • parenthood
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour7
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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family, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Sudhanshu Dube, Vivek Sharma
Starring
Amitabh Bachchan, Aman Siddiqui, Juhi Chawla Mehta, Shah Rukh Khan, Rajpal Yadav, Satish Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Nina Kulkarni
Music
Shekhar Ravjiani, Salim Merchant
Cinematography
Vishnu Rao
Runtime
151 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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