Bhoot (Hindi: भूत, English: Ghost) is a Bollywood ghost movie released in 2003. It was directed by Ram Gopal Varma and stars Ajay Devgan and Urmila Matondkar. It was perceived to be different from a typical Bollywood movie as it did not contain songs. It was later dubbed in Telugu as 12 va Anthasthu. The film did average business at the box office.^[1] The director is currently planning a sequel called Bhhoooo in which Sanjay Dutt will play a ghost.^[2]

Summary[link]

Vishal(Ajay Devgn) and his wife Swati(Urmila Matondkar) get a high rise apartment at a ridiculously low price. Vishal has carefully kept the apartments sordid past a secret from his wife. But, soon the secret comes out & Swati starts behaving abnormally. Vishal enlists Dr. Rajan(Victor Banerjee), a psychiatrist for her treatment. But when he witnesses Swati kill the watchman in an unexplicable way, Vishal has to fight the very forces whose existence he has denied till date.

Plot[link]

Vishal has been told by Mr.Thakkar(Amar Talwar), the caretaker of the place, that a widow named Manjeet Khosla(Barkha Madan), the previous resident, committed suicide after killing her own son. Vishal hides this fact from Swati, as she will object to buying such a residence. But Mr.Thakkar accidentally slip in the secret. Swati is livid at Vishal, although he disbelieves the notions of ghosts and bad luck.

Then, Swati starts behaving strangely. Vishal consults Dr. Rajan. But when sees Swati killing the watchman in a supernatural way, his scepticism is rudely challenged. Inspector Qureshi(Nana Patekar), who is sent to investigate the death, becomes suspicious of the duo and their strange behaviour. Finally, Vishal's maid calls an exorcist(Rekha). The exorcist sees the ghosts of Manjeet and her son. She advises Vishal to meet the Manjeet's mother(Tanuja), since she can placate her daughter's spirit.

Vishal complies and meets Manjeet's mother. He learns from Manjeet's mother that Manjeet was not the type of woman who would commit suicide. He explains the situation to her and asks her help. She comes with him and somehow placates Manjeet's spirit, Meanwhile, Sanjay (Fardeen Khan), Mr. Thakkar's son, is behaving erratically since the watchman has been brutally killed. He is called to the apartment.

The exorcist confronts him, revealing that Sanjay had developed a lust for Manjeet, but when she rejected his advances, he accidentally killed her by throwing her off the balcony. But Manjeet's son saw the murder, upon which Sanjay hired the watchman to kill him. Manjeet, who has still occupied Swati's body, chases Sanjay. Qureshi tries to stop her, having no idea of the real story. Dr.Rajan rushes to stop her, while Vishal rushes to explain the truth to Qureshi. Qureshi scoffs at Vishal and rebuffs him.

In the meanwhile, Sanjay is cornered. In front of Qureshi's disbelieving eyes, Sanjay floats in air. A terrified Sanjay confesses the crimes, upon which Manjeet's mother urges her to stop. Sanjay suddenly falls down on the construction rods pointed at him, but another force whisks him away to safety. In the lockup, Qureshi tells Sanjay that death sentences are light penalties for a criminal like him. He wishes that Sanjay gets a bigger punishment. After Qureshi leaves the darkened cell, Sanjay finds himself face to face with Manjeet. He starts begging for mercy, but his voice soon fades out.

Cast[link]

• Urmila Matondkar ... Swati
• Ajay Devgan ... Vishal
• Nana Patekar ... Inspector Liyaqat Qureshi
• Rekha ... Sarita
• Fardeen Khan ... Sanjay
• Tanuja ... Mrs Khosla
• Seema Biswas ... Bai
• Victor Banerjee ... Dr. Rajan
• Sabeer Masani ... Watchman
• Barkha Madan ... Manjeet Khosla
• Master Akshit ... as Manjeet's Son
• Rajendra Sethi ... as Patil "House Broker"
• Amar Talwar ... as Thakker

Awards[link]

Bollywood Movie Awards

• Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director - Ram Gopal Varma

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bhoot at the Internet Movie Database
• Bhoot at AllRovi

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