Bhoot (film)

For other uses, see Bhoot (disambiguation).

Bhoot
Directed byRam Gopal Varma
Written byRam Gopal Varma
Produced byNitin Manmohan
StarringAjay Devgn
Urmila Matondkar
Nana Patekar
Rekha
Fardeen Khan
Tanuja
CinematographyVishal Sinha
Edited byShimit Amin
Music bySongs:
Salim–Sulaiman
Amar Mohile
Anand Raaj Anand
Bapi-Tutul
Background Score:
Salim–Sulaiman
Release date
  • 30 May 2003 (2003-05-30)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹67 million[2]
Box office₹239 million[2]

Bhoot (transl. Ghost) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and stars an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, Urmila Matondkar, Nana Patekar, Rekha, Fardeen Khan and Tanuja. It is the second horror film made by Ram Gopal Verma after Raat.[3] The film was perceived to be different from a typical Hindi film as it did not feature the songs composed for it. The film was later dubbed in Telugu as 12 Va Anthasthu and remade in Tamil as Shock.

Bhoot was a box-office hit.[4] Urmila won several accolades and awards for her performance as a possessed wife. Over the years, it has been considered one of the best Bollywood horror films of all time.[5] Verma made a sequel called Bhoot Returns which was released on 12 October 2012.[6]

  1. ^ "Bhoot". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ a b "Bhoot - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ "'Bhoot will make audiences uneasy: Ram Gopal Varma". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ "As Stree 2 breaks records, taking a look at why Bollywood's horror film genre needs a revival". Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  6. ^ "RGV uses optical illusion in 'Bhoot Returns' poster". Worldsnap News. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.