Ghost Stories (2020 film)

Ghost Stories
Official release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Karan Johar
  • Dibakar Banerjee
  • Zoya Akhtar
  • Isha Luthra
  • Avinash Sampath
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Sylvester Fonseca
  • Tanay Satam
  • Kamaljeet Negi
  • Manu Anand
  • Mitesh Mirchandani
  • Ranjan Palit
Music byScore:
Peji Shahkoti
Songs:
Peji Shahkoti
Madan Mohan
Production
companies
RSVP Movies
Flying Unicorn Entertainment
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Ghost Stories is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language anthology horror film, consisting of four short film segments directed by Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, and Anurag Kashyap.[2][3] It is co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Ashi Dua under their production banner RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment respectively.[4] The film features an ensemble cast, including Mrunal Thakur, Avinash Tiwary, Janhvi Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vijay Varma, and Pavail Gulati.[5] It was released on Netflix on January 1, 2020.[6]

Ghost Stories is the third of three anthology films from Johar, Banerjee, Akhtar, and Kashyap. It was preceded by Bombay Talkies in 2013 and Lust Stories in 2018, the latter also being released on Netflix.

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  2. ^ "Karan Johar, Zoya, Dibakar and Anurag reunite for Netflix's 'Ghost Stories'". The New Indian Express. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Netflix's Ghost Stories A 'Nightmare For Dream Team' – Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Bannerjee". NDTV. 1 August 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Karan, Anurag, Zoya and Dibaker team up for Netflix original Ghost Stories". The Indian Express. 1 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Mrunal Thakur, Avinash Tiwary to star in Karan Johar's Ghost Stories". India Today. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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