Bhoothnath

I loved it. I was 8 then when I did watch this. nostalgic

BHOOTNATH is a comedy genre movie which has a tragedy as its base. It shows the unfortunate condition of our modern society where children don't want to take the responsibility of their parents in old age similar to Kailash Nath whose son Vijay after studying in America settled there with his wife and avoided his parents. The limit of selfishness crossed when his mother passed away and he came back to India to earn profit by selling his home NATH VILLA. His father didn't allowed so as the memory of his wife Nirmala is attached to this home. This irritates his son and he decided to left him alone there.

Here happens the TRAGEDIC EVENT ,when Kilash run behind Vijay to stop him ,he slipped from stairs and died but his son didn't listened to his last words. Till then his dissatisfied spirit roaming in the home decided that he will never let anyone reside there.

THE TURNING POINT came when there comes a family of BANKU his kitchen-shy mom and slap-happy dad to live in the house. The ghost has the plan of scaring the family away. But he runs into the notorious 7 year old Banku who mistakes the ghost as an angel (named him Bhoothnath) and befriends him. Thereby begin the funny antics of Banku and Bhoothnath. With a mere flick of his finger, Bhoothnath is able to do magical feats, and more so willingly at Banku's command.

The film focuses on the FUNNY ADVENTURES OF THE KID AND THE GHOST until Bhoothnath's past catches up with him.

BHOOTNATH focuses on the POWER OF LOVE & FORGIVENESS which Kailash regains with the friendship of Banku. Kailah forgave his son but got bounded with the love of Banku ,so he didn't get MOKSHA(or SALVATION) & he returned back to him secretly and the movie is "TO BE CONTINUED" waiting for his next part including me and other fans of Big B.

I gave movie 10/10 because it has everything -a lot of FUN ,MORAL ,MAGIC ,FICTION as well as EXCELLENT ACTING by all the characters .It should be seen by all the age-groups.

WOW you should surely buy a DVD of this great movie !!!

The title of this movie is such that one would definitely scare the ones who dread horror movies and do not have the capability to tolerate sleepless nights. But, upon viewing nobody would classify it as one with mostly horror elements in it. It is mostly a comedy with a flavour of drama in it in the latter half Strengths: Awesome performance from the supporting cast: One problem many movies from our beloved Bollywood suffers from is that supporting cast entirely lets the main cast down. In this case, it is the complete opposite actually. I can see many viewers who are complaining about SRK's performance in this flick. I found him at his best even here as well. Yes, of course he did not deliver a performance like that of Devdas,Swades,Dil Se or Chak De! India but he puts his all in an extended cameo, makes his presence felt. Juhi Chawla is a breath of fresh air, an effortlessly hilarious mother who was so refreshingly good. She shows all the shades of a loving mother, starting from her funny behaviour, reluctance to cook and reprimanding when the situation arises. And last but not the least, Priyanshu of course was not at all a let down as well.

Conclusion : To be honest, as far as I am concerned the first half did have it's fair share of ups and downs which I will talk about later. But the conclusion is, in my opinion such a thoughtful one specially for the time, is extremely well executed as well. The song Samay Ke Pahiya stole my heart away. Till this song hit the big screen, I was absolutely dreading the music of the movie. It was a huge letdown and a massive hindrance to the enjoyment of the movie. But, Vishal-Shekhar thankfully saved the very best for the last. The song correctly played on the background of course, was so thought provoking and meaningful. It definitely hit my heart like a precisely aimed arrow and sent me into tears. The conclusion played a massive part in me elevating my rating to a more than respectable 7.

Message : People may say that such films depicting family values and being a support system for your dear ones had become cliche and has been tried one times too many in Bollywood flicks maybe starting from Big B starrer Sooryavansham in 1999 and carrying on maybe till date but this, personally for me is one of the best themes to base a movie on if well executed and Bhoothnath certainly executed the emotional part well and I feel the director as well as script writer's effort to please the adults with this came off fabulously well!

Direction : Considering this was his debut effort, Vivek Sharma is competent to say the least. He shows a concerted effort to toggle around amongst genres and the first half and hour breezes past. The first few minutes definitely give the vibes of a horror movie. Then, the introduction of Rajpal Yadav and her chemistry with Juhi Chawla is infectious, he really gets a chuckle out of people of all ages. He also is successful in extracting a superb performance from Banku, the vibrant little kid who I felt came up with the second best performance I saw from a kid after Bajrangi Bhaijaan's Munni.

Special effects,VFX,opening and closing credits: The concluding dialogues between the protagonists after the climax, and the way that the opening credits are introduced were surely ahead of their times. There were surely some computer expertise necessary to ensure the opening credits came out the way it did and hats off for that. Also, the special effects involved as Big B executes his repertoire of tricks were impressive for the time as well. As avid Bollywood fans know, Love Story 2050 tried something similar and failed miserably.

Weaknesses : Initial interactions between Banku and Big B : It was really very unusual to see such a small child, no matter how intelligent he was, first of all being absolutely unfazed by the ghost that late at night and easing his way past it. And also, he outwits a ghost with such tricks up his sleeve, showed a classic example of beauty without brains and that was not what the character was supposed to portray. Also, there remained an element of ambiguity that how all of a sudden the ghost warmed to Banku so much that he started playing with him.

Big B's inability to save Banku and also at the same time elongate his hand to help save someone else : Big B having the capability to achieve the impossible did not use his powers when it was needed the most and he at the same time, elongated Banku's hands to help him save his rival in spite of knowing that the guy was conspiring against him to throw him into that pit and also Banku was so forgiving and that too within an instant and without too much appeasing was surprising to say the least. This is not a trait relatable to a kid as far as I have seen.

Yet another good performance from the indefatigable Amitabh Bachchan - the man has had such high standards over the decades and has generally kept up to them. This very moral tale was apparently inspired by Caspar but seems to me to owe slightly more (in spirit) to The Ghost And Mrs. Muir (Hollywood, 1947).

A family move into a house haunted by friendly old ghost Amitabh, who strikes up a warm and honest relationship with their son Aman. There's plenty of genuine family entertainment with a few nice songs and it starts out very well but the film eventually gets bogged down in vapid sentimentality, albeit always with a high moral tone. Avuncular Amitabh is the only reason to stay to the end, to see him go through every conceivable emotion, although one of my favourite pieces was Samay Ka Pahiya sung at the climax. I felt it when he fell all the way down the stairs even if he didn't! SRK had a minor part, but as with the main players was not well-used - only chubby Aman shone in his special relationship with the ghost. And some nice photography with faultless production.

So, fairly good but not particularly memorable - a pleasant way to fill a couple of hours.

The story of a good and friendly ghost portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh has given an astounding performance, but than his was a performance of his little co-star from Amitabh's own native town of Allahabad, Aman Sddiqui. This boy has a great future ahead. Juhi and Shahrukh did their cameos in a justified way.Rajpal Yadav was hilarious as usual. Music was good and soothing to the ears. The story line was not that strong, but if the movie was made to be targeting the "Krissh" audience and their guardians, we should not be complaining. The media publicity about the story changes in the end to make its sequel in the near future was a good way for keeping the kids happy and guessing for what would be their in the next version. Overall, deserves a watch with and for the kids during this summer vacations.