Bhoothnath

A young couple sneaks into the Nath Villa, a huge bungalow in Goa, only to discover that a ghost haunts the house, causing them to flee.Aditya is an engineer working on a cruise line who soon bids Anjali and Banku a brief farewell. Days after Aditya's departure, One night, Banku encounters the ghost, whose name is Kailash Nath. Banku nicknames him Bhoothnath Although Bhoothnath tries to scare him off, Banku considers him an angel and treats him like a friend. One day Bhoothnath unintentionally causes Banku to sustain a head injury after startling him and causing him to fall down the stairs. Bhoothnath's son, Vijay Nath, returns from the United States to sell off the bungalow. Bhoothnath is angry, as he does not want his home demolished, and scares the buyers. Anjali learns of Bhootnath's existence and he finally reveals his story to Banku and Anjali. Many years ago, Kailash Nath had a happy family with his wife Nirmala and son Vijay. After growing up, Vijay moved to the U.S for higher studies. he has just died, Kailash's ghost rose and ran after Vijay but Vijay couldn't see him and left. As Kailash walked back inside the house, he saw his own dead body lying on the floor and realized he is now a ghost.

Aditya and Anjali decide to perform Bhoothnath's final rites to give him salvation. Aditya meets Vijay and confronts him. Guilt ridden, Vijay arrives during the ceremony and apologizes for his mistakes and tells the Sharma family that they can live permanently in the house. Bhoothnath forgives his son and is freed. Banku realises this and gives Bhoothnath a tearful goodbye. A distraught Banku leaves for school, missing Bhoothnath, who has disappeared. However, the two are happily reunited when Bhoothnath exits the house, though he requests Banku and the viewers to hide it.

• Amitabh Bachchan as Kailash Nath a.k.a. Bhoothnath
• Juhi Chawla as Anjali Sharma
• Aman Siddiqui as Aman "Banku" Sharma
• Shah Rukh Khan in an extended cameo appearance as Aditya "Adi" Sharma
• Priyanshu Chatterjee as Vijay Nath, Kailash's son
• Satish Shah as Principal J.J. Irani
• Rajpal Yadav as Anthony
• Shaana Diya as Shaana Nath, Vijay's wife
• Shrey Bawa as Vibhu Nath, Vijay's son
• Neena Kulkarni as Nirmala Nath, Kailash's wife
• Delnaaz Paul as Jojo's mother
• Ashish Chaudhary in a special appearance as Rohan Khurana
• Nauheed Cyrusi in a special appearance as Tina
• Amit Behl as Dr. Behl
• Anup Upadhyay as Teacher
• Achyut Potdar as Temple Priest
• Atul Srivastava as Jagan
• Devendra as Jojo, Aman "Banku" Sharma's friend
• Amay Kadakia as Amit

All songs are composed by Vishal–Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar.

The film received generally positive response from critics. As of June 2020, the film holds a 60% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews with an average rating of 6.25/10.[2] At the box office, the film had a slow opening, though it managed to gross ₹68 million (US$890,000) among its theatrical run and was declared a semi-hit by Box Office India.[3]

As the film finished with a "to-be-continued" ending, a sequel to Bhoothnath was expected, but there was no clear intention. Bachchan and the original production team announced a sequel, titled Bhoothnath Returns, which was co-written and directed by Nitesh Tiwari, and released on 11 April 2014. Bachchan and Khan reprised their roles, though the latter only had a cameo appearance as himself.

• List of ghost films
• The Canterville Ghost

• Bhoothnath at IMDb