Product Details

• Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan
• Directors: B.R. Chopra
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Import, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: Hindi
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Eros
• DVD Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Run Time: 136 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001AO2OLI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,320 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the young at heart or kids that speak hindi or read subtitles!, January 8, 2009

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Lyn Taryn "Lyn Taryn" (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bhoothnath (DVD)

We felt this movie was a nice little charmer. We didn't find it was like a weak horror film' as another reviewer experienced it (in fact there isn't any horror just a few symbolic scares initially to show the ghosts usual intentions).
Amitabh does a nice job with the ghost and relates to the kid well. SRK and Juhi Chalwa stay solid in the background as it really story about the ghost and the boy- and the few other characters aren't as central. It is for those who enjoy the sentimental and good-hearted movie and about ghosts finding their salvation!
There are some OK songs and dance. Amitabh adds a few hiphop moves to his usual limited dance moves but does it with charm. Large groups of kids get their chance to strut their stuff too.
Western children would probably enjoy it but probably wouldn't be bothered reading subtitles or couldn't manage them. So it is for those young at heart (in our case the viewers were in late 20s and 50s!)
It's a nice little movie and even a few tears welled at some of the more moving (though sentimental) scenes.
I gather it didn't do well at the box office yet carries a 'to be continued..' at the end. Well if they did make a sequel we'd seek it out.
Not for the skeptics or realists but for others a quiet charmer of good heart.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice and clean entertainer, May 4, 2011

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Z.B - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bhoothnath (2008) (Hindi Drama / Fantasy Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) (DVD)

When i went to the movie, i was expecting it to be a kiddish movie, and since it is coming from Bollywood, i thought the presentation and the special effects would be amateurish.. But i must say, i was really surprised by the movie narration and direction. The special effects were fantastic, of the standards i have seen in Hollywood movies (seriously i am not kidding on this...), particularly the introduction scene where Amitabh tries to frighten the kid. Also the part with the dry leaves have also been handled very deftly both from the technology point of view and from the story narration point of view. On the whole without realizing i enjoyed the movie thoroughly. I am taking out the 1 point, if only the ending could have been more crispier... Check out for its sequel ..!!!. Go for it .. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Interesting Movie with Good Lessons, February 20, 2009

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Artist & Author (Near Mt. Baker, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bhoothnath (DVD)

I found this to be a very interesting - and entertaining - movie. First, it takes place in Goa. We have some friends from Goa, and were very surprised to learn from them of its Christian heritage. Legend says that St. Thomas traveled to India and converted some people to Christianity; historically, it was the Portuguese who ruled Goa for 450 or so years who brought Christianity (often by repressive means). So, it is not surprising that the bumbling 'burglar wears a crucifix, nor that little Banku goes to St. Francis school. [In Malaysia we once met a family where the mother was Confucian, the father was Hindu, and the children went to a Christian school.] It seems that the family is actually Hindu, but that Banku goes to a Catholic school.

In spite of the differences in religion, there are many universal good lessons that are brought out, and should be good for children to see. One, when Banku wants the 'angel' to help him win a race, he is taught that there are no shortcuts - it takes hard work if you want to be a winner. The over-riding lesson is one of the need for forgiveness. The 'reason' the 'ghost' has not been able to go on to the next world is because neither he nor his son would forgive each other for past rifts. This lesson is brought about in a very entertaining way. There are many scenes where both my wife and I laughed out loud; there is a bit of slap-stick, but mostly it is more akin to British dry humor.

Bollywood movies are getting closer in quality to Hollywood movies, but it still has a way to go. In some areas I felt as if I was watching a musical from the late 1950's. There is nothing that would be objectionable to traditional values families; especially if one can understand that Hindus believe in a different way to salvation from Christian beliefs.

This is quite a long movie - 2 hours, 16 minutes - but it doesn't drag. We took longer than that to watch it, however, because many of the subtitles were on the screen so short that we could not finish reading them. Also interesting is that the characters switch back and forth between their language and English without seeming to be away of it. A sentence may start out in their language and finish in English!

I think I'll show this to my preschool grandsons and see if they can follow it even though they don't understand the language. Over all, it is a very enjoyable family movie, ones North Americans immigrated from India should seek out to show their children.