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{{Other uses|Bhoot (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Bhoot
| image = Bhoot Poster.jpg
| writer = Ram Gopal Varma
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]] [[Urmila Matondkar]] [[Nana Patekar]] [[Rekha]] [[Fardeen Khan]] [[Victor Banerjee]] [[Tanuja]] [[Seema Biswas]]
| director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| producer = Nitin Manmohan
| released = {{start date|2003|5|30|df=y}}
| runtime =1hr 49min
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| cinematography = [[Vishal Sinha]] Debpriya Dutta
| music = [[Salim-Sulaiman]]
| budget= {{INRConvert|67.50|m|year=2003}}<ref>https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=519</ref>
| gross= {{INRConvert|239.61|m|year=2003}}<ref>https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=519</ref>
}}
'''''Bhoot''''' ({{translation|Ghost}}) is a 2003 Indian [[supernatural horror film]] directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]] and stars [[Ajay Devgn]] and [[Urmila Matondkar]] in the lead roles. It was the second horror film made by Ram Gopal Verma after ''[[Raat (film)|Raat]]''.<ref>http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/27ramu.htm</ref> It was perceived to be different from a typical [[Hindi film]] as it did not contain songs. It was later dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''12 Va Anthasthu'' and remade in Tamil as [[Shock (2004 film)|''Shock'']]. The film was a box-office hit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw== |title=Boxofficeindia.com |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |date=2003 |access-date=2011-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121000737/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw%3D%3D |archive-date=21 January 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> Urmila won several accolades and awards for her performance as a ghost possessed wife. Verma made a sequel called ''[[Bhoot Returns]]'' which was released on 12 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.worldsnap.com/entertainment/bollywood/rgv-uses-optical-illusion-in-bhoot-returns-poster-139759.html |title=RGV uses optical illusion in ‘Bhoot Returns’ poster
|publisher=Worldsnap News |date=2012-09-04 |access-date=2012-09-04}}</ref>

==Plot==
The story is about Vishal ([[Ajay Devgn]]) who is married to Swati ([[Urmila Matondkar]]). The couple rents a high rise apartment at a ridiculously low price. The caretaker of the apartment, Mr. Thakkar ([[Amar Talwar]]) explains to Vishal that a widow named Manjeet Khosla ([[Barkha Madan]]), the previous resident, committed suicide after killing her own son. Vishal hides this fact from Swati, as she will object to buying such a residence. But the caretaker accidentally slips in the secret.

Swati is extremely livid at Vishal, although he disbelieves the notions of ghosts and bad luck. Then, Swati starts behaving very strangely. Vishal consults Dr. Rajan ([[Victor Banerjee]]). But soon enough, Vishal witnesses Swati brutally murdering the watchman of the apartment which no human could have done, and his skepticism is rudely challenged. Inspector Liyaqat Qureshi ([[Nana Patekar]]), who reaches the apartment to investigate the death, becomes suspicious of the duo and their strange behavior. He follows Vishal and Dr. Rajan.

Vishal's maid witnesses Swati shouting and throwing Vishal away. She helps him tie her. She tells him that Swati was shouting just like Manjeet and tells him that an exorcist can help her but not doctors. Finally, Vishal's maid calls an exorcist named Sarita ([[Rekha]]). Sarita sees the ghosts of Manjeet and her son. She advises Vishal to meet Manjeet's mother ([[Tanuja]]), since she can placate her daughter's spirit. Vishal complies and meets Manjeet's mother. He learns from Manjeet's mother that Manjeet was not the type of woman who would commit suicide nor murder her own son. He explains the situation to her and asks her help. She comes with him and somehow placates Manjeet's spirit.
They come to know that Mr. Thakkar's son, Sanjay ([[Fardeen Khan]]) tried to molest Manjeet and when she resisted, she accidentally fell off the balcony and died. Hence, Sarita advises Vishal to call him. Vishal makes an unknown call to Sanjay and tells him that his father is sick. When Sanjay arrives, Vishal cleverly tells Mr. Thakkar and Sanjay to help him take Swati to the hospital.

It is then revealed that many years ago, Sanjay came to visit his father and lusted for Manjeet, after he saw her in the apartment. He broke into her house, and attempted to profess his lust, but when she rejected him, he pushed her and she accidentally fell off the balcony and died. Manjeet's young son witnessed the murder, upon which Sanjay hired the watchman to kill him.
Manjeet, who has still possessed Swati's body, sees Sanjay and chases him. Qureshi tries to stop her, having no idea of the real story. Swati tries to kill Sanjay by strangulating him. But, Sarita asks Manjeet to leave him as Swati would be blamed later on.

Sanjay escapes, only to find himself surrounded by Vishal, Sarita, Manjeet and Qureshi who now know the truth. A terrified Sanjay confesses to the crimes, upon which Manjeet's mother urges her to stop. Sanjay is arrested by Inspector Qureshi, and thrown into jail. Manjeet leaves Swati's body, and Vishal and Swati live a good life in the apartment. Meanwhile, in the lockup, Qureshi tells Sanjay that death sentences are light penalties for a criminal like him. He wishes that Sanjay gets a bigger punishment. After Qureshi leaves the darkened cell, Sanjay finds himself face to face with Manjeet. He starts begging for mercy, but his voice soon fades out as Manjeet draws closer; it is implied that she kills Sanjay.

==Cast==
*[[Ajay Devgn]] as Vishal
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Swati
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Inspector Liyaqat Qureshi
* [[Rekha]] as Sarita
* [[Fardeen Khan]] as Sanjay Thakkar
* [[Victor Banerjee]] as Dr. Rajan
* [[Tanuja]] as Mrs. Khosla
* [[Seema Biswas]] as Bai
* [[Barkha Madan]] as Manjeet Khosla
* Master Akshit as Manjeet's Son

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack<ref>{{cite web|title=Soundtracks for Bhoot (2003), IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0341266/soundtrack |access-date=2012-11-03}}</ref> is under the label [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. The music of the film was composed by [[Salim-Sulaiman]]. It consists of 7 songs, 1 remix and an instrumental. The whole soundtrack is not used in the movie, except the song "Ghor Andhere" for the ending credits. The song "Bhoot Hoon Main" was recreated in film ''[[Lupt]]'', which will be showing [[Nataša Stanković]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsworldindia.in/videos/bhoot-hoon-mein-gets-recreated-for-lupt-with-natasa-stankovic/310754/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006195354/https://www.newsworldindia.in/videos/bhoot-hoon-mein-gets-recreated-for-lupt-with-natasa-stankovic/310754/ |archive-date=6 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.brecorder.com/2018/09/25/441734/urmilas-bhoot-hoon-main-is-returning-to-haunt-audiences/]</ref>

===Track listing===
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Bhoot Hoon Main
| extra1 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[Vijay Prakash]], [[Salim Merchant]]
| music1 = [[Salim-Sulaiman]]
| lyrics1 = Lalit Marathe
| length1 = 3:31
| title2 = Bhoot Hai Yahan Koi
| extra2 = [[Asha Bhosle]]
| music2 = [[Amar Mohile]]
| lyrics2 = [[Jaideep Sahni]]
| length2 = 4:57
| title3 = Ghor Andhere
| extra3 = Sunidhi Chauhan, Vijay Prakash, [[Clinton Cerejo]], Salim Merchant
| music3 = Salim-Sulaiman
| lyrics3 = Mahathi Prakash
| length3 = 5:08
| title4 = Yeh Sard
| extra4 = Instrumental
| music4 = [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| lyrics4 =
| length4 = 5:22
| title5 = Bhoot Hai Yahan Koi
| extra5 = [[Gayatri Iyer]]
| music5 = [[Amar Mohile]]
| lyrics5 = Jaideep Sahni
| length5 = 4:10
| title6 = Dead But Not Asleep
| extra6 = Asha Bhosle
| music6 = [[Amar Mohile]]
| lyrics6 =
| length6 = 2:25
| title7 = Bhoot Hoon Main
| note1 = Remix
| extra7 = Sunidhi Chauhan, [[Vijay Prakash]], Salim Merchant
| music7 = Salim-Sulaiman
| lyrics7 = Lalit Marathe
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Din Hai Na Ye Raat
| extra8 = [[Usha Uthup]], [[Pervez Qadir]]
| music8 = [[Bapi-Tutul]]
| lyrics8 = [[Sandeep Nath]]
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Yeh Sard
| extra9 = Gayatri Iyer, [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| music9 = Anand Raj Anand
| lyrics9 = Praveen Bhardwaj
| length9 = 5:22
}}

==Production==
''Bhoot'' is Director Ram Gopal Varma's second horror film after ''[[Raat (film)|Raat]]'' (1992), starring [[Revathi]]. He said about the film, "Though technically it is a horror film, we don't see a murder or any overt horror." Further calling it a "hold-on-to-your-seats horror film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/27ramu.htm|title='Bhoot will make audiences uneasy'|last=Jha|first=Subhash K|publisher=Rediff.com|date=27 May 2003|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> He wanted to break the stereotypes of a typical Indian horror of "a woman in a white sari, mists and screeching." He expressed his intentions of bringing horror "to [audiences] homes in the middle of Mumbai." The film creates terror through sound and everyday objects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/08ramu.htm|title=Terror, Ramu ishtyle|last=Kulkarni|first=Ronjita|publisher=Rediff.com|date=8 April 2003|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[[Taran Adarsh]] wrote about her performance,
: "...the film clearly belongs to Urmila Matondkar all the way. To state that she is excellent would be doing gross injustice to her work. Sequences when she is possessed are simply astounding. If this performance doesn't deserve an award, no other performance should. It beats all competition hollow."<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhoot Review |url= http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/55975 |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |date=28 May 2003}}</ref>
Deepa Gumaste of [[Rediff.com]] mentioned that Bhoot gave her the same experience of terror as in ''[[Cape Fear (1991 film)|Cape Fear]]'' (1991) and said:
: "I wondered if I'd get out of the cinema hall alive. Already, the sleek title sequence, with its astonishing visual effects and stunning background score, had me trembling with trepidation."<ref>{{cite web |last=Gumaste |first=Deepa|title=Numbed by fear? |url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/30bhoot.htm |access-date=15 February 2015 |publisher=[[Rediff.com]] |date=30 May 2003}}</ref>
Anita Gates of ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted, "...at some point the overdone scary music becomes part of the fun."<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DEFDA1630F933A05756C0A9659C8B63|title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'Bhoot' |last=Gates |first=Anita |work=The New York Times |date=30 May 2003 |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

==Awards==
;[[Bollywood Movie Awards]]
* [[Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director]] - Ram Gopal Varma
* [[Bollywood Movie Award – Best Actress]] - Urmila Matondkar

;[[Filmfare Awards]]
* [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress]] - Urmila Matondkar
;[[Star Screen Awards]]
* [[Screen Award for Best Actress]] - Urmila Matondkar
;[[Zee Cine Awards]]
* [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female]] - Urmila Matondkar

== Franchise ==
In 2012 producer Jitendra Jain of Alumbra Entertainment purchased the rights from producer Nitin Manmohan and made [[Bhoot Returns]] which was also directed by Verma,It met with mixed to negative reviews.Late on 2020 Karan Johar's [[Dharma Productions]] acquired the rights of Bhoot Franchise, To make their own Bhoot Franchise ,first part was [[Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship]] Starring [[Vicky Kaushal]], [[Ashutosh Rana]]&[[Bhumi Pednekar]] directed by Bhanu Pratap Singh. Karan Johar revealed that he want to make his own Bhoot trilogy.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0341266|title=Bhoot}}
* {{Amg movie|287452|Bhoot}}

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