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| image = Ghost Film Poster.jpg | | image = Ghost Film Poster.jpg | ||
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| caption = | | caption = Theatrical release poster | ||
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]] | | director = [[Vikram Bhatt]] | ||
| producer = [[Vashu Bhagnani]] <br>Vikram Bhatt | | producer = [[Vashu Bhagnani]] <br />Vikram Bhatt | ||
| writer = '''Story & Screenplay:'''<br>[[Vikram Bhatt]]<br>'''Dialogues:'''<br>[[Vikram Bhatt]]<br>[[Srivinay Salian]] | | writer = '''Story & Screenplay:'''<br />[[Vikram Bhatt]]<br />'''Dialogues:'''<br />[[Vikram Bhatt]]<br />[[Srivinay Salian]] | ||
| starring = [[Gayathiri Iyer]]<br />[[Sanaya Irani]]<br />Shivam Bhaargava | | starring = [[Gayathiri Iyer]]<br />[[Sanaya Irani]]<br />[[Shivam Bhaargava]] | ||
| music = '''Songs'''<br>Nayeem –Shabir<br>[[Sanjeev–Darshan]]<br>[[Arko Pravo Mukherjee]]<br>Sonal Pradhan<br>Vinay Ram Tiwari<br>'''Score:'''<br>Sangeet<br> | | music = '''Songs'''<br />Nayeem –Shabir<br />[[Sanjeev–Darshan]]<br />[[Arko Pravo Mukherjee]]<br />Sonal Pradhan<br />Vinay Ram Tiwari<br />'''Score:'''<br />Sangeet<br /> | ||
Siddharth Haldipur | Siddharth Haldipur | ||
| cinematography = Prakash Kutty | | cinematography = [[Prakash Kutty]] | ||
| editing = Kuldip Mehan | | editing = Kuldip Mehan | ||
| studio = [[Pooja Entertainment]] <br>Vashu Bhagnani Production | | studio = [[Pooja Entertainment]] <br />Vashu Bhagnani Production | ||
| distributor = [[Pen India Limited|Pen Marudhar Cine Entertainment]] | | distributor = [[Pen India Limited|Pen Marudhar Cine Entertainment]] | ||
| released = {{Film date|2019|10|18|df=y|}} | | released = {{Film date|2019|10|18|df=y|}} | ||
| runtime = | | runtime = 130 minutes | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = | | language = Hindi | ||
| budget = | | budget = | ||
| gross = {{estimation}} {{INR}}1. | | gross = {{estimation}} {{INR}}1.82 [[crore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ghost-2/box-office/|title=Ghost Box Office|website=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Ghost''''' is a 2019 Indian [[horror thriller]] film written and directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Vashu Bhagnani]] Production. The film bankrolled by Loneranger Productions, features [[Sanaya Irani]] and Shivam Bhaargava in the lead roles. The story of the film follows Karan Khanna (played by Bhaargava), a politician of Indian origin in the [[United Kingdom]], who is accused of killing his wife. He tells his lawyer that a spirit committed the murder and should be tried. | '''''Ghost''''' is a 2019 Indian [[horror thriller]] film written and directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Vashu Bhagnani]] Production. The film bankrolled by Loneranger Productions, features [[Sanaya Irani]] and [[Shivam Bhaargava]] in the lead roles. The story of the film follows Karan Khanna (played by Bhaargava), a politician of Indian origin in the [[United Kingdom]], who is accused of killing his wife. He tells his lawyer that a spirit committed the murder and should be tried. | ||
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/premise-of-vikram-bhatts-next-can-a-spirit-be-tried-for-murder/articleshow/67713347.cms|title=Premise of Vikram Bhatt's next: Can a spirit be tried for murder?|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/ghost-first-poster-of-vikram-bhatts-upcoming-horror-film-starring-sanaya-irani-released-7357471.html|title=Ghost: First poster of Vikram Bhatt's upcoming horror film, starring Sanaya Irani, released|date=17 September 2019|publisher=First Post|access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] commenced in November 2018 in [[London]]. | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/premise-of-vikram-bhatts-next-can-a-spirit-be-tried-for-murder/articleshow/67713347.cms|title=Premise of Vikram Bhatt's next: Can a spirit be tried for murder?|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/ghost-first-poster-of-vikram-bhatts-upcoming-horror-film-starring-sanaya-irani-released-7357471.html|title=Ghost: First poster of Vikram Bhatt's upcoming horror film, starring Sanaya Irani, released|date=17 September 2019|publisher=First Post|access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] commenced in November 2018 in [[London]]. It was released on 18 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/first-look-vikram-bhatt-unveils-the-poster-of-his-next-ghost/490530|title=[FIRST LOOK] Vikram Bhatt unveils the poster of Sanaya Irani starrer Ghost|website=Times Now News|date=17 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
The film starts with a girl named Barkha Khanna | The film starts with a girl named Barkha Khanna, supposedly killed by a vengeful ghost in her room which is later noticed by her husband, Karan Khanna, a political figure from [[England]]. The [[Metropolitan Police]] force subsequently arrest him, accusing him of murdering his wife. | ||
Meanwhile, Simran | |||
Meanwhile, Simran, a lawyer having her own stress-related issues and with a dependency on morphine, is going through an emotional time as her father recently died and her boyfriend (a judge) too broke up with her. Simran, after the insistence of Karan's campaign manager, Bob, reluctantly agrees to take on the case. After getting him out on bail, she learns that Karan and Barkha were not a happy couple and Karan, on Valentine's Day, saw someone sending a locket to Barkha. Karan suspected that his wife is having an affair and himself started an affair as a result. However, his wife was killed one night, and CCTV footage shows Karan entering his apartment at 2 am and leaving at 4 am (which is the time of death of his wife) and again entering the apartment at 6 am and all the evidence is pointing against him. | |||
However, Karan claims that he spent that night at Bob's apartment as he was not able to drive. Meanwhile, Bob notices something and departs for a mental institute in Leeds. He calls Karan, telling him that he knows whose spirit is doing all these but before he could tell who is behind all these, Bob himself is killed by that ghost who had previously killed Barkha. After more investigation, Simran found that Karan was with a girl on the night his wife died but that girl was missing in the police report. After consulting a demonologist, it was revealed that that girl was possessed and Karan was also possessed, and being under possession he actually killed Barkha and that's why he didn't remember that night very much. Further, it was revealed that Barkha was in a lesbian relationship with a girl but instead married Karan for fame and money. When that girl blackmailed Barkha to tell the truth or bear the consequences, she was taken to the mental institute. There she met Simran's father, a doctor. That girl committed suicide so that she can take revenge on those three after becoming a ghost. She gave a locket to Simran's father and told him to deliver it to Barkha after her death. It was also revealed that the locket contained all her power. Later the missing girl was found dead and the blame fell upon Karan. Simran, with the help of her ex-boyfriend, conducted an exorcism during which the ghost took control over Karan. Simran broke the locket in the nick of time. Thus, Karan got saved and finally proved his innocence. Karan and Simran confess their love for each other. Later Karan gave a party in his house after winning the election, and a cellmate of the deceased girl gave him a box. Unknown to Karan, it had the broken locket inside, indicating that the curse is not over yet. | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
* [[Sanaya Irani]] as Simran Singh (Defence Lawyer) | |||
* [[Sanaya Irani]] as Defence Lawyer | |||
* [[Shivam Bhaargava]] as Karan Khanna | * [[Shivam Bhaargava]] as Karan Khanna | ||
* [[Hazel Crowney]] as Neena (psychic) | |||
* [[Gayathiri Iyer]] as Barkha Khanna (Karan's wife) | |||
* [[Vikram Bhatt]] as Dr. Singh, Simran's father | |||
* Caroline Wilde as Rachel | * Caroline Wilde as Rachel | ||
* Rabia Maddah as Mel | * Rabia Maddah as Mel | ||
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==Production== | ==Production== | ||
The film is based on a newspaper article in which the British Court had allowed a matter involving spirits to be tried.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/vikram-bhatts-upcoming-flick-ghost-aims-to-raise-the-bar-of-the-horror-genre|title=Vikram Bhatt's upcoming flick 'Ghost' aims to raise the bar of the horror genre - AnimationXpress|website=AnimationXpres}}</ref> The [[principal photography]] of the film started on 17 November 2018 in London. | The film is based on a newspaper article in which the British Court had allowed a matter involving spirits to be tried.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/vikram-bhatts-upcoming-flick-ghost-aims-to-raise-the-bar-of-the-horror-genre|title=Vikram Bhatt's upcoming flick 'Ghost' aims to raise the bar of the horror genre - AnimationXpress|website=AnimationXpres|date=12 June 2019 }}</ref> The [[principal photography]] of the film started on 17 November 2018 in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/sanaya-irani-begins-shooting-her-debut-film-ghost-431968|title=Sanaya Irani begins shooting for her debut film 'Ghost'|website=PINKVILLA|date=20 November 2018|access-date=17 September 2019|archive-date=1 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601111245/https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/sanaya-irani-begins-shooting-her-debut-film-ghost-431968|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/sanaya-irani-begins-shooting-her-debut-film-ghost-431968|title=Sanaya Irani begins shooting for her debut film 'Ghost'|website=PINKVILLA|date=20 November 2018}}</ref> | |||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of [[The Times of India]] gave the film two out of five, writing, "In the end, ‘Ghost’ offers nothing new, not in terms of storytelling nor in evoking a fear with the usual thrills and spills. This one's another shot in the dark in what has become one of the most underutilised genres in Bollywood right now."<ref>{{cite news| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/ghost/movie-review/71649248.cms| title = Ghost Movie Review {2.0/5}: Critic Review of Ghost by Times of India| website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Namrata Thakker of [[Rediff.com]] gave the film one out of five, writing, "The film drags on until the climax, by which time you feel like walking out of the theatre."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/the-ghost-review/20191018.htm| title = The Ghost Review - Rediff.com}}</ref> | |||
Ghost performed poorly at the box office with a collection of {{INR}}1.82 [[crore]] and was considered a [[box-office bomb]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ghost-2/box-office/| title = Ghost Box Office Collection {{!}} India {{!}} Day Wise {{!}} Box Office - Bollywood Hungama| website = [[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> | |||
==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
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| released = 30 September 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ghost/k3m82pI6MHk_|title=Ghost - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |publisher=Jio Saavn}}</ref> | | released = 30 September 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ghost/k3m82pI6MHk_|title=Ghost - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |date=30 September 2019 |publisher=Jio Saavn}}</ref> | ||
| recorded = 2019 | | recorded = 2019 | ||
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| title6 = Mujhe Ishq Sikha Karke | | title6 = Mujhe Ishq Sikha Karke | ||
| extra6 = [[Jyotica Tangri]] | | extra6 = [[Jyotica Tangri]] | ||
| music6 = [[ | | music6 = [[Sanjeev–Darshan]] | ||
| lyrics6 = Sanjeev-Ajay | | lyrics6 = Sanjeev-Ajay | ||
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| Ghost | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Produced by | Vashu Bhagnani Vikram Bhatt |
| Written by | Story & Screenplay: Vikram Bhatt Dialogues: Vikram Bhatt Srivinay Salian |
| Starring | Gayathiri Iyer Sanaya Irani Shivam Bhaargava |
| Music by | Songs Nayeem –Shabir Sanjeev–Darshan Arko Pravo Mukherjee Sonal Pradhan Vinay Ram Tiwari Score: Sangeet Siddharth Haldipur |
| Cinematography | Prakash Kutty |
| Edited by | Kuldip Mehan |
Production company | Pooja Entertainment Vashu Bhagnani Production |
| Distributed by | Pen Marudhar Cine Entertainment |
Release date |
|
Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | est. ₹1.82 crore[1] |
Ghost is a 2019 Indian horror thriller film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Vashu Bhagnani Production. The film bankrolled by Loneranger Productions, features Sanaya Irani and Shivam Bhaargava in the lead roles. The story of the film follows Karan Khanna (played by Bhaargava), a politician of Indian origin in the United Kingdom, who is accused of killing his wife. He tells his lawyer that a spirit committed the murder and should be tried. [2][3] Principal photography commenced in November 2018 in London. It was released on 18 October 2019.[4]
Plot[edit | edit source]
The film starts with a girl named Barkha Khanna, supposedly killed by a vengeful ghost in her room which is later noticed by her husband, Karan Khanna, a political figure from England. The Metropolitan Police force subsequently arrest him, accusing him of murdering his wife.
Meanwhile, Simran, a lawyer having her own stress-related issues and with a dependency on morphine, is going through an emotional time as her father recently died and her boyfriend (a judge) too broke up with her. Simran, after the insistence of Karan's campaign manager, Bob, reluctantly agrees to take on the case. After getting him out on bail, she learns that Karan and Barkha were not a happy couple and Karan, on Valentine's Day, saw someone sending a locket to Barkha. Karan suspected that his wife is having an affair and himself started an affair as a result. However, his wife was killed one night, and CCTV footage shows Karan entering his apartment at 2 am and leaving at 4 am (which is the time of death of his wife) and again entering the apartment at 6 am and all the evidence is pointing against him.
However, Karan claims that he spent that night at Bob's apartment as he was not able to drive. Meanwhile, Bob notices something and departs for a mental institute in Leeds. He calls Karan, telling him that he knows whose spirit is doing all these but before he could tell who is behind all these, Bob himself is killed by that ghost who had previously killed Barkha. After more investigation, Simran found that Karan was with a girl on the night his wife died but that girl was missing in the police report. After consulting a demonologist, it was revealed that that girl was possessed and Karan was also possessed, and being under possession he actually killed Barkha and that's why he didn't remember that night very much. Further, it was revealed that Barkha was in a lesbian relationship with a girl but instead married Karan for fame and money. When that girl blackmailed Barkha to tell the truth or bear the consequences, she was taken to the mental institute. There she met Simran's father, a doctor. That girl committed suicide so that she can take revenge on those three after becoming a ghost. She gave a locket to Simran's father and told him to deliver it to Barkha after her death. It was also revealed that the locket contained all her power. Later the missing girl was found dead and the blame fell upon Karan. Simran, with the help of her ex-boyfriend, conducted an exorcism during which the ghost took control over Karan. Simran broke the locket in the nick of time. Thus, Karan got saved and finally proved his innocence. Karan and Simran confess their love for each other. Later Karan gave a party in his house after winning the election, and a cellmate of the deceased girl gave him a box. Unknown to Karan, it had the broken locket inside, indicating that the curse is not over yet.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Sanaya Irani as Simran Singh (Defence Lawyer)
- Shivam Bhaargava as Karan Khanna
- Hazel Crowney as Neena (psychic)
- Gayathiri Iyer as Barkha Khanna (Karan's wife)
- Vikram Bhatt as Dr. Singh, Simran's father
- Caroline Wilde as Rachel
- Rabia Maddah as Mel
- Ameet Channa as Bob
- Gary Heron as Judge Francis D'Zouza
Production[edit | edit source]
The film is based on a newspaper article in which the British Court had allowed a matter involving spirits to be tried.[5] The principal photography of the film started on 17 November 2018 in London.[6]
Reception[edit | edit source]
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India gave the film two out of five, writing, "In the end, ‘Ghost’ offers nothing new, not in terms of storytelling nor in evoking a fear with the usual thrills and spills. This one's another shot in the dark in what has become one of the most underutilised genres in Bollywood right now."[7] Namrata Thakker of Rediff.com gave the film one out of five, writing, "The film drags on until the climax, by which time you feel like walking out of the theatre."[8]
Ghost performed poorly at the box office with a collection of ₹1.82 crore and was considered a box-office bomb.[9]
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| Ghost | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 30 September 2019[10] |
| Recorded | 2019 |
| Studio | Aditya Dev Studio |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 33:14 |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
| Audio Jukebox at YouTube | |
This music of the film is composed by Nayeem –Shabir, Sanjeev–Darshan, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Sonal Pradhan and Vinay Ram Tiwari with lyrics written by Shakeel Azmi, Sanjeev-Ajay, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Sonal Pradhan and Rashmi Virag.
| Track listing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Dil Maang Raha Hai" | Yasser Desai | 3:13 | ||||||
| 2. | "Jaltey Bujhtey" (Female) | Akanksha Sharma | 3:17 | ||||||
| 3. | "Rooh Ka Rishta" | Arko | 4:36 | ||||||
| 4. | "Ye Jo Ho Raha Hai" | Jyotica Tangri | 5:16 | ||||||
| 5. | "Janmo Janam" | Yasser Desai | 5:37 | ||||||
| 6. | "Mujhe Ishq Sikha Karke" | Jyotica Tangri | 2:41 | ||||||
| 7. | "Jaltey Bujhtey" (Duet) | Arko, Aakanksha Sharma | 3:53 | ||||||
| 8. | "Rooh Ka Rishta" | Yasser Desai | 4:41 | ||||||
Total length: |
33:14 | ||||||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Ghost Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ↑ "Premise of Vikram Bhatt's next: Can a spirit be tried for murder?". Mumbai Mirror.
- ↑ "Ghost: First poster of Vikram Bhatt's upcoming horror film, starring Sanaya Irani, released". First Post. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ "[FIRST LOOK] Vikram Bhatt unveils the poster of Sanaya Irani starrer Ghost". Times Now News. 17 September 2019.
- ↑ "Vikram Bhatt's upcoming flick 'Ghost' aims to raise the bar of the horror genre - AnimationXpress". AnimationXpres. 12 June 2019.
- ↑ "Sanaya Irani begins shooting for her debut film 'Ghost'". PINKVILLA. 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ "Ghost Movie Review {2.0/5}: Critic Review of Ghost by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "The Ghost Review - Rediff.com".
- ↑ "Ghost Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.
- ↑ "Ghost - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jio Saavn. 30 September 2019.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Ghost on IMDb
- Ghost at Bollywood Hungama