Bhoothnath
CASTING : AMITABH BACHCHAN, BOMAN IRANI,
ANURAG KASHYAP, SANJAY MISHRA, BRIJENDRA KALA,
PARTH BHALERAO, USHA JADHAV
PRODUCED BY : BHUSHAN KUMAR , KRISHAN KUMAR,
RENU RAVI CHOPRA
DIRECTED BY : NITESH TIWARI
SYNOPSIS: ‘Bhoothnath Returns’ starts from where the prequel ‘Bhoothnath’ ended.
Bhoothnath (Amitabh Bachchan) goes to heaven and all the fellow ghosts start making fun of him that
he failed to scare a small child.
He feels embarrassed about it and he is sent back to earth to scare atleast 12 kids.
When he comes back to earth, he meets a fearless kid Akhrot (Parth Bhalerao).
They become business partners and they are asked to take out the spirits from a haunted house.
In return, they will be given a good amount.
In this period of time, they meet a corrupt politician Bhau (Boman Irani), who tells them to vacant a haunted house.
However, later Bhoothnath and Akhrot come to know about Bhau’s evil plans.
So, Bhoothnath decides to fight the local elections against him.
Will a ghost be able to fight the elections? Will he win over the corrupt politician Bhau?
This is the rest of the story.
STORY,
SCREENPLAY AND DIALOGUES:‘Bhoothnath Returns’ is a fresh concept and something which we have not seen in Bollywood films before.
Nitesh Tiwari and Piyush Gupta come up with a story that is unique.
They have finely converted the story into a good screenplay.
The movie has simple screenplay and it is not at all confusing.
The writers have written a sober and a family oriented drama, keeping children as well as adults in mind.
However, somewhere in between, the film drops because of its slow pace.
Even a few scenes seem to be repetitive like Akhrot trying to break the deal, to make business.
This particular part of the film looks unbelievable,
but when the audiences remember that a ghost is supporting him, it gets justified because a ghost can do anything.
Dialogues in the film are good and it makes the audience laugh.
PERFORMANCES:Amitabh Bachchan as Bhoothnath is perfect.
He has given a power packed performance and shines in each and every scene.
The child actor Parth Bhalerao is fantastic.
He stands equal to Big B in the film.
Boman Irani is perfect in the role of a corrupt politician.
Sanjay Mishra is also brilliant in his part.
Other supporting cast of the film is equally good.
DIRECTION,
CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING: Nitesh Tiwari, who had earlier co-directed ‘Chillar Party’ has helmed this film very well.
He successfully develops all the characters and has taken out a wonderful job from his actors as well.
But, he only fails in one thing.
Nitesh couldn’t create the fear among the characters of the movie when they come to know about the ghost,
unlike in our real life. Everyone in the film accepts the ghost without any question about the existence of it.
Kamaljeet Negi’s cinematography is fine and editing of Chandrashekhar Prajapati is good.
ACTION, BACKGROUND SCORE AND MUSIC: Background score in the movie is perfect and Ram Sampath & Meet Bros Anjjan’s music is good.
Yo Yo Honey Singh does an ok job with the music this time.
CHOREOGRAPHY, LOCATIONS AND PRODUCTION VALUE:Ganesh Acharya’s choreography is nice.
Locations used in the film gel well with the theme of the movie. Production value is average.
OUR VERDICT: Overall; ‘Bhoothnath Returns’ has fresh concept,
funny and natural punches, which tickles your funny bone, especially in the first half.
In this film we also get to see power packed performances of legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan and child actor Parth Bhalerao.
