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''Bhoothnath Returns'' () is a 2014 Indian
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directed by
Nitesh Tiwari Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He then he ...
and produced by
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. A sequel to 2008 film ''
Bhoothnath ''Bhoothnath'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Vivek Sharma, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav and features Shah Rukh Khan in a c ...
'', the film revolves around Bhoothnath (
Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
) who is mocked in a ''Bhoothworld'' for his inability to scare children before being sent back to Earth to redeem himself. The film was released on 11 April 2014.
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demanded tax-free status for ''Bhoothnath Returns'', stating, "The state governments should support the strong social message that emanates from the film. Granting tax-free status to this film would make people aware about their rights as voters like making voter ID cards or not treating polling day as holiday". The
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has declared tax-free status to film on 30 April 2014.


Plot

The story continues from the previous film. Kailash Nath, also known as Bhoothnath, enters the ''Bhoothworld'', where he is mocked and questioned about his abilities as a ghost as he was unsuccessful to scare any child. To redeem himself, he returns to India where he tries his best to scare children but is unsuccessful with his attempts as children have become strong physically and mentally and verbally. However, a boy named Akhrot can see him in his true form. Akhrot is not scared of Bhoothnath but helps him scare a few children; in return, he asks Bhoothnath to act scared of him and to run away from a haunted house while he chants mantras in front of the children, so that they can accept him in their
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team. Bhoothnath decides to help Akhrot further by helping him earn money by giving ghosts living in under-construction high rises peace by fulfilling the wishes they were still staying back on Earth as ghosts for; in the process, they come to know why the ghosts died and help their families get insurance money by scaring corrupt insurance officers, further learning in this process about Bhau, a former criminal who is now a corrupt politician. Seeing the amount of
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, and encouraged by Akhrot, Bhoothnath decides to contest the upcoming elections. Soon, the rivalry between Bhoothnath and Bhau heats up, to the extent that Bhoothnath sacrifices his powers to win. One day before the elections, a rally is to be held by Bhoothnath to encourage a high turnout on election day. Bhau's men threaten to kill Akhrot unless he prevents the rally from happening, but Akhrot refuses and is ready to face the consequences. On the day of the rally, Bhau's men injure Akhrot grievously for his non-compliance, which causes Bhoothnath to leave his rally for attending to Akhrot in the hospital. He goes to the ''Bhoothworld'' and begs for Akhrot's life. They tell him that if Bhoothnath wins the election, they will spare Akhrot's life. Meanwhile, Bhau uses Bhoothnath's absence at the rally to his advantage and tries to influence the audience to vote for him. However, on election day, the majority of the public vote for Bhoothnath. The next day, Bhootnath sees Akhrot's heartbeat rising and realizes that he won the election. The film ends with Akhrot regaining consciousness and everybody celebrating the success of Bhoothnath.


Cast

*
Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
as Kailash Nath a.k.a.
Bhoothnath ''Bhoothnath'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Vivek Sharma, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav and features Shah Rukh Khan in a c ...
*
Boman Irani Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian actor, photographer and voice artist who works predominantly in Hindi cinema he has also worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He has acted in more than a 100 films in his career. Ear ...
as Bhau Sahib *
Parth Bhalerao Parth Bhalerao ( mr, पार्थ भालेराव) (born 30 May 2000) is an Indian actor. He started his acting career with the Marathi film ''Upside Down (Khalti Doka Varti Paay)'' but his first released film in Hindi is the 2014 Boll ...
as Akhrot *
Usha Jadhav Usha Jadhav is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Marathi and Hindi language films. She is best known for her role in the 2012 Marathi film ''Dhag'' for which she won National Film Award for Best Actress at the 60th National Film Awa ...
as Bindia Pathak, Akhrot's mother * Sanjay Mishra as Mishti Baihud *
Kamlesh Sawant Kamlesh Sawant is an Indian actor who works in Marathi cinema. He has had roles in the movies ''Force'', ''Bhoothnath Returns'', and ''Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed b ...
as Police Inspector (billed as Kamlesh Tukaram Sawant) *
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as Lallan *
Usha Nadkarni Usha Nadkarni (born 13 September 1946) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi and Marathi films and television who is best known for her role of Savita Deshmukh in the popular show ''Pavitra Rishta'', for which she was nominated ...
as Lolita Singh *
Kurush Deboo Kurush Deboo (born 12 September 1963) is an Indian actor who has acted in many supporting roles in Hindi films and television series. He was first noticed as Shah Rukh Khan's character's loyal friend in ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa''. He is known fo ...
as Psychiatrist *
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as Bade Sahaab *
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as Engineer Ghost *
Vijay Maurya Vijay Maurya is an Indian actor, writer and director who works in Hindi films and theatre. He is best known for his work in the 2019 Hindi musical film ''Gully Boy.'' Early life Maurya was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His brother, A ...
as the ghost of a commoner who requests Bhoothnath to refrain from helping Bhau *Ajay Jadhav as Constable Shinde *
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as Aditya "Adi" Sharma, Banku's father (cameo appearance) *
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as Himself (cameo appearance) *
Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...
as Himself (cameo appearance) *


Soundtrack

The film score was composed by Hitesh Sonik while the songs featured in the film were composed by
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,
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and
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.
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also composed one promotional song for the film which marked his first collaboration with
Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
.


Critical reception

Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 3.5 stars and said that "''Bhoothnath Returns'' is made with noble intentions and the message it conveys resonates in the second hour". Suprateek Chatterejee from ''First Post'' called it "a must watch for kids" and found that its "shamelessly manipulative moments are tempered with deliberate humour". A ''
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'' reviewer found that the "strength of this film is in its writing" and praised
Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
for his performance whilst giving the movie 3 stars. Rohit Khilnani of ''
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'', gave the movie 3.5/5 stars and said, "There is no doubt that ''Bhoothnath'' will entertain cine-goers. It's entertainment, Bachchan style!"


Box office

Bhoothnath returns collected domestic and overseas(as of 20 April 2014). Satellite rights of the film is sold to
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for ; made it a good profitable venture for producers. The film that released in over 1,300 theatres saw a "grand" opening of 93% collecting — on its first day with stiff competition from the film ''
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''. With a growth of 60% over its first day collection, it collected on its second day. After the completion of the films' first weekend, it managed a "fair" collection of . It collected around and — on its first Monday and Tuesday respectively, totalling over the first five days of its release. After a good growth on Monday, it saw a slide in its collections over the next few days to end up collecting in its first week.


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External links

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