Bhoothnath : Lord of Ghosts

Bhoothnath (Devanagari: भूतनाथ translation: "Lord of Ghosts") is a Bollywood ghost movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav. It is directed by Vivek Sharma and produced by Ravi Chopra. The film is an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde short-story The Canterville Ghost.

The story is about the relationship between a deceased old man (played by Amitabh Bachchan) and a boy named Banku. The ghost is named Bhoothnath by Banku. Juhi Chawla plays the boy's mother and Shahrukh Khan is her husband. They come to live at Bhoothnath's old home, Nath Villa in Goa. Banku calls the ghost Angel instead of Bhooth, and the two become friends. Priyanshu Chatterjee plays Amitabh’s son in this movie. The film began shooting on 18 October 2007 and released worldwide on 9 May 2008.

Aditya (Shahrukh Khan) is an Engineer on a cruise line, and lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Anjali (Juhi Chawla), and a school-going son, Aman (Aman Siddiqui). They decide to re-locate to Goa and rent a bungalow, 'Nath Villa', that was built in 1964. They are made aware that the bungalow is haunted, but they disregard this. While Aditya returns to work, Aman is enrolled in St. Francis High School, and Anjali hires a drunken thief, Anthony (Rajpal Yadav), as a helper to clean the house. Shortly thereafter Aman starts getting in trouble in school, and is reprimanded by Principal J.J. Irani (Satish Shah). To make matters worse, he also starts making up stories of a new friend 'Bhoothnath'. Anjali disregards this, but during a stage performance, a local resident tells her that Aman is mimicking the former owner of Nath Villa. Anjali will soon find out that indeed the bungalow is haunted by its former owner - Kailash Nath (Amitabh Bachchan) - who has taken a morbid liking to Aman, and will not permit them to vacate the house under any circumstance. However, after Aditya performs Kailash Nath's post-death ceremony, Kailash attains salvation and returns to heaven, promising to return whenever Aman needs him.

* Amitabh Bachchan .... Kailash Bhoothnath Nath

* Aman Siddiqui .... Aman Banku Sharma

* Shahrukh Khan .... Aditya Sharma

* Juhi Chawla .... Anjali Sharma

* Priyanshu Chatterjee .... Vijay Nath

* Neena Kulkarni .... Mrs Nath

* Tejas .... Jojo

* Satish Shah .... Principal J.J. Irani

* Delnaaz Paul .... Jojo's Mother

* Rajpal Yadav .... Anthony

* Aashish Chaudhary .... Rohan (Special Appearance)

* Nauheed Cyrusi .... Tina (Special Appearance)

The film received favourable reviews. Appreciating the way the film was directed at shot. The reviews were positive. The movie was also applaused for not being that scary for the kids.