Bhoothnath - To Each His Own
20th June 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu | | 330 viewsLooks like youre new here. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Meetu’s Review: The first half-second half syndrome strikes again. Bhoothnath starts off with imaginative use of animation and has a cute, very enjoyable first half. The latter half not only makes you sorely miss all of it, but also replaces it with lectures (albeit short), a depressing attitude towards youth that go abroad for better prospects, and very avoidable religious connotations.
Rating: Wait for video release
See full review
Here is what 25 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 2.9 / 5.0: 10 thumbs up, 9 so-so, 6 thumbs down.
Warning: clicking on “See full review” will take you to an external website which could contain spoilers.
Click here for meetu’s full review of this movie.
| Sapna Wong, All Bollywood … The first half of the movie is filled with youthful enthusiasm that will have both the young and young at heart smiling and giggling in their seats… See full review |
Nikhil Kumar, Apun Ka Choice …The story seems to go in circles as the film focuses on the adventures of the kid and the ghost until Bhoothnath?s past catches up with him. Thereon, the tongue-in-cheek humour of the film wisps out of the plot… See full review |
| Razeen Shameem, Bolly Spice …This could have easily been made into a movie that would have only attracted to kids, but with the right emotional quotient added, even the adults can enjoy it… See full review |
Daliya Daspurkayastha, Bollywood Mantra …To deal with such fiction requires high creative thinking and Vivek stand on this font…. See full review |
| Fatema H Kagalwala, Business of Cinema …A lack of energy is nevertheless evident right from the beginning to which the usually vibrant SRK too succumbs…. See full review |
Preeti Arora, Buzz18 …At this point the film begins sloping downhill. No sorry, it begins a sharp descent downwards… See full review |
| Deep, Deep’s Home …Graphics work was pretty good, I guess we have reached to a pretty good level in the field of GFX… See full review |
Shubra Gupta, Express India …Juhi Chawla’s chandelier danglers turn into studs within a sequence… See full review |
| Martin D’souza, Glamsham.com …Music is where the makers could have scored heavily, peppering the film with peppy numbers… See full review |
Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …And Mr Bachchan, you smiled, cried, smiled, cried, as if you were at a photo-session. Sincere tip: a crash refresher course at the Pune Film Institute might help…. See full review |
| Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …Problems arise somewhere beyond the half-way mark of Bhoothnath when this kids-friendly entertainer turns into something of a rona-dhona heavy Baghbaan rehash… See full review |
Savio Zacharia, Indiaglitz …The characters in the film have been so well sketched out and are indeed relevant to the storytelling process… See full review |
| Indicine …Vivek Sharma proves to be a excellent story-teller … He truly believes in the fact that content is king and it shows on screen… See full review |
Harshita Kohli, indya.com …Bhoothnath is definitely what the doctor ordered. For kids who are enjoying their summer break. For parents who need to keep the tiny tots occupied…. See full review |
| Vijay, MovieWalah …although it’s an intelligent stroke from a debutant director (Vivek Sharma), it falls short of being a masterpiece… See full review |
Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai Mirror …He lists yet another charming old-man’s role to a widely versatile repertoire of a leading man in his mid-60s…. See full review |
| Jahan Bakshi, Now Running.com …the attack of the Baghban clone aside, Bhoothnath itself isn’t too bad… See full review |
Subhash K Jha, Now Running.com …”Bhootnath” glides forward with the unconscious skill of a little boat in a tranquil lake… See full review |
| Lidia Ostepeev, Planet Bollywood …the first half of the film certainly feels padded and dreary… See full review |
Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam …Actingwise, Aman Siddqui is natural. His unrefined attitude glows onscreen… See full review |
| Raja Sen, Rediff …Bhoothnath is more than a bit of a drag, despite the lead players trying hard to make it stick…. See full review |
SearchIndia.com …Such is the banal story for which Vivek Sharma bears responsibility… See full review |
| Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies …Technically, the film is superb with cinematography, songs, background score and editing all excellent…. See full review |
Pankaj Shukla, SmasHits.com …’Bhootnath’ could have been a super duper hit, if there were even few songs to catch attention of kids… See full review |
| Kavita Ogale, Times Now …a tighter screenplay and avoiding the moralistic Baghban kind of sentimentality could have made Bhoothnath a much better film… See full review |