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Bhoot (2003)

Bhoot poster
Original title
भूत
Directed by
Ram Gopal Varma
Genre
horror film, speculative fiction film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
A
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman moves into a new apartment with her husband. She begins to experience strange and frightening events that suggest a ghost is present.

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What happens

Bhoot (transl. Ghost) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and stars an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, Urmila Matondkar, Nana Patekar, Rekha, Fardeen Khan (in a cameo) and Tanuja. It is the second horror film made by Ram Gopal Verma after Raat. The film was perceived to be different from a typical Hindi film as it did not feature the songs composed for it. The film was later dubbed in Telugu as 12 Va Anthasthu and remade in Tamil as Shock. Bhoot was a box-office hit. Urmila won several accolades and awards for her performance as a possessed wife. Over the years, it has been considered one of the best Bollywood horror films of all time. Verma made a sequel called Bhoot Returns which was released on 12 October 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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