Ramgopal Varma's latest movie Bhoot is a gritty supernatural thriller set in Mumbai city.
The film revolves around Vishal (Ajay Devgan), a stock analyst, and his wife Swati (Urmila Matondakar). The two are in search for a flat in Mumbai.
Vishal finds the perfect place on the 12th floor of a high-rise apartment building. However, the apartment has a horrifying past. The previous occupant of the flat, a young woman, had jumped from the balcony and died.
But Vishal is not a superstitious man so he simply ignores such tales. He does not even care to inform Swati about the story he has heard from people.
The two shift into their new apartment. From day one Swati begins to sense surreptitious and spooky movements inside the flat. At first she turns a blind eye but later she gets more aware of some ghostly presence inside the house.
Eventually, Swati finds out about the young woman's death. She becomes so much in grip of phobia that she begins to see things. Her mind conjures up images of apparitions and soon she gets convinced that a Bhoot haunts their flat.
On the other hand, Vishal thinks Swati suffers from some psychological problem. Little does he know that in a fight to save his wife, he will have to reach out into the horrifying and discover the truth.
The highlight of Bhoot is its nail biting plot and Varma's stylized cinematic presentation. The director uses the background music and close up shots to create the right atmospherics. Moreover, the movie has no songs because of which the flow of the narrative is not broken.
Even the romantic track between Ajay and Urmila has been treated differently. Unlike other Bollywood movies, the intimacy between the couple is more mature. Another highlight of the movie is its duration of 1 hour 59 minutes.
Post interval, Varma introduces more characters - Nana Patekar, Rekha, Tanuja, Fardeen Khan, Victor Banerjee... and the reasons that prompted the ghost to haunt the house are unveiled.
In a nutshell Bhoot is atmospheric, spooky and bloodless. And the commendable performances by its key players, propped by Varma's sleek direction, sends the shivers down the spines of the viewers.
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