HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Bhoot Unkle : Movie Review07th Oct 2006 16.30 IST By Neha Kewal This friendly ghost is going to have a tough time on the box-office. You can’t create a Captain Jack Sparrow out of Jackie Shroff . The handsome actor’s get-up as Bhoot Unkle bears an unapologetic resemblance to Johnny Depp’s in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series. And Jackie as Bhoot Unkle also happens to be cursed. 
Bhoot Unkle is a film made for little kids. But there is a bleak chance that it will either entertain or enlighten its target audience. The director has tried to add some spooky chills and kiddie thrills in the movie, but they lack the punch to entertain kids today. The movie’s story revolves around little kid Shyam (Dev Kantawala), who is an orphan. The unfortunate child leads a life full of problems and hardships. The little boy has a bad aunt who tortures him and makes his life hell. Then, one fine day, Shyam lands in a haunted lighthouse. Therein comes some twist in the story. He finds a missing idol of lord Shiva and there he meets Bhoot Unkle (Jackie Shroff), who is trapped inside the lighthouse from last hundred years and will get “Mukti” only if the idol reaches its right place. The little one takes the responsibility of taking the idol to its place. But it is not so easy. A corrupt and greedy MLA (Akhilendra Mishra) is also out to get the idol. ‘Bhoot Unkle’ had the potential to become a thorough entertainer for kids if only the director had given the right execution to the storyline. Still, some scenes in the first half are quite engaging. But the second half is an absolute disaster with poor jokes and low-grade visual effects and cinematography. The director has used poor animation in the movie, which fails to entertain a child. The whole idea of animation kills the film which is already half dead. Jackie Shroff as a friendly ghost has neither the required charm nor the conviction for the role. The kid, Dev Kantawala, is the true hero of the movie. He delivers a notable performance. Other actors, Akhilendra Mishra and Rasika Joshi (as the scolding aunt), are passable. To sum it up, ‘Bhoot Unkle’ fails to capture the imagination of viewers. The film neither spooks, nor entertains. Related Jackie Shroff Bhoot Unkle | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Amitabh Bachchan – a fighter in health and sickness ~ Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized on his 66th birthday ~ Preity Zinta played cupid for Isha Koppikar ~ Mallika Sherawat to play oomph diva from south ~ 'Fashion is the emotional journey of a model' ~ Hello – Movie Review ~ Akshay Kumar replaces Amitabh in Deepa Mehta film ~ Mona Singh joins '3 Idiots' ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Amitabh Bachchan to stay in hospital for 2-3 days ~ Amitabh Bachchan to return as a game show host ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Hello, Drona, Kidnap, Welcome To Sajjanpur, Hulla, The Last Lear, 1920, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, Ru-Ba-Ru, A Wednesday, Rock On, Phoonk, Chamku, Dostana , Heroes , Karzzzz , Golmaal Returns MUSIC Drona , Kidnap celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | more... POPULAR WALLPAPERS Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Salman Khan | Aishwarya Rai | Shahrukh Khan | Akshay Kumar | Kareena Kapoor | Ranbir Kapoor | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Mallika Sherawat | Rani Mukherjee | Hrithik Roshan | Vidya Balan | Amrita Rao | Genelia D'Souza | Sneha Ullal | Riya Sen | Preity Zinta | Bipasha Basu | Minissha Lamba | Ayesha Takia | Imran Khan | Nigar Khan | John Abraham | Sherlyn Chopra MOVIE TRAILERS & VIDEOS Drona | Kidnap | Hello | Fashion | EMI | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Raat Gayi Baat Gayi | Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai | Aashayein | Paathshaala | Dostana | Toonpur Ka Superhero | Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi | Rang Rasiya | Chal Chala Chal | Heroes | Karzz | Horn Ok Please | Golmaal Returns | Ghajini | Yuvvraaj | Kambakth Ishq | Dil Kabaddi | Billoo Barber | | 
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