Dream Merchants Enterprise's Bhoot is an urban supernatural thriller set in Mumbai city.

Horror films in Hindi cinema have carved a space for their "Indianised" style, to present sinister night creatures, as the atma of the dead. But keeping the Kahi Deep Jale Kahi Dil.... trend in mind, director Ram Gopal Verma has given us a different twist and a different Bhoot!

Bhoot is spooky, bloodless and has strong acting as its plus points to prove there is someone with you... always.

Vishal (Ajay Devgan), a stock analyst, is in search for a flat for his wife Swati (Urmila Matondkar) and him. He finds the perfect place on the 12th floor of a tall apartment building. The flat has a problem - the previous occupant, a young woman, had plunged to her death from the balcony. But a non-superstitious Vishal does not let this affect his decision to shift in. He just neglects to inform Swati about this.

Eventually, Swati finds out about the young woman's death. She starts losing sleep and imagenes things. She gets distressed. What Vishal thinks is a psychological problem, begins to unravel into the unexplainable. He becomes helpless.

In a fight to save Swati, Vishal will have to reach out into the horrifying and discover the truth.

The murder at the interval point raises the expectations from the second half. Post-interval, more characters are introduced - Nana Patekar, Rekha, Tanuja, Fardeen Khan, Victor Banerjee… and the reasons that prompted the ghost to haunt the house are unveiled.

Urmila has proved her acting capabilities yet again, while Ajay Devgan has done his best to play the role of a helpless husband, for a change.

The film stands on one pillar of asumption - that of an "air" of superior evil that exists throughout the movie. Even without the formula themes of love-story or comedy, Bhoot has managed to create a box-office presence. Probably goes to prove that a good movie is not about formula alone.

The cinematography by Vishal Sinha talks for itself. And music by Salim-Sulaiman is spooky enough give you sleepless nights!

On the whole, Bhoot is a rewarding experience for the discerning horror fan. It has thrills and chills to entice, excite and scare the viewer.

-- Divya G