Finally, Bollywood breaks free from the Ramsay rut as the first horror film without any gore and spooky invasions arrives. Ram Gopal Veram's Bhoot doesn't involve any scary door sounds or 'Tantriks' but still it manages to send the chill down your spine with it's eeriness. Set in the backdrop of urban locality, Bhoot is a supernatural thriller sans graveyards.
Ajay Devgan plays Vishal, a stock analyst, who is looking for a flat for his wife Sawti (Urmila) and himself. Then he gets this nice place on the 12th floor of the building and here is the catch. The apartment witnessed the suicide of it`s previous owner who plunged from the balcony to death. But a non-superstitious Vishal does not let this affect his decision to shift in. He just neglects to inform Swati about this.
But Swati is not all comfortable with the idea and gets into distress. Vishal hires a reputed psychiatrist
Dr Rajan (Victor Banerjee) who tells him his wife suffers from a multiple personality disorder. The maidservant
(Seema Biswas) of the house is convinced that Swati is possessed by a ghost and he should get an exorcist to tackle the situation.
Performances are pretty crisp but the film belongs to Urmila all the way. Ajay Devgan enacts a role with an aplomb. Fardeen Khan has a small but significant role. Rekha and Tanuja proves yet again that they are a dependable performers. Seema Biswas as an unhinged housemaid and Nana Patekar as hard-nosed cop are all in fine nick.
Dwarak Warrier's sound effects and Salim-Sulaiman's background score succeeds in scaring you.
Vishal Sinha's cinematography is appealing. Though Bhoot loses it's grip in the end but still it mamages to deliver what it promised.
