Rohit Khilnani says Bhoot Returns has quite a few nail-biting moments but ends abruptly.While Ram Gopal Verma's 2003 film
Bhoot was widely appreciated for some genuine edge-of-the-seat moments, the sequel
Bhoot Returns merely plays around with the old plot and offers a rather abrupt end.
There is no doubt that Ramu knows his craft well and is a director who knows how to use technology. In
Bhoot he played with sound effects and now in
Bhoot Returns he has sound effects along with 3D!
His standard under-the-table shots work very well in the 3D format. For those who enjoy the horror genre,
Bhoot Returns has enough to offer.
The setting is pretty much the same. Another family, another house (this time a bungalow) and a ghost who haunts the four walls. Tarun (J D Chakravarthi) and Namrata (Manisha Koirala) along with their kids move in to a beautiful bungalow which is on offer for a very low rent.
The family that stayed in the house before them has gone missing but no one seems to bother when and where they vanished. The house is haunted by Shabbu, an invisible ghost who is only visible to the couple's six year old daughter Nimmi.
Shabbu gives Nimmi a doll to break the ice. After that scary things happen in the house ever single night. The house help and Tarun's sister Pooja (Madhu Shalini) -- who has come over to stay during her holidays --