Bhoot The Haunted Ship: Film Review
Samay Tamrkar | Last Updated: Friday, 21 February 2020 (18:08 IST)
Ram Gopal Varma had made a great film under the name Bhoot and now Karan Johar has produced the horror plus thriller film by the same name.
In most horror films, the initial atmosphere is made good. Curiosity is created in the audience. They are intimidated. I am forced to think why is this happening?
But when the turn comes to answer this question, most films disappoint. The same goes for 'Bhoot: Part One - The Haunted Ship'.
As is evident from the name of the film itself, it has a story of a ship named 'Sea Bird'. It is said that it is ghostly.
This old, rusty ship, which has no one, has come to the shores of Mumbai. Prithvi (Vicky Kaushal) works in the company tasked with removing the ship.
Prithvi is also a victim of depression as he has lost his wife Sapna (Bhumi Pednekar) and daughter Megha in an accident. He often sees both of them.
When Vicky searches for Sea Bird, strange incidents happen with him. He also gets some old papers and CDs, through which he gets to know what happened in this ship earlier.
The film is directed and written by Bhanupratap Singh. He has used the ship only to show something different, but could not use it. Even if there was a house instead of a ship, the story does not matter.
The film leaves a lot of questions. How did this ship arrive? The ship is very large and high. How a couple approaches it is beyond comprehension. Whenever the Earth reaches this ship, no one else is around at that time. Was there any security arrangement when such a large ship arrived in Mumbai?
When the curtain is removed on why strange things are happening in the ship, it is very disappointing. It becomes difficult to believe the story. Brash things come to the fore and Climax also leaves many questions. Logic and common sense are also missed several times in the film.
Horror films are also expected to surprise and scare us. There are some such scenes, but not many. And these scenes do not have any special match with the story. The second half of the film is very weak.
Bhanu Pratap Singh could not do any good as a director. The film runs very slowly and by keeping too much darkness in the film, what did they want to prove?
The kind of horror and heartbreaking moments that are required in such films are missing from the film. They also wanted to make the film realistic, but there are some scenes and incidents that do not seem real. The two-hour film also seems to be quite long.
Vicky Kaushal binds the audience with his acting. His character did not have much dialogues and only through expressions did he work. Ashutosh Rana's character is of a useless nature. Hardly two-three scenes came on the part of Bhumi Pednekar.
Overall Ghost is an average film. Director Bhanu Pratap Singh failed to take advantage of big banners, budget and good artists.