Bhoot and Friends

Bhoot and Friends is a 2010 Indian action adventure horror-comedy film directed by Karanjeet "Kittu" Saluja. The film has got "U" certificate by CBFC. The film opened up to negative reviews and was a box-office disaster, collecting same amount as budget of 1.5 crore.

The film revolves around four kids on summer holidays at their maternal grandmother's home. They meet a friendly ghost with magical powers who helps them in finding a precious treasure called "Neelmani Ka Khazana" (transl. Blue sapphire's treasure).

• Jackie Shroff as Bhanu Pratap Singh / Bhoot (transl. Ghost)
• Ashwin Mushran as Gora Sa'ab / Gora Sahab (transl. English man)
• Markand Soni as Raghav
• Tejas Rahate as Ali
• Ishita Panchal as Roma
• Akash Nair as Igloo
• Aditya Lakhia as Ali's Father
• Nishikant Dixit as Sharmaji Manager
• Faiz Khan as Hakla
• Sushil Pandey as Banke
• Ashish Kattar as Raghav's father

The film is also directed by three additional directors named: Harish Kumar Patel, Brijesh Singh and Kuldeep Yadav. The stunts were added by Hanif Sheikh.

Film is initially going to release on 24 December along with Toonpur Ka Superhero as Christmas bonanza, but postponed till last date of year due to clash with Tees Mar Khan. The film is released theatrically on New Year's Eve of 2011 but only on 25 prints.

The film is currently available on Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime and Youtube, and is often broadcast by Cartoon Network India.

The film has grossed an estimated ₹1.5 lakh (US$1,800), against a huge budget of ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) and declared as "disaster" by Box Office India. It earned ₹25,000 on first day, ₹75,000 on first weekend and a sum of ₹1,00,000,000 on its first week.

The film has received generally mixed to negative reviews by critics.

In 2019, an animated series based on the film is produced by the same production company, directed by Ramji Achary, and is currently provided by Amazon Prime. The series consists of 10 episodes, each of 10 minutes.

• Bhoot and Friends at IMDb