n this endeavour, he is well supported by veterans like Satish Shah and Rajpal Yadav. Juhi Chawla as Anjali Sharma and a special appearance by Shah Rukh all add to the story, but the crowd stealer is Amitabh as Bhootnath. Aman Siddiqui as Banku( Aman Sharma), the mischievous kid with a heart of gold is great. His interactions with Bhootnath form the back bone of this much awaited summer releaseIt’s believed that children have the strongest connection to god. They have the ability to perceive Goodness in everything and everyone.
JSo while the rest of the city trembles at the thought of the family staying there, Banku is too busy making friends with Nath whom he calls his Angel. For Banku there is nothing like a ghost. Slowly and steadily the two forge a deep friendship much to everyone’s confusion because no one but Banku can see this so called AngelDuring one incident Banku with the help of his Angel gets his school mate out of trouble. But this only causes a rumour spreading fast across the school about Banku’s special friend. As a result the principal hauls both Banku and Anjali into his office and gives him the final warning. Anjali upset with her son’s constant mischief reprimands him and gives him a slap. Unable to prove himself, Banku sulks and doesn’t speak to either Bhoothnath or his motherHowever, soon its time for Banku’s fancy dress competition and when another mother comments on how Banku is dressed exactly like ‘Nath uncle’ does reality hit home for Anjali. Heading home after the competition with Banku, Anjali comes home to find herself dealing with a group of builders who have been given permission by Nath’s son Vijay (Priyanshu Chatterji) to build a resort there. Hearing this Nath gets very angry and raises a storm – literally! And that’s when she finally comes face to face with her son’s Angel and learns the real truth about Nath and his ghostly existence.Now that Anjali knows of Bhothnath she sets about helping his ghost to finally stop wandering. And how after setting up a ‘shrad’ ( prayer maturity is an excellent foil to the lighthearted ‘patients’ Warsi,Yadav, Khan and Menon.Not too many of our leading ladies get to play psychiatrists. Lately, starlet Pinky Harwani starred as ahrink whom the troubled Sammir Dattani wNot too many cineastes would recall Juhi Chawla’s presence in a Rakesh Roshan film.But nudge your memory, and you’ll recall her in the director’s ill-fasted “Karobaar” in 2000 where she played Rishi Kapoor’s wife who’s tempted to spend a night with business tycoon Anil KapoorThe remake of the Robert Redford-Demi Moore starrer “An Indecent Proposal” was a fiasco.That’s because the film got delayed. By the time ‘Karobaar’
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