Lord of ghosts)[1] is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Vivek Sharma, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav and featuring Shah Rukh Khan in an extended cameo appearance.

A sequel titled Bhoothnath Returns, written and directed by Nitesh Tiwari, was released on 11 April 2014; it shares a remote connection with the original.

One windy night, a young couple sneaks into the Nath Villa, a huge bungalow in Goa, only to discover that a ghost haunts the house, causing them to flee.

Days later, Aditya, an engineer working on a cruise line, moves into the villa for a year along with his wife Anjali and his son Banku.

On that night, Banku sneaks into the living room to eat ice-cream and encounters a ghost named Kailash Nath.

Things become comical when Banku displays no fear of him despite various attempts by Bhoothnath to scare him off and drive him out of the house.

One day, Bhoothnath tries to scare Banku again while he is on the edge of the stairs, but it instead results in startling him and causing him to fall down and sustain a head injury, much to his shock.

Many years ago, Kailash had a happy family with his wife Nirmala, his son Vijay and his grandson Vibhut.

Aditya, returning from his work after hearing of the story, believes in Bhoothnath's existence after Banku points at a moving chair.

But Banku is only told that they are "celebrating his birthday" (as the kid is too young to understand the meaning of the ceremony and funeral).

Guilt-ridden, Vijay arrives during the ceremony and apologizes for his mistakes and tells Aditya and Anjali that they can live permanently in the house.

Bachchan and the original production team announced a sequel, titled Bhoothnath Returns, which was co-written and directed by Nitesh Tiwari, and released on 11 April 2014.