Ghost Stories is a 2020 Indian Bollywood anthology horror film, consisting of four short film segments directer is Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap. It is co-producer is Ronnie Screwvala and Ashi Dua under their production banner RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment respectively.The film features an ensemble cast including Mrunal Thakur, Avinash Tiwary, Janhvi Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vijay Varma and Pavail Gulati.It was released on Netflix on January 1, 2020.
Ghost Stories is the third of three anthology films from Johar, Banerjee, Akhtar and Kashyap, being preceded Bombay Talkies in 2013 and Lust Stories in 2018, the latter also being released on Netflix.
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- Directer : Karan Johar,Dibakar Banerjee,Zoya Akhtar,Anurag Kashyap
- Producer : Ronnie Screwvala,Ashi Dua
- Writter : Karan Johar,Dibakar Banerjee,Zoya Akhtar,Isha Luthra,Avinash Sampath
- Starring : Sobhita Dhulipala,Mrunal Thakur,Avinash Tiwary,Janhvi Kapoor,Surekha Sikri
- Cinematography : Sylvester Fonseca,Tanay Satam,Kamaljeet Negi,Manu Anand,Mitesh Mirchandani,Ranjan Palit
- Film Editing : Nitin Baid,Konark Saxena
- Production company : RSVP Movies,Flying Unicorn Entertainment
- Distributer : Netflix
- Casting : Ravi Ahuja ,Mukesh Chhabra,Nikita Grover,Rachita Kapoor,Gautam Kishanchandani,Karan Mally
- Production Design : Tiya Tejpal
- Art Direction : Yashika Gor,Dino Shankar
- Set Decoration : Seema Yadav
- Costume Design : Eka Lakhani, Sawant Prashant
- Makeup Department : Kelly Donahue,Zuby Johal,Logan Long,Manny Samra,Rajiv Subba,Poonam Surve
- Special Effects : Risabh Banshkar,Kelly Donahue,Zuby Johal,Logan Long,Rajiv Subba
- Visual Effects : Arpan Gaglani,Amit Jain,Jitendra Mishra,Kamlesh Pandit,Dhrutiranjan Sahoo
- Stunts : Ajay Thakur
- Genres : Horror | Thriller
- Release date : 1 January 2020
- Running time : 144 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Story :
The winning team of LUST STORIES unite to tell some spine – chilling tales. Ghost Stories is a 2020 Indian anthology horror film, consisting of four short film segments directed by Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap. It serves a sequel to the 2013 and 2018 films – Bombay Talkies and Lust Stories respectively.
Star Cast :
Zoya Akhtar’s segment
- Janhvi Kapoor as Sameera
- Surekha Sikri as Mrs. Malik
- Vijay Varma as Guddu
Anurag Kashyap’s segment
- Sobhita Dhulipala as Neha
- Sagar Arya as Neha’s husband
- Zachary Braz as Ansh
- Pavail Gulati as Ansh’s father
Dibakar Banerjee’s segment
- Sukant Goel as Visitor
- Aditya Shetty as Little Boy
- Eva Ameet Pardeshi as Little Girl
- Gulshan Devaiah as girl’s Daddy
Karan Johar’s segment
- Mrunal Thakur as Ira
- Avinash Tiwary as Dhruv
- Jyoti Subhash as Dhruv’s Granny
- Kitu Gidwani as Dhruv’s Mother
- Sumit Tandon as Dhruv’s Father
- Namrata Chopra as Ira’s Mother
- Kusha Kapila as Misha
- Shataf Figar as Ira’s Father
- Heeba N Shah as Shanti
Production :
In April 2019, it was announced that Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Karan Johar will be reuniting again after Bombay Talkies and Lust Stories for a horror film for Netflix.In August, Akhtar began shooting for her segment with Vijay Varma and Janhvi Kapoor.In September, Kashyap began filming for his segment with Sobhita Dhulipala and Pavail Gulati.Mrunal Thakur and Avinash Tiwary have been cast for Johar’s segment.Karan Johar found his story through a talent agency and started shooting for his segment of the anthology on 1 October 2019 in Goa.
Reception :
Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV rated the movie 2.5 stars (out of 5) with review “Let alone genuine jump scares, the film does not even eke out moments that could be deemed spine-chilling”.
Swetha Ramakrishnan rated the movie 3 stars (out of 5) on Firstpost “Dibakar Banerjee’s political short film elevates an otherwise bland anthology that just isn’t scary”
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