Bhool Bhulaiyaa movie poster
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Release Date 12 October, 2007
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Budget ₹30 crores
Box Office India ₹52 crores
Box Office Worldwide ₹84 crores
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Synopsis

Siddharth brings his wife Avni back to the ancestral Indian palace where he is king. Their happiness is short-lived, as a vengeful ghost seems to awaken in the house. With everyone suspecting someone within the family, it’s up to the seemingly bumbling Dr. Aditya Shrivastav to unravel the mystery.

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Day-wise Box Office Collections

First Day₹3.88 crores
Saturday₹4.49 crores
Sunday₹6 crores
First Weekend₹14.37 crores
First Week₹23.5 crores
Second Week₹14.06 crores
Third Week₹6.08 crores
Lifetime India (net)₹52 crores
Worldwide Gross₹84 crores
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True Adj Domestic Net ₹121.16 (
+69.16
) crores
True Adj Worldwide Gross ₹195.72 (
+111.72
) crores

Movie Reception

Bhool Bhulaiyaa is one of the successful films of 2006. The movie took a good start and grew well over the first weekend. The strong word of mouth of the audience helped the film to hold well over the first week and it earned over Rs. 20 crores in its first week.

The movie declined on a low-note in the second week and collected around Rs. 14 crores in the theatres. Due to the strong performance of the film in the next couple of weeks, it managed to take its lifetime total over Rs. 50 crores. In the overseas theatres, Bhool Bhulaiya also received an excellent response from the audience and its worldwide total grossed over Rs. 80 crores.

Full Cast & Characters

ACTOR NAMECHARACTER NAME
Akshay KumarDr. Aditya Shrivastav
Ameesha PatelRadha
Vidya BalanAvni Chaturvedi/Manjulika
Shiney AhujaSiddharth Chaturvedi
Paresh RawalBatukshankar Upadhyay
Rajpal YadavNatwar aka Chhote Pandit
AsraniMurari
Vkram GokhaleAcharya Yagyaprakash Bharti
Manoj JoshiBadrinarayan 'Badri' Chaturvedi
Rasika JoshiJanki Upadhyay
Tarina PatelNandini Upadhyay
VineethProfessor Sharad Prahlad / Shashidhar

Fun Facts & Triva

  • Because of the popularity of the song "Hare Ram Hare Krishna", it was added after few weeks in the film.
  • Saif Ali Khan was approached first for the role of Dr. Aditya Srivastava.
  • Abhishek Bachchan was asked to play Shiney Ahuja's role but he turned out.
  • Akshay Kumar was the first choice to play the male lead.
  • The film is a remake of the Malayalam movie, "Manichithrathazhu" and it is also inspired from the Hindi movie Poonam Ki Raat.
  • Rani Mukerji was first offered the role of Avni, which was later played by the actress, Vidya Balan.

Official Trailer