39-555: Vikram Bhatt (born 27 January 1969) is an Indian director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the Raaz film series , an Indian horror series produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt and for directing Ghulam (1998) starring Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherji , which was also produced by Mukesh Bhatt . For both of these films, he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Director . Formerly, he
78-451: A scythe and had written ' Om ' on his body. The man, horrified by what he is seeing, flees from there. The story then shifts to a model in her early 20s, Nandita Chopra ( Kangana Ranaut ) who is in love with Yash, ( Adhyayan Suman ) a director and host of the reality show "Andhvishwas" a show dealing with various superstitions of two ghosts and tantric voodoos. Yash gifts Nandita an apartment where they start living and they love each other, in
117-449: A business party, where Aditya seems too busy to pay heed to the fact that his wife is longing to talk to him. She snatches the car keys from Aditya's pocket and leaves the party to return home. On her frantic drive home, she hears a voice in her head and loses control of the car. However, miraculously, she escapes the accident unscathed. After her recovery, Sanjana asks her husband for a divorce; Aditya, however, realises his fault and suggests
156-505: A business trip, Rehaan receives a frantic call from Shaina requesting for help. She is found holed up in a telephone booth in a rural area. Apparently, she had gone there to visit a clairvoyant. And thence, the narrative juggles back and forth as to what plagues them and what leads her to the clairvoyant. The local priest cannot do much about it. The ghost knows the priest's past. So, a blind Indian student studying psychometry in Romania enters
195-487: A director began with the film Jaanam , which was produced by Mukesh Bhatt . His first four films did not fare well at the box office; his first successful directorial venture was Fareb . Following this, he had a string of successful films such as Ghulam , Kasoor , Raaz and Awara Paagal Deewana . After Awara Paagal Deewana , he gave flops like Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage , Deewane Huye Paagal and Ankahee . Ghulam and Raaz earned him nominations for
234-502: A few years of their marriage. Apparently they lived there when they were unmarried. But when Rehaan got an offer as a Venture Capitalist for the East European Finance Company, Shaina was insistent that he take up the job. Rehaan was reluctant, he had a secret to hide. On the very first day, while unpacking her luggage, Shaina experiences paranormal activities. Rehaan refuses to believe her. A month later, while on
273-535: A passionate affair with a handsome director named Aditya Arora ( Emraan Hashmi ). This all ends when a younger actress, Sanjana Krishna ( Esha Gupta ) makes her film debut. In place of Shanaya, Sanjana comes into spotlight and begins to snatch away her awards. Suddenly, Shanaya seems forgotten and everybody only wants to work with Sanjana. Soon enough, Shanaya sees her career fading away and her envy slowly becomes craziness. She begins to turn to black magic and makes it her goal in life to destroy Sanjana's career and make her
312-412: A rebranding along with a change from the blue rectangular logo to a ruby red star with the tagline "Rishta Wahi, Soch Nayi" (Same Relationship, New Thinking). The signature tune was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and rendered by Shreya Ghoshal . On 7 November 2016, it underwent a rebranding with the tagline "Nayi Soch" (New Thinking). On 27 May 2018, it underwent a rebranding with Alia Bhatt as
351-500: A result the agreement of Balaji buying Star's stake was terminated. Both suffered some downfall after it. However, after two years, they patched up and Tere Liye was the show produced after it in 2010. During the slight downfall in viewership in the end of the 2000s the No.1 position dominated by it for nine years continuously was beaten by the rival channel Colors TV in April 2009 for
390-411: A vacation to work out their problems. He offers Sanjana a trip to any corner of the world for some days and Sanjana chooses to return to Ooty (where their relationship first began) to save their failing marriage. In Ooty they stay in the same bungalow behind which Nisha was attacked. Initially, the couple enjoy their stay at the cottage but soon Sanjana starts experiencing mysterious things, such as hearing
429-491: A woman screaming in the forest behind the cottage and inexplicable falling of objects. She later learns that their housekeeper's husband, Robert, also used to hear strange voices from the forest, and that he ran from the house in fear once he could bear it no more. The story starts with an American visiting the Kalindi Temple at night. There he sees the priest of the temple in a horrific state – he had slit his body with
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#1732790073590468-645: Is being used by students in the United States, Canada, Norway, Slovenia and Sri Lanka. Bhatt's scripts for Khamoshiyan , 1920: Evil Returns and 1920 are set to turn into novels and release in January 2015. Bhatt was married to his childhood sweetheart, Aditi Bhatt (div. 1998), and they have a daughter, Krishna Bhatt. Bhatt shares a great bond with his daughter and she has been assisting him on his sets. Bhatt reportedly dated Ameesha Patel for five years and had also reportedly dated Sushmita Sen sometime in
507-470: The second film was directed by Mohit Suri released in 2009. The first three films were financial successes but the fourth film failed to perform well at the box office. The film starts with a group of college students enjoying a picnic in a beautiful forest in Ooty . One of the girls, Nisha ( Mink Brar ) in that group, dies after being attacked under mysterious circumstances outside a bungalow in front of
546-562: The Filmfare Award for Best Director . In 2008, Bhatt came back with the horror genre and he delivered three films that were successful at the box office; these include 1920 . Shaapit and Haunted – 3D . In 2010, Bhatt introduced stereoscopic 3D for the first time in India with his film Haunted – 3D ; the film was released in May 2011 and it then set the record of the highest grossing Hindi horror film of all time, making Rs. 270 million at
585-509: The TV Show Ishq Kills based on Real Life Romances on Star Plus . Bhatt's movies, 1920: Evil Returns 's social media promotion campaign was studied by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore . The management institute assessed Internet activities and campaigns; the team finally establish the connection between box office collections and promotions on social media. This case study is published by Harvard Business Publishing and
624-583: The United States in November 2004. The channel's high-definition feed was launched on 15 April 2011. It carries the same schedule as the SD feed, but with different commercials. StarPlus HD was set to launch in both the United Kingdom and Ireland by the end of 2011, but it was delayed until 5 July 2012. On 6 October 2017, Canada's ATN Channel lost rights to Star programming, with viewers directed to
663-409: The bathroom. Prithvi saves her and admits her to a hospital. Yash arrives to the hospital and learns about her pregnancy and also her miscarriage due to excessive bleeding. She complains to Yash about Prithvi, and Yash gets him arrested, though he is released later on. The story revolves around Shanaya Shekhar ( Bipasha Basu ), an ambitious actress who obsesses over her career. In addition, she also has
702-504: The box office. In 2012, Bhatt's Raaz 3: The Third Dimension recorded domestic box office collection of Rs. 729 million after the 3rd weekend and the overseas collection was at 46 million. Riding high with the success, Bhatt is writing another horror-thriller for Bipasha in the central role, with a more shocking image than Raaz 3 . Following the success of Raaz 3, Vikram Bhatt's written Hindi horror film 1920: Evil Returns which has been directed by debutant Bhushan Patel topped
741-594: The channel at No. 1 position since. Most of the series (80-90%) aired in the channel during that period were produced by Balaji Telefilms. 70% of the revenue for the production house was obtained from Star then. After 2006, their top rated shows started to decline in viewership and were axed one by one by the channel. However, during 2008, differences arouse between Star India and Balaji due to termination of their serials over declining ratings, cancellation of joint venture for regional content in South India and as
780-493: The chief assistant on the sets of Agneepath . This film turned out to be a cult classic, though not very successful at the box office. Subsequently, Bhatt worked with director Shekhar Kapur for two and a half years and later with director Mahesh Bhatt for two years approximately. He has been an assistant director on the sets of several successful films including Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Junoon . His career as
819-588: The face of the campaign with the red crystal star with gold swoosh along with the tagline "Rishta Wahi, Baat Nayi" (Same Relationship, New Conversations), and signature song composed by A. R. Rahman . On 30 December 2020, Disney announced that the Star branding in the Netherlands would be replaced with Utsav from 22 January 2021. On 22 January 2021, StarPlus became Utsav Plus in the UK and Europe. In 2000, StarPlus
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#1732790073590858-412: The films will be directed by Bhatt himself. In early 2013, Bhatt announced his upcoming projects, Creature 3D , India's First 3D Monster Movie with Bipasha Basu in the lead role and 1920 London, third in the 1920 series. Vikram Bhatt will mark his foray into Marathi cinema with 'Ek Doosrey Ke Liye', which will be directed by Ashwini Kumar Patil. Starting from 16 February 2014, he would be seen hosting
897-741: The first time pushing it to second position. During last week of May 2009, it was beaten by Zee TV for the first time in nine years, pushing it to third position and only Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai has maintained its ratings among Top 10. After Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai maintaining its ratings among Top 10, few other shows like Saath Nibhaana Saathiya , Diya Aur Baati Hum , Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai , Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? , Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya helped StarPlus to regain their position into Top 10. On week 12 of 2020, while it dropped to fifth position in Hindi GEC while overall at sixth position in India,
936-409: The first weekend collection chart at the box office and the approximate collection was Rs 124.3 million nett. The movie further collected approx Rs 37.5 million nett in the second Weekend, taking the total to Rs 228.6 million nett. The film has been declared a 'hit'. Soon after, Bhatt signed a deal with Bhushan Kumar's T-Series to produce 5 films of sci-fi, thriller and horror genre. Two of
975-523: The following week the channel did not even feature in top ten Indian channels owing COVID-19 pandemic when production and new episodes broadcast were halted and reruns began. However, in week 15 it returned to the top ten. Post first lockdown, in 2020, a new lineup of shows like Anupamaa , Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin , Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2 , Imlie and Pandya Store helped StarPlus regain their position. From 2 October 2022, StarPlus extended its fiction airtime band to seven days
1014-418: The forest. She had attacked her boyfriend too, who, though injured, managed to live on. She was rushed to the hospital, where just before dying, her facial look and voice changed completely for a short while, thus confusing all the attending doctors. Professor Agni Swaroop ( Ashutosh Rana ), who is supposedly an expert in phenomena involving the unexplained and the supernatural is called by the police to look into
1053-472: The game. Then, enters Aditya Srivastava ( Emraan Hashmi , Shaina's former boyfriend) to rescue his lady love from the evil spirit. Aditya has some strange premonition about all the events taking place in Shaina's life. He offers to help her to fight the spirit and free his lady love from all the pain she is going through. Although, Shaina does not believe him at first, certain series of events make her believe that
1092-482: The matter. Prof. Swaroop and the police visit the forest at the same place where Nisha was attacked and after investigating from Nisha's boyfriend, Prof. Swaroop declares that she was attacked by a spirit. He further reveals that this spirit has waked for some purpose and it will not stop until that purpose is fulfilled. The story then turns to Sanjana Dhanraj ( Bipasha Basu ) and Aditya Dhanraj ( Dino Morea ) in Mumbai in
1131-442: The meantime Nandita gets pregnant. One evening, Nandita encounters Prithvi ( Emraan Hashmi ), an aspiring artist who is in search of his masterpiece. Prithvi tells Nandita that he made a sketch 4 months ago of a girl, who is actually Nandita. He also shows her a painting where she is lying with her wrist slit. He warns her of any type of danger. Regardless, Nandita accidentally slits her wrist due to an unknown ghostly attack on her in
1170-469: The mid 1990s, after she became Miss Universe 1994 . He married art connoisseur Shwetambari Soni in 2020. vikram,bhatt-biography[हिंदी] Raaz (film series) Raaz ( transl. The Secret ) is an Indian horror film series produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt under the banner of Vishesh Films . The first , third and fourth films were directed by Vikram Bhatt , released in 2002, 2012 and 2016 respectively, and
1209-529: The new streaming service Hotstar , which was recently introduced into the Canadian market. On 1 October 2023, ATN relaunched Star Plus in Canada. On 4 January 2019, Star similarly shut down its linear channels in the United States, in favour of Hotstar. On 14 September 2023, Dish Network and Sling TV relaunched Star Plus and other Disney Star channels in the United States. On 14 June 2010, it underwent
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1248-528: The next day - 1 July 2000 (from April 1996 to June 2000, StarPlus was a bilingual TV channel consisting of Hindi and English programmes), with Star World becoming the network's English-language counterpart channel. The company's CEO Sameer Nair and programming chief Tarun Katial introduced a number of new shows, which helped solidify the channel's position as a large influence in Hindi-language television broadcasting. The channel launched in
1287-625: The pain of loss. She seeks help of her uncle sonu (Sunil Dhariwal), a tantrik who helps her to practice black magic and calls upon an evil entity, Tara Dutt (Manish Chowdhary). She asks him to make Sanjana's life a living hell. Tara agrees to help haunt and torture Sanjana until she becomes suicidal. He asks Shanaya to give her a black poison through a person she trusts. Shanaya seduces Aditya to do it for her and whenever he feels guilty, she makes him accept again. Aditya, whose sympathy for Sanjana has turned into love, leaves Shanaya and refuses to listen her any more. Now Shanaya must work on her own to defeat
1326-483: The power of love. The film delivers the message of – "Some people forget everything and run behind mere fame that gets destroyed by time. They do not know that the only thing that remains is the love that we have not just for ourselves, but also for our co-beings. That when we strive, not for ourselves, but for others, that Raaz (secret) is referred to as Life." On 1 January 2016. Rehaan Khanna ( Gaurav Arora ) and Shaina Khanna ( Kriti Kharbanda ) return to Romania after
1365-504: The same day which became the second most watched show in 2000, which soon beat KBC after the new year to the number one position, held for the next 6 years, while StarPlus emerged as the most watched channel. This followed Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii in October 2000 and later Kasautii Zindagi Kay a year after it and many more produced under Balaji Telefilms which made StarPlus to achieve the highest viewership during that time, making it
1404-623: The spirit has something to do with her husband Rehaan. She finds out that he is keeping ‘Raaz’ which has now started to haunt their life. And in the end it is found out that Aditya is the real ghost whom Rehaan had killed previously to protect Shaina from his bad intentions. The first Raaz was an unofficial adaptation of What Lies Beneath . Star Plus StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar .Its programming consists of family dramas , comedies , youth-oriented reality shows , shows on crime , and television films . When it
1443-440: Was at third position in terms of revenue and viewership after Zee TV and Sony Entertainment Television while none of the series were in top 10. With the launch of Indian Hindi version of "Who wants to be a millionaire?", Kaun Banega Crorepati , hosted by Amitabh Bachchan , the show emerged as a major blockbuster, becoming the number one show in 2000 followed by the launch of Ekta Kapoor 's Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi , on
1482-532: Was first launched on 21 February 1992, StarPlus was an English language entertainment television channel, broadcasting international television shows from the United States , United Kingdom , Australia and New Zealand , with Zee TV being the Hindi -language counterpart. After Star ended its relationship with Zee TV on 30 June 2000, StarPlus was transformed completely into a Hindi-language channel from
1521-667: Was the creative head of ASA Productions and Enterprises until 2014, when he resigned from the company. Many of his films were produced under Loneranger Productions, which he co-founded. Bhatt is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt from (Gujarat, Palitana), one of the pioneers of the Indian film industry, and the son of cinematographer Pravin Bhatt . At the age of 14, in 1982, Bhatt started his career with director Mukul Anand in Anand's first film, Kanoon Kya Karega . Bhatt also assisted Mukul Anand as
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