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TheElection Commission of India demanded tax-free status for Bhoothnath Returns, stating, "The state governments should support the strong social message that emanates from the film. Granting tax-free status to this film would make people aware of their rights as voters, like making voter ID cards or not treating polling day as a holiday".[7] The Uttar Pradesh government has declared tax-free status to film on 30 April 2014.

Kailash Nath, also known as Bhoothnath, enters the Bhoothworld, where he is mocked and questioned about his abilities as a ghost as he was unsuccessful in scaring any children. To redeem himself, he returns to India, where he tries his best to scare children but is unsuccessful with his attempts asthe children have become strong physically, mentally, and verbally. However, a boy named Akhrot can see him in his true form. Akhrot is not scared of Bhoothnath but helps him scare a few children; in return, he asks Bhoothnath to act scared of him and to run away from a haunted house while he chants mantras in front of the children, so that they can accept him on their cricket team.

Bhoothnath decides to help Akhrot further by helping him earn money by giving ghosts living in under-construction high rises peace by fulfilling the wishes they were still staying back on Earth as ghosts for; in the process, they come to know why the ghosts died and help their families get insurance money by scaring corrupt insurance officers, further learning in this process about Bhau, a former criminal who is now a corrupt politician. Seeing the amount of corruption in India, and encouraged by Akhrot, Bhoothnath decides to contest the upcoming elections. Soon, the rivalry between Bhoothnath and Bhau heats up, to the extent that Bhoothnath sacrifices his powers to win. One day before the elections, a rally is to be held by Bhoothnath to encourage a high turnout on election day. Bhau's men threaten to kill Akhrot unless he prevents the rally from happening, but Akhrot refuses and is ready to face the consequences.

On the day of the rally, Bhau's men injure Akhrot grievously for his non-compliance, which causes Bhoothnath to leave his rally to attend to Akhrot in the hospital. He goes to the Bhoothworld and begs for Akhrot's life. They tell him that if Bhoothnath wins the election, they will spare Akhrot's life. Meanwhile, Bhau uses Bhoothnath's absence at the rally to his advantage and tries to influence the audience to vote for him. However, on election day, the majority of the public votes for Bhoothnath. The next day, Bhootnath sees Akhrot's heartbeat rising and realizes that he won the election. The film ends with Akhrot regaining consciousness and everybody celebrating the success of Bhoothnath.

The film score was composed by Hitesh Sonik while the songs featured in the film were composed by Ram Sampath, Meet Bros Anjjan and Palash Muchhal. Yo Yo Honey Singh also composed one promotional song for the film which marked his first collaboration with Amitabh Bachchan.[10]

Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 3.5 stars and said that "Bhoothnath Returns is made with noble intentions and the message it conveys resonates in the second hour".[11] Suprateek Chatterejee from First Post called it "a must watch for kids" and found that its "shamelessly manipulative moments are tempered with deliberate humour".[12] A Filmfare reviewer found that the "strength of this film is in its writing" and praised Amitabh Bachchan for his performance whilst giving the movie 3 stars.[13] Rohit Khilnani of India Today, gave the movie 3.5/5 stars and said, "There is no doubt that Bhoothnath will entertain cine-goers. It's entertainment, Bachchan style!"[14]

Six years ago, when the original hit the screens, we had noted that Bhoothnath had everything going for it as a franchise to teach kids moral science. Here was a ghost who taught kids not to cheat. The conscientious ghost returns this election season to provoke you to vote, at least for the sake of your kids.

While the core plot of a ghost fighting an election sounds far-fetched on paper, this is a well-meaning fantasy with the heart of a Munnabhai film. It's likeable enough to make you excuse the blatant lecturing.

It helps that the tiny hero of the film Akhrot (Parth Bhalerao) is a natural, a scene-stealer who makes Bachchan play the foil and both of them are superb. Watch out for the scene where Akhrot tells his mother he knows she always puts the soft rotis on top for him and eats the harder ones herself and the speech Bhoothnath gives that compares political choices with options given to people on how they would like to die. This is the kind of genuine drama that makes us overlook the frequent jumps in mood.

While it's a relevant film this season that also educates the masses on the importance of casting their vote, Bhoothnath Returns is far from perfect. It almost forgets Akhrot in the second half and turns the little hero into Bhoothnath's sidekick. It is simplistic, idealistic, probably even naive to assume that the victory of one independent candidate could bring around change. It doesn't want the political reality of India come in the way of a good Bollywood story, but interrupts the flow with a documentary montage of what India has become to illustrate the headlines.

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