1920 (film series)

1920 series
1920 series
Directed by	Vikram Bhatt; (1920, 1921); Bhushan Patel; (1920: Evil Returns); Tinu Suresh Desai; (1920 London); Krishna Bhatt; (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Written by	Vikram Bhatt
Screenplay by	Vikram Bhatt; (1920, 1921); Dheeraj Rattan; (1920); Rensil D'Silva; (1920: Evil Returns); Sukhmani Sadana; (1920: London); Mahesh Bhatt; Suhrita Das; (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Story by	Vikram Bhatt
Produced by	Surendra Sharma; Bhagwati Gabrani; Amita Bisnoi; (1920); Vikram Bhatt; (1920: Evil Returns, 1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart); Raj Kishor Khaware; Rakesh Juneja; Shwetambari Bhatt; (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Starring	see below
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt; (1920); Naren Gedia; (1920: Evil Returns); Prakash Kutty; (1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Edited by	Kuldeep Mehan; (1920, 1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart); Swapnil Raj; (1920: Evil Returns)
Music by	Adnan Sami; (1920); Chirantan Bhatt; (1920: Evil Returns); Sharib-Tishi; JAM8; (1920 London); Harish Sagane; Asad Khan; Pranish Mawale; (1921); Puneet Dixit ; (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Production; companies	ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.; (1920, 1920: Evil Returns); Reliance Entertainment; (1920 London, 1921); LoneRanger Productions; Uniseller Production; (1921); Vikram Bhatt Production and Houseful Motion Pictures Private Ltd; (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment; (1920, 1920: Evil Returns, 1920 London, 1921); Laxmi Ganpathy Films; (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Release dates	1: 12 September 2008; 2: 2 November 2012; 3: 6 May 2016; 4: 12 January 2018 ; 5: 23 June 2023 ; 6: 25 July 2025
Country	India
Language	Hindi

1920 is a series of Indian horror films. The story is written by Vikram Bhatt, for all three films in the series. The first film released in 2008 is directed by Vikram Bhatt, the second film released in 2012 is directed by Bhushan Patel and the third film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai released in 2016. The first two films were commercially successful at the box office, while the third film did moderately well. In 2018, a spin-off film called 1921 was released. This was the first film in a new franchise by creator Vikram Bhatt.^[1]

Films

1920 (2008)

After forsaking his family and God, a husband finds his wife is demoniacally possessed.^[2]

1920: Evil Returns (2012)

A famous poet who meets a woman who is in trouble. In order to treat her, he takes her to Shimla in a big hospital, but soon that woman gets possessed by devil.^[3]

1920 London (2016)

After her husband is possessed by an evil spirit, a woman turns to her former lover to perform an exorcism.^[4]

1921 (2018)

In 1920s England, a pianist enlists the help of a ghost whisperer to cleanse the unclean spirit that is haunting him.^[5]

1920 – Horrors of The Heart (2023)

The fifth film announced by the makers, it is directed by Krishna Bhatt, written by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Vikram Bhatt, starring Avika Gor and Randheer Rai.

Cast

1920 (2008 film)

Rajneesh Duggal as Arjun Singh Rathod
Adah Sharma as Lisa Singh Rathod, reincarnated version of Gayatri
Anjori Alagh as Gayatri
Indraneil Sengupta as Sipahi Mohan Kant
Raj Zutshi as Father Thomas
Sri Vallabh Vyas as the Doctor
Vipin Sharma as the caretaker of the haveli (manor house) i.e. haunted palace
Asha Sharma as Radha Maa
Rakhi Sawant, special appearance in the item song "Bichua"

1920: Evil Returns (2012 film)

Aftab Shivdasani as Jaidev Verma
Tia Bajpai as Smriti/ Sangeeta
Sharad Kelkar as Amar (Evil Spirit)
Vidya Malvade as Karuna
Vicky Ahuja as Bankimlal

1920 London (2016 film)

Sharman Joshi as Jai Singh Gujjar
Meera Chopra as Shivangi
Vishal Karwal as Veer singh
Gajendra Chauhan as Tantrik
Meenal Kapoor as Witch
Sushmita Mukherjee as Kesar Maa

1921 (2018 film)

Karan Kundra as Ayush
Zareen Khan as Rose
Vikram Bhatt as Mr. Wadia

1920 Horrors of the Heart (2023 film)

Avika Gor as Meghna
Rahul Dev as Shantanu; Meghna's stepfather who is Maharaja of princely state of Girvaar
Barkha Bisht as Meghna's mother

Crew

Occupation	Film(s)
Occupation	1920 (2008)	1920: The Evil Returns (2012)	1920: London (2016)	1921 (2018)
Director	Vikram Bhatt	Bhushan Patel	Tinu Suresh Desai	Vikram Bhatt
Producer(s)	Surendra Sharma	Vikram Bhatt	Sandeep Shandilya
	Bhagwati Gabrani		Roshan Singh
	Amita Bisnoi		Roshan Singh
Writer	Vikram Bhatt
Composer(s)	Adnan Sami	Chirantan Bhatt	Sharib-Toshi JAM8	Harish Sagane
				Asad Khan
				Pranish Mawale
Editor(s)	Kuldeep Mehan	Swapnil Raj	Kuldeep Mehan

Release and revenue

Film	Release date	Budget	Worldwide Box Office	References
1920	12 September 2008	₹7 crore	₹14.5 crore	^[6]
1920: Evil Returns	2 November 2012	₹9 crore	₹28.04 crore	^[7]
1920: London	6 May 2016	₹21 crore	₹22.67 crore^[8]	^[8]
1921	12 January 2018	₹15 crore	₹22.36 crore	^[9]
1920 Horrors Of The Heart	23 June 2023	₹10 crore	₹17.35 crore	^[10]

References

^ "Vikram Bhatt starts new film franchise". Bollywood Hungama. 13 June 2016.
^ "1920". IMDb. 12 September 2008.
^ "1920: Evil Returns (2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
^ "1920 London". IMDb. 6 May 2016.
^ "1921". IMDb. 12 January 2018.
^ "1920 - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ "1920 - Evil Returns - Movie - Box Office India".
^ ^a ^b "1920 London - Movie - Box Office India".
^ "1921 - Movie - Box Office India".
^ "1920: Horrors of the Heart Box Office Collection | All Language | Day Wise | Worldwide - Sacnilk". www.sacnilk.com. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[1] "Vikram Bhatt starts new film franchise". Bollywood Hungama. 13 June 2016.

[2] "1920". IMDb. 12 September 2008.

[3] "1920: Evil Returns (2012) - IMDb". IMDb.

[4] "1920 London". IMDb. 6 May 2016.

[5] "1921". IMDb. 12 January 2018.

[box-6] "1920 - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[7] "1920 - Evil Returns - Movie - Box Office India".

[:0-8] "1920 London - Movie - Box Office India".

[9] "1921 - Movie - Box Office India".

[10] "1920: Horrors of the Heart Box Office Collection | All Language | Day Wise | Worldwide - Sacnilk". www.sacnilk.com. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

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1920 series
Directed by	Vikram Bhatt (1920, 1921) Bhushan Patel (1920: Evil Returns) Tinu Suresh Desai (1920 London) Krishna Bhatt (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Written by	Vikram Bhatt
Screenplay by	Vikram Bhatt (1920, 1921) Dheeraj Rattan (1920) Rensil D'Silva (1920: Evil Returns) Sukhmani Sadana (1920: London) Mahesh Bhatt Suhrita Das (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Story by	Vikram Bhatt
Produced by	Surendra Sharma Bhagwati Gabrani Amita Bisnoi (1920) Vikram Bhatt (1920: Evil Returns, 1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart) Raj Kishor Khaware Rakesh Juneja Shwetambari Bhatt (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Starring	see below
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt (1920) Naren Gedia (1920: Evil Returns) Prakash Kutty (1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Edited by	Kuldeep Mehan (1920, 1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart) Swapnil Raj (1920: Evil Returns)
Music by	Adnan Sami (1920) Chirantan Bhatt (1920: Evil Returns) Sharib-Tishi JAM8 (1920 London) Harish Sagane Asad Khan Pranish Mawale (1921) Puneet Dixit (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Production companies	ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. (1920, 1920: Evil Returns) Reliance Entertainment (1920 London, 1921) LoneRanger Productions Uniseller Production (1921) Vikram Bhatt Production and Houseful Motion Pictures Private Ltd (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment (1920, 1920: Evil Returns, 1920 London, 1921) Laxmi Ganpathy Films (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Release dates	1: 12 September 2008 (2008-09-12) 2: 2 November 2012 (2012-11-02) 3: 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06) 4: 12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) 5: 23 June 2023 (2023-06-23) 6: 25 July 2025 (2025-07-25)
Country	India
Language	Hindi