1920 (film series)

1920 Indian film

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
Budget| ₹92 crore[1]
Box office| ₹184.96 crore[2]

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.[3]

## Films[edit]

### 1920 (2008)[edit]

Main article: 1920 (film)

After forsaking his family and God, a husband finds his wife is demoniacally possessed.[4]

### 1920: Evil Returns (2012)[edit]

Main article: 1920: Evil Returns

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.[5]

### 1920 London (2016)[edit]

Main article: 1920 London

After her husband is possessed by an evil spirit, a woman turns to her former lover to perform an exorcism.[6]

### 1921 (2018)[edit]

Main article: 1921 (2018 film)

In 1920s England, a pianist enlists the help of a ghost whisperer to cleanse the unclean spirit that is haunting him.[7]

### 1920 – Horrors of The Heart (2023)[edit]

Main article: 1920 Horrors of the Heart

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.

### 1920: Haunted Ghost House (2025)[edit]

Main article: 1920: Haunted Ghost House

## Cast[edit]

### 1920[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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

### 1920: Horrors of the Heart[edit]

* 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

### 1920: Haunted Ghost House[edit]

* Akshay Kumar as Prem Singhania, Simran's husband, Karan's elder brother, Vithal's elder brother in law, Shivangi's elder brother, elder maternal uncle of Michael

* Saif Ali Khan as Karan Singhania, Sonia's husband, Prem's younger brother, Vithal's elder brother in law, Shivangi's elder brother, elder maternal uncle of Michael

* Jimmy Sheirgill as Vithal Mishra, Shivangi' husband, younger brother in law of Prem's and Karan's and Simran's and Sonia's, father of Michael, brother of Sanjana and Sapna and brother in law of Arjun and Vishal

* Mallika Sherawat as Simran Khurana Singhania, Prem's wife, Karan's elder sister in law, elder maternal aunty of Michael

* Tamannaah Bhatia as Sonia Khurana Singhania, Karan's wife, Prem's younger sister in law, elder maternal aunty of Michael

* Isha Koppikar as Shivangi Singhania Mishra, Vithal's wife, Prem's and Karan's younger sister, Simran's and Sonia's younger sister in law, mother of Michael, sister in law of Arjun and Vishal and Sanjana and Sapna

* Ali Haji as Michael Mishra, Vithal's and Shivangi's son, Prem's and Karan's and Simran's and Sonia's and Vishal's and Sapna's nephew

* Karan Deol as Ishana, (fatal disorder disease and heartattack patient) , (Shivangi's Love Interest), (as the safetier of Arjun & Karan & Simran & Sonia & Prem & Vithal & Shivangi & Michael), (as the killer of Kailash Nath & Balraj Nath & Shishupal Nath)

* Aftab Shivdasani as Arjun Bhatnagar, (Ishana's best friend), Sanjana's boyfriend and fiance and husband, Vishal's elder brother, Vithal's and Shivangi's brother in law, Michael's uncle

* Bipasha Basu as Sanjana Mishra Bhatnagar, Arjun's girlfriend and fiancée and wife, Vishal's elder sister in law, Michael's aunty

* Rajneesh Duggal as Vishal Bhatnagar, (Ishana's best friend), Sapna's boyfriend and fiancé &

and husband, Arjun's younger brother, Vithal's and Shivangi's brother in law, Michael's uncle

* Sunny Leone as Sapna Mishra Bhatnagar, Vishal's girlfriend and fiancée and wife, Arjun's younger sister in law, Michael's aunty

* Tej Sapru as Balraj Nath,

Kailash Nath's youngerson, Shishupal Nath's youngerbrother, (as the climax scene killer of Ishana)

* Paresh Rawal as Kailash Nath (evil spirit ghost), Shishupal Nath's & Balraj Nath's father, (as the climax scene killer of Ishana)

* Mukesh Rishi as Shishupal Nath (evil spirit ghost), Kailash Nath's elderson, Balrajnath's elderbrother, (as the climax scene killer of Ishana)

## Crew[edit]

Vikram Bhatt had the concept of 1920 series. Occupation  | Film(s)

|

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
Bhagwati Gabrani
Amita Bisnoi  | Vikram Bhatt | Sandeep Shandilya
Roshan Singh  | Vikram Bhatt
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[edit]

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Film  | Release date  | Budget  | Worldwide Box Office

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1920 | 12 September 2008 | ₹7 crore[8] | ₹14.5 crore[8]
1920: Evil Returns | 2 November 2012 | ₹9 crore | ₹28.04 crore[9]
1920: London | 6 May 2016 | ₹21 crore | ₹22.67 crore[10]
1921 | 12 January 2018 | ₹15 crore | ₹22.36 crore[11]
1920 : Horrors Of The Heart | 23 June 2023  | ₹10 crore  | ₹17.35 crore[12]
Total |  | ₹62 crore | ₹104.92 crore

## References[edit]

1. ^ total budget of four films
2. ^ Total Box office collection of four films
3. ^ "Vikram Bhatt starts new film franchise". Bollywood Hungama. 13 June 2016.
4. ^ "1920". IMDb. 12 September 2008.
5. ^ "1920: Evil Returns (2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
6. ^ "1920 London". IMDb. 6 May 2016.
7. ^ "1921". IMDb. 12 January 2018.
8. ^ a b "1920 - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
9. ^ "1920 - Evil Returns - Movie - Box Office India".
10. ^ "1920 London - Movie - Box Office India".
11. ^ "1921 - Movie - Box Office India".
12. ^ "1920: Horrors of the Heart Box Office Collection | All Language | Day Wise | Worldwide - Sacnilk". www.sacnilk.com. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.