Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship: Karan Johar shares Vicky Kaushal's first poster

New Delhi : Filmmaker Karan Johar on Monday shared the first poster of Vicky Kaushal's upcoming movie Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship.

According to a DNA report, the shooting of the movie has concluded and the makers will release the movie on November 15. This is for the first time that Vicky has been cast as a lead in an out-and-out horror film.

Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship has been directed by Bhanu Pratap Singh, who earlier worked as an assistant to Shashank Khaitan on Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania that hit the screens in 2014.

Mr Khaitan is the co-producers of the movie with Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar and Apoorva Mehta. Talking to a news daily, Khaitan mentioned that the story of Bhoot Part One... is based on a real-life incident that happened in Mumbai.

He added that Bhanu was reluctant to present the script to Dharma Productions initially since the banner is not known for backing horror movies. However, when he showed the script to KJo, he loved it and came on board.

The Dhadak director said, “Karan loved it. Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship is based on a true incident that took place in Bombay. The shooting is complete. The post-production is underway and the film will open in cinemas on November 15 this year.”