1920 (film series)

1920 series
Directed by	Vikram Bhatt (1920, 1921, 1920: Haunted London) Bhushan Patel (1920: Evil Returns, 1920: Haunted London) 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, 1920: Haunted London) 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, 1920: Haunted London) Raj Kishor Khaware Rakesh Juneja Shwetambari Bhatt (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Starring	see below
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt (1920) Naren Gedia (1920: Evil Returns, 1920: Haunted London) Prakash Kutty (1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Edited by	Kuldeep Mehan (1920, 1920 London, 1921, 1920: Horrors of the Heart, 1920: Haunted London) Swapnil Raj (1920: Evil Returns, 1920: Haunted London)
Music by	Adnan Sami (1920) Chirantan Bhatt (1920: Evil Returns, 1920: Haunted London) 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, 1920: Haunted London) Reliance Entertainment (1920 London, 1921, 1920 Haunted London) 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, 1920 Haunted London) Laxmi Ganpathy Films (1920: Horrors of the Heart)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹90 crore
Box office	₹144.49 crore

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)

Main article: 1920

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

1920: Evil Returns (2012)

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. ^[3]

1920 London: Fear Strikes Again (2016)

Main article: 1920 London: Fear Strikes Again

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

1921 (2018)

Main article: 1921

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)

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 London (2027)

Main article: 1920: Haunted London

The Sixth film announced by the makers, it is directed by Vikram Bhatt and Bhushan Patel, written by Vikram Bhatt and Rehsil D'Silva, and produced by Vikram Bhatt, starring Karan Deol and Arif Zakaria and Achint Kaur and Aftab Shivdasani and Sharman Joshi and Rajneesh Duggal and Tia Bajpai and Meera Chopra and Adah Sharma. ^[6]

Cast

1920 (2008)

Main article: 1920

• 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)

Main article: 1920: Evil Returns

• 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: Fear Strikes Again (2016)

Main article: 1920 London: Fear Strikes Again

• 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)

Main article: 1921

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

1920: Horrors of the Heart (2023)

Main article: 1920: Horrors of the Heart

• 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 London (2027)

Main article: 1920: Haunted London

• Karan Deol as Ishana Singh Gujjar, (as the killer murderist of Iyer's and Margaret's).
  • Anmol Vijay as Young Ishana Singh Gujjar
• Arif Zakaria as Piano Professor Iyer D'Costa (evil ghost and spirit), Margaret's husband, (as the killer murderist of Ishana's).
• Achint Kaur as Sexy Secretary Margaret D'Costa (evil ghost and spirit), Iyer's wife, (as the killer murderist of Ishana's).
• Aftab Shivdasani as Arjun Bhatnagar, Sanjana's husband
• Sharman Joshi as Vijay Bhatnagar, Priya's husband
• Rajneesh Duggal as Vishal Bhatnagar, Sonali's husband
• Tia Bajpai as Sanjana Saxena Bhatnagar, Arjun's wife
• Meera Chopra as Priya Saxena Bhatnagar, Vijay's wife
• Adah Sharma as Sonali Saxena Bhatnagar, Vishal's wife

Crew

Vikram Bhatt had the concept of 1920 series.

Occupation	Film(s)
	1920 (2008)	1920: The Evil Returns (2012)	1920 London: Fear Strikes Again (2016)	1921 (2018)	1920: Horrors of the Heart (2023)	1920: Haunted London (2027)
Director	Vikram Bhatt	Bhushan Patel	Tinu Suresh Desai	Vikram Bhatt	Krishna Bhatt	Vikram Bhatt and Bhushan Patel
Producer(s)	Surendra Sharma Bhagwati Gabrani Amita Bisnoi	Vikram Bhatt			Vikram Bhatt Raj Kishor Khaware Rakesh Juneja Shwetambari Bhatt	Surendra Sharma Bhagwati Gabrani Amita Bisnoi
Writer	Vikram Bhatt				Mahesh Bhatt Suhrita Das	Vikram Bhatt
Composer(s)	Adnan Sami Salim–Sulaiman	Chirantan Bhatt	Sharib-Toshi JAM8	Harish Sagane Asad Khan Pranish Mawale	Puneet Dixit	Puneet Dixit
Editor(s)	Kuldeep Mehan	Swapnil Raj	Kuldeep Mehan			Kuldeep Mehan

Release and revenue

Film	Release date	Budget	Worldwide Box Office	References
1920	12 September 2008	₹7 crore	₹14.5 crore	[7]
1920: Evil Returns	2 November 2012	₹9 crore	₹28.04 crore	[8]
1920: London	6 May 2016	₹21 crore	₹22.67 crore [9]	[9]
1921	12 January 2018	₹15 crore	₹22.36 crore	[10]
1920 Horrors Of The Heart	23 June 2023	₹10 crore	₹17.35 crore	[11]
1920: Haunted London	12 March 2027	₹28 crore	₹39.57 crore

References

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.
6. Joshi, Aditya (2024-12-09). "1920 London Movie Review: A Chilling Tale of Possession and Exorcism". Airtel. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
7. "1920 - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
8. "1920 - Evil Returns - Movie - Box Office India".
9. "1920 London - Movie - Box Office India".
10. "1921 - Movie - Box Office India".
11. "1920: Horrors of the Heart Box Office Collection | All Language | Day Wise | Worldwide - Sacnilk". www.sacnilk.com. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.