MUMBAI: Producer Nitin Manmohan has firmed up his mind to make a sequel to the Ram Gopal Varma-directed film Bhoot.

But this time around, the producer has entrusted the direction of the sequel, titled Bhoot 2, to Vikram Bhatt whose recent film Haunted 3D has been well-received by the audience at large.

The sequel will star Ajay Devgn, Urmila Matondkar, Nana Patekar, Rekha, Victor Banerjee and Fardeen Khan who also featured in the original.

The sequel is expected to release by the end of the year.