Javed Akhtar is believed to have persuaded director Vivek Sharma to change the climax of Bhootnath from sad to happy, so that he can make a Bhootnath sequel later. The writer-lyricist could forsee a sequel to the film and thus advised Vivek to change the ending.

Now Bhootnath will have a happy ending instead of a sad one. The director says that he had initially planned a very emotional and sad ending to the film, with Javedsaab even writing a song for the climax. But he kept insisting that Vivek should change the climax so that he can make a sequel in the future. So the film's ending was changed from a sad one where Bhootnath leaves to a happy one where Bhootnath reappears. The lyricist is believed to have given the director the climax song only after he had agreed to change the climax. It seems that everyone in the cast and crew loves the new version. Javedsaab however, played down his contribution and said that Vivek was being very generous in giving him credit for the change in climax. He said that Vivek had a lovely script and when one is working on such a good script, then one does give a couple of suggestions. He also felt that it was inevitable that Vivek make a sequel to Bhootnath. He feels totally convinced about Bhootnath 2. He feels that the film be very popular as the character of Bhootnath is very interesting and well developed.