Aetbaar (transl. Trust) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic psychological thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt, starring Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu and Supriya Pilgaonkar. Business tycoon Ratan Tata produced the film. Aetbaar is inspired by the Hollywood film Fear. Vikram Bhatt had earlier directed Inteha, which had released just 3 months earlier.

Vikram Bhatt is an Indian director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the Raaz film series, an Indian horror series produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt and for directing Ghulam (1998) starring Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherji, which was also produced by Mukesh Bhatt. For both of these films, he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Director.