India, 1965
145m
35mm film, black and white
mono (RCA Sound System), Hindi
An Indian horror film directed by Mahmood.
Plot Summary
Kundanlal is murdered and his family vanishes from their bungalow. Fifty years later his nephews, Ramla, Shyamlal and Ramu have moved into the old house and after they’re joined by Ramlal’s daughter Rekha, Ramlal himself is murdered. Rekha falls in love with Mohan, leader of a local youth club and with his friend Stocky visit the bungalow looking for answers to the mystery, encountering the singing and dancing ghosts that reside there.
Credits
Crew
Direction: Mahmood
© [not given on screen]
Mumtaz Films presents
Produced by: Usman Ali
Screenplay: Ranjan Bose
Dialogues: Akhtar-ul-Iman
Story: Mahmood
Photography: Dara Engineer
Editing: Vithal Banker
Music: Rahul Dev Burman
Songs: Hasrat Jaipuri
Audiography: Shanker Rao
Costumes: Keshav Rao
Make-up: Gregory
Hair Style: Bertha
Art: Abdul Rahim
Settings: Shanker Chogle
Dances: Suresh Bhatt
Produced at: R.K. Studios
Cast
Tanuja [real name: Tanuja Samarth] [Rekha]
Mahmood [Mohan Kumar]
Nazir Husain [real name: Nasir Hussain] [Shyamlal]
Nana Palsiker [real name: Nana Palsikar] [Ramlal]
Asit Sen [real name: Amit Kumar Sen] [Dhamu]
Mohan Choti
Jagdish Raj [Inspector Sawant]
Harindernath Chattopadhaya
Shivraj
Ravi Kant
Moni Chatterji [real name: Moni Chatterjee]
Rani Bala
Shivji Bhai
A.R. Bengali
Polson
Raj Kishore
Sayed
Bhagwan
Bashir
Ibrahim
Links
Extracts included in
Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai… (2008)
References
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.34 – credits
- South Asian Gothic: Haunted Cultures, Histories and Media by Katarzyna Ancuta, Deimantas Valanciuna (eds.) – essay (The Past and the Present: A Reading of Bhooter Bhabishyat by Nishi Pulugurtha)
