Jaani Dushman (1979)

India,
colour
mono

An Indian horror film directed by Rajkumar Kohli.

Plot Summary

The thakur of a village tries to deal with a curse that seems to have been placed on the villagers – every new marriage ends with the bride being spirited away by a terrifying creature. But the Thakur has problems of his own, a pathological fear of red bridal gowns and he himself has become dangerously unhinged…

Credits

Crew
Director: Rajkumar Kohli
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Producer: Rajkumar Kohli
Screen Play: Charandas Shokh, Jaggi Ram Pal
Story Idea: Hakim Lata
Dialogues: Inder Raj Anand
Photographer: Baldev Singh
Editor: Shyam
Music: Laxmikant [real name: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar] Pyarelal [real name: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma]
Lyrics: Verma Malik
Playback: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishor Kumar, Mohmad Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Anuradha, Shatrughan Sinha
Sound Recordist: J.P. Saigal
Dress: M.R. Jagtar
Make Up: Gregory
Special Make Up: Sarosh Modi
Special Effects: B. Gupta
Art: Sant Singh
Dances: Kamal
Action: A. Ghani

Cast
Sunil Dutt (Lakhan)
Sanjeev Kumar (Thakur)
Shatrughan Sinha (Shera)
Vinod Mehra (madman)
Vikram
Premnath (Pujari)
Rekha (Champa)
Reena Roy (Reshma)
Neetu Singh (Gauri)
Bindiya Goswami (Shanti)
Sarika (Bindiya)
Yogeeta Bali
Neeta Mehta
Aruna Irani (Aruna)
Shobhini Singh
Jeetendra (Amar)
Roopesh Kumar
Madan Puri
Anwar Hussain
Amrish Puri (man in train)

Alternative Titles

Beloved Enemy – English Indian title

See also
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002)