Woh Kaun Thi?
| Woh Kaun Thi? | |
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| Directed by | Raj Khosla |
| Written by | Dhruva Chatterjee |
| Starring | Sadhana Manoj Kumar K.N. Singh Helen Prem Chopra |
| Music by | Madan Mohan |
| Release date(s) | 1964 |
| Running time | 140 min. |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
Woh Kaun Thi? (Who Was She?) is a 1964 black-and-white Indian movie directed by Raj Khosla, starring Sadhana, Manoj Kumar and Prem Chopra. The film became a hit at the box office.[1] Its success had Khosla directing Sadhana in two more suspense thrillers: Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967 film).
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[edit] Plot
On a dark stormy night, a compulsive smoker, Dr. Anand (Manoj Kumar) is on his way back home when he meets a white sari clad girl (Sadhana) in distress. He offers assistance to her, giving her a lift in his car. She accepts his assistance and introduces herself as Sandhya. As soon as she steps in the car, the wipers eerily stop working. He's even more spooked when the lady shows him the way when it isn't visible and guides him outside a cemetery. En-route he notices her hand is bleeding, when asked, she tells him Mujhe khoon achcha lagtaa hai (I like blood). Shortly thereafter Sandhya disappears. A while later a distraught father stops his car begging him to save his daughter's life. He follows the man and comes to an old manor-like house, but unfortunately the girl in question is already dead. He is surprised to see her, she being the same woman he just dropped off at the cemetery a while ago. When he goes back, he encounters some policemen who tell him that the place is deserted and no-one has been living there for a while now.
Shaken by this incident, Anand decides to investigate further and gets drawn into a web of lies, deceit, and an apparition who continues to appear and disappear at will. Later his mother arranges his marriage and to his shock his bride-to-be is none other than Sandhya. He becomes obsessed by Sandhya who appeares to him under different names with different guises, making him doubt his senses. She repeatedly allures him by the use of her beauty and the haunting song Nainaa barse rimjhim (Eyes weep drizzlingly). The enigmatic, sexually repressed Sandhya ranges from a ghostlike apparition to Anand's future wife with a seduction scene where she momentarily turns 'human' to the song Lag jaa gale (Come in my arms). He gets entangled very deeply in the mystery and plethora of questions surrounding her: Is she a ghost? Why is she after him? It turns out that Ramesh was the mastermind of a plot to make sure that his cousin, Anand, would not receive his due inheritance, because Ramesh was next in line. Thus, Ramesh found Sandhya's twin sister, and sent her after Anand to make him believe that he was being haunted by a ghost, in the hopes of driving Anand into insanity. It is revealed that Ramesh had also murdered Seema(Helen), Anand's first girl friend.
[edit] Remakes
- The film was remade into Tamil as Yaar Nee by Sathyam (1966).
- Jaishankar and J.Jayalalithaa (who later became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) starred both in the Tamil remake Yaar Nee and the Telugu remake Ame Evaru which was made around the same period.
[edit] Music
The music composer for this film was Madan Mohan.
| Sr.No. | Song | Singer(s) | Notes |
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| 1 | "Lag Jaa Gale Ki Phir Ye Haseen Raat Ho Na Ho" | Lata Mangeshkar | Believed to be the best song of Lata-Madan Mohan combination; Features in Lata's own collection of her favorite songs |
| 2 | "Nainaa Barase Rimjhim Rimjhim" | Lata Mangeshkar | Appears several times in the movie; Since Lata couldn't travel at the time of recording, Madan Mohan sang this song for shooting purpose, himself and Sadhana lipsynched it during the shooting. That piece of his song is available on his CD Legends produced by HMV. |
| 3 | "Jo Hamne Daastaan Apnee Sunaaee Aap Kyoon Roye" | Lata Mangeshkar | A ghazal song |
| 4 | "Shokh Nazar Kee Bijailiyaan Dil Pe Mere Giraaye Jaa" | Asha Bhosle | |
| 5 | "Chhod Kar Tere Pyaar Kaa Daaman Ye Bataa De Ki Ham Kidhar Jaayein" | Lata Mangeshkar & Mahendra Kapoor | Picturized on Helen & Manoj Kumar |
The music became very famous and it was also nominated for the Filmfare award that year.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award for Black & White Film-K.H.Kapadia
- Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress-Sadhana (actress)
- Filmfare Nomination for Best Music Director-Madan Mohan[2]
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