Jaani Dushman
Jaani Dushman | |
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Directed by | Rajkumar Kohli |
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Screenplay by |
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Story by | Hakim Lata |
Produced by | Rajkumar Kohli |
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Cinematography | Baldev Singh |
Edited by | Shyam |
Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
Production company | Shankar Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Jaani Dushman (English: Lifetime Enemy) is a 1979 Bollywood horror fantasy thriller film, produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli under the Shankar Movies banner. It features a huge ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Neetu Singh and Reena Roy in the lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.[1]
Plot
Jwala Prasad is to marry the girl of his dreams. On the day of the marriage, his wife is dressed all in red, mixes poison in the milk, and Jwala becomes a monster, and continues to terrorize the region, first abducting brides dressed in red and killing them. When a groom confronts and kills the monster, it leaves the body of Jwala Prasad and possesses the body of his killer. Years later, another man has now killed this creature, and the monster has possessed the man's body, and it is again on a killing spree. The suspense mounts as one by one the brides are killed off and no one seems to have a clue. Everybody seems to be suspect, including the village Priest, the Thakur, his son, and several other people. The suspense is unraveled in the end and the monster is made to promise that he will no longer possess any person and will not carry on with his killing spree.
Cast
- Sunil Dutt as Lakhan
- Sanjeev Kumar as Thakur Saab
- Jeetendra as Amar
- Shatrughan Sinha as Shera
- Vinod Mehra as Mad Man / Police Officer
- Rekha as Champa
- Reena Roy as Reshma/Raja
- Neetu Singh as Gauri
- Bindiya Goswami as Shanti
- Amrish Puri as Man who kidnapped Geeta, bride
- Raza Murad as Thakur Jwala Prasad
- Shakti Kapoor as Man on a horse with a bride
- Mac Mohan as Taxi Driver
- Anwar Hussain as Sardar, Dacoit
- Madan Puri as Blind Vaidji
- Jagdeep as Nathuram
- Paintal as Gangalal
- Roopesh Kumar as Mamaji, Shera's uncle
- Murad as Shanti's Father-In-Law
- Premnath as Pujariji
- Vikram as Shankar
- Sarika as Bindhya
- Aruna Irani as Aruna
- Jayshree T. as Nathaniya
- Sulochana Latkar as Lakhan's mom
- Indrani Mukherjee as Thakurain
- Yogita Bali as Thakur's bride
- Sheetal as Mrs. Jwala Prasad
- Aarti as Aarti
- Shobhini Singh as Bride
- Neeta Mehta as Bride
Soundtrack
All lyrics by: Verma Malik
Title | Singer(s) |
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"Saare Rishte Naate Todke Aayi" | Lata Mangeshkar |
"Are Sun Bhai Sadho" | Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor |
"Aisi Waisi Na Samajh Sajna" | Asha Bhosle |
"Tere Haathon Mein" | Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi |
"Chalo Re Doli Uthao Kahaar" | Mohammed Rafi |
"O Meri Jaan" | Kishore Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal |
Trivia
Two of the movie songs were listed in Binaca Chart of 1979; Chalo re Doli by Mohd Rafi and Oh mere Jaan by Kishore Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal.
References
- ^ "FRIDAY REVIEW-Jaani Dushman (1979)". The Hindu. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
External links
- 1979 films
- Indian films
- 1970s Hindi-language films
- 1970s horror thriller films
- Indian horror thriller films
- 1979 horror films
- Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal
- Fiction about shapeshifting
- 1970s ghost films
- Indian ghost films
- Indian haunted house films
- Films shot in Jammu and Kashmir
- 1970s supernatural horror films
- Indian supernatural horror films