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| Jaani Dushman | |
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| Directed by | Rajkumar Kohli |
| Produced by | Rajkumar Kohli |
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| Story by | Hakim Lata |
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| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Baldev Singh |
| Edited by | Shyam |
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, Reena Roy, Rekha and Neetu Singh in lead roles, with music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.
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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, (the saga does not end here) 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. And the terror continues. 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. The movie was a box office hit of 1979 and all of the songs of this film became hits. It is a horror story.
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
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
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| 1 | "Tere Haathon Mein" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle |
| 2 | "Sare Rishte Naate Todke Aai" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 3 | "Chalo Re Doli Uthao Kahar" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 4 | "O Meri Jaan" | Kishore Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal |
| 5 | "Arey Sun Bhai Sadho" | Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhonsle |
| 6 | "Aisi waisi na samajh sajna" | Asha Bhonsle |
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.
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