Kohraa

Kohraa; ?????
Directed by	Biren Nag
Produced by	Hemant Kumar
Written by	Dhruva Chatterjee
Starring	Waheeda Rehman; Biswajeet ; Lalita Pawar
Music by	Hemant Kumar; Kaifi Azmi (lyrics)
Cinematography	Marshall Braganza
Production; company	Geetanjali Films
Release date	1964; ; ; ; ;
Running time	153 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kohraa (The Fog) is a 1964 Indian thriller horror film directed by Biren Nag, starring Waheeda Rehman, Biswajeet and Lalita Pawar. The film was adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca, which was previously adapted by Alfred Hitchcock as Academy Award-winning Rebecca (1940), though some supernatural elements were added to it. This version is famous for its twist ending which alters significantly from the original novel.

Plot

Rajeshwari meets rich Amit Kumar Singh and they both fall in love and get married. Amit brings Rajeshwari to his home - A huge imposing mansion in middle of Moors. Rajeshwari learns from servants about Amit's first wife Poonam who died in mysterious circumstances about a year ago. The housekeeper Dai Maa, who was also the nanny of Poonam is visibly disturbed by this and is cold towards Rajeshwari. Amit leaves on a business trip for a few weeks and Rajeshwari is left to herself. This is when she encounters supernatural phenomena in the mansion and is haunted by the memories and spirit of Poonam. Recovering from shock, Rajeshwari decides to do her own investigation of Poonam's mysterious death. One by one she uncovers shocking dark secrets about Poonam, Amit and various other people.

Cast

Waheeda Rehman: Rajeshwari Singh
Biswajeet: Raja Amit Kumar Singh
Lalita Pawar: Dai Maa
Thelma: Poonam Devi
Tarun Bose: Ramesh
Madan Puri: Kamal Rai
Manmohan Krishna: Kamal's Advocate
Asit Sen: Goverdhan
Badri Prasad
Abhi Bhattacharya: Advocate Bhattacharya
Sujit Kumar: Ranjan
Shaukat Azmi: Rai Sahib's wife

Productions

The film was the second directorial venture of Biren Nag after the hit film Bees Saal Baad (1962). He had been art director of Guru Dutt productions such as Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) and CID (1956). The role of Poonam was played by Thelma, an Anglo-Indian actress, who did small roles in film.^[1]

The scene of the first wife's room, an all white set was built at Rajkamal Kalamandir in Mumbai.^[1] The song, "Yeh Nayan Dare Dare" was filmed on winding road to Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in Maharashtra.^[1]