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
Release dates
  • 1964 (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) [1][2] though some supernatural elements were added to it. This version is famous for its twist ending which alters significantly from the original novel.[3]

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 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

Productions

The film was second directorial venture of Biren Nag after hit film, Bees Saal Baad (1962), who had been art director of Guru Dutt productions like Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) and CID (1956).[1] The role Poonam was played by Anglo-Indian actress, who did small roles in film, Thelma.[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 filming on winding road to Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in Maharashtra.[1]

Music

Music:Hemant Kumar; Lyrics : Kaifi Azmi

Critical Reception

Kohra is one of the films featured in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Roshmila Bhattacharya (16 September 2014). "The mystery of 'Kohraa'". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  2. ↑ The hero who was made up to look like a girl
  3. ↑ Kohraa (1964) « MemsaabStory

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