Jaani Dushman

Jaani Dushman
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जानी दुश्मन
Directed by	Rajkumar Kohli
Produced by	Rajkumar Kohli
Written by	Inder Raj Anand (dialogues) Verma Malik (lyrics)
Screenplay by	Jaggiram Paul Charandas Shokh
Story by	Hakim Lata
Starring	Sunil Dutt Sanjeev Kumar Shatrughan Sinha Jeetendra Vinod Mehra Rekha Reena Roy Neetu Singh
Music by	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Cinematography	Baldev Singh
Edited by	Shyam
Production company	Shankar Movies
Release dates	25 May 1979 (1979-05-25)
Running time	153 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

For the 2002 film see Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani.

Jaani Dushman is a 1979 Indian Bollywood horror fantasy thriller film produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli on Shankar Movies banner. It features a huge ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Reena Roy Neetu Singh in lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film recorded as Super Hit at box office.

Synopsis

Jwala Prasad is to marry the girl of his dreams. On the day of the marriage, his wife is dressed all in red. Just before the wedding she slips off to meet her real lover. When Jwala finds out, he is so enraged that he turns into a monster and kills both his to-be wife and her lover. The saga does not end here, and Jwala as a monster continues to terrorize the region, first abducting brides dressed in red just before the wedding procession stops at a Mandir (temple). When a groom finally confronts and kills the monster, it leaves the body of Jwala Prasad and possesses the body of its 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 police of this region do confront this creature, but find out it is invincible,bullets cannot harm it, nor can physical strength of fully grown men overpower it. 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. Even if they do manage to kill this creature, it will simply re-possess the body of another male, and continue its gruesome task. The movie was a box office hit of 1979, all of the songs of this film became hits. A superb movie of yesteryears with multistar cast.

Cast

• Sunil Dutt as Lakhan
• Sanjeev Kumar as Thakur Saab
• Shatrughan Sinha as Shera
• Jeetendra as Amar
• Vinod Mehra as Mad Man / Police Officer
• Rekha as Champa
• Reena Roy as Reshma
• Neetu Singh as Gauri
• Bindiya Goswami as Shanti
• Sarika as Bindhya
• Madan Puri as Blind Vaidji
• Premnath as Pujariji
• Amrish Puri as Man who kidnapped Geeta
• Mac Mohan as Taxi Driver
• Raza Murad as Thakur Jwala Prasad
• Roopesh Kumar as Mamaji
• Anwar Hussain as Sadar
• Murad as Shanti's Father-In-Law
• Jagdeep as Nathuram
• Paintal as Gangelal
• Shakti Kapoor as Man on a horse with a bride
• Indrani Mukherjee as Thakurain
• Sulochana Latkar as Lakhan's mom
• Yogita Bali as Thakur's bride
• Aruna Irani as Aruna
• Jayshree T. as Nathaniya
• Aarti as Aarti
• Sheetal as Mrs. Jwala Prasad
• Neeta Mehta as Bride
• Shobhini Singh as Bride

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
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

Trivia

Two of the movie songs was listed in Binarca Chart of 1979; Chalo re Doli by Mohd Rafi and Oh mere Jaan by Kishore Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal.

External links

• Jaani Dushman at IMDb