• Source: Kohra (1964 film)

Kohraa (transl. Fog) is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language horror thriller 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 Rebecca (1940), though some supernatural elements were added to it, including a few from the film Psycho.




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




Productions


The film was the second directorial venture of Biren Nag after the 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.
The scene of the first wife's room, an all white set was built at Rajkamal Kalamandir in Mumbai. The song, "Raah bani khud manzil"
was filmed on winding road to Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in Maharashtra.




Music


Music: Hemant Kumar; Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi

"Yeh Nayan Dare Dare" - Hemant Kumar
"Rah Bani Khud Manzil" - Hemant Kumar
"O Beqarar Dil" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Jhoom Jhoom Dhalti Raat" (version 1) - Lata Mangeshkar
"Jhoom Jhoom Dhalti Raat" (version 2) - Lata Mangeshkar
"Kahe Bajayi Tune Paani Bansuriya" - Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle




Awards


Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lalita Pawar
Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction for Black-and-White film category - G. L. Yadhav & T. K. Desai




References






External links


Kohra at IMDb
Kohra at Bollywood Hungama

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