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With everything changing in Bollywood, can horror be far behind? The tale of spooks and spirits is still being told, but with a difference.Remember ‘Mahal’? A young Madhubala sang ‘Aayega Aanewala’ in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice,... See more » With everything changing in Bollywood, can horror be far behind? The tale of spooks and spirits is still being told, but with a difference.Remember ‘Mahal’? A young Madhubala sang ‘Aayega Aanewala’ in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice, becoming the first actress to play a spook. She kept Ashok Kumar guessing with her sudden appearances and disappearances, clad in white and singing haunting songs. Kamal Amrohi was perhaps one of the first to enter the horror genre with this film. And he gave Bollywood a genre that became a huge one eventually. Other films such as ‘Gumnaam’ planted horror strongly into the audiences’ mind. Till date, the song ‘Gumnaam Hai Koi’ reverberates down the corridors of Bollywood and sends a chill down our spines. Ruins, white saris, creaking doors, clinking anklets, and soulful melodies, these were the trademarks of horror films then. The women were beautiful and mysterious. The 70s and 80s were somewhat disappointing, characterised by garish makeup, free flow of ketchup, Halloween outfits and skin show. In 1979, Raj Kumar Kohli made ‘Jaani Dushman’ with Sanjeev Kumar playing a werewolf who preyed on brides. But horror in that period was marked largely by B-grade skin flicks made by horror specialists Ramsay Brothers. Weird and loud special effects and scantily clad screeching women were the trademarks of these films. The brothers flooded the screens with films like ‘Guest House’, ‘Sannata’, ‘Dahshat’, ‘Haveli’, ‘Kabrastan’, ‘Veerana’ and ‘Shaitani Ilaaka’, among many others. Though they gave horror a bad name, they did make money, largely due to the steamy scenes. In between, films such as ‘Bees Saal Baad’, starring Dimple Kapadia and Mithun Chakraborty would saunter in but didn’t lift the genre out of the unsophisticated mode. Till 1990s, when the friendly ghost walked in. No longer was the spirit a disturbed soul looking to create havoc. In fact, he wanted to help humankind. ‘Chamatkar’ had a deceased Naseeruddin Shah helping Shah Rukh Khan and ‘Hello Brother’ saw a dead Salman Khan helping real brother Arbaaz. Among other films with friendly ghosts were ‘Paheli’, ‘Vaah Life Ho To Aisi’ and the recent ‘Bhoothnath’. Parallely, some evil ghosts too were making their presence felt on the silver screen. But they were more sophisticated than their earlier counterparts. They looked human, except for a pasty complexion and dark circles and a haunted look. Ram Gopal Varma redefined the possessed heroine through ‘Bhoot’. He did it again with ‘Vaastu Shastra’ and now, his film on black magic, ‘Phoonk’, has hit the theatres. ‘Raaz’, ‘Saaya’ and ‘Darna Mana Hai’ are others that have pushed the genre into the A-bracket. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. See less »

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