Parveen Babi

Phoonk 2 (2010)

Actors: Ram Gopal Varma (producer), Zakir Hussain (actor), Jeeva (actor), Sudeep (actor), Ram Gopal Varma (producer), Ganesh Yadav (actor), Ashwini Khalsekar (actress), Sachin Suresh Gurav (miscellaneous crew), Neeru Bajwa (actress), Nitin Narendra Sethi Jain (miscellaneous crew), Vijay Vinayak Joshi (producer), Amruta Khanvilkar (actress), Vinoo Choliparambil (editor), Dharam Bhatt (composer), Ahsaas Channa (actress),

Plot: Phoonk 1 ends with the killing of Madhu, the woman who casts a black magic spell on Rajiv's daughter Raksha. Phoonk 2 begins with Madhu's ghost returning from the grave to seek revenge on the family. On bagging a new construction project, Rajiv moves with his family to a new place. Raksha and Rohan begin exploring the new place and the surroundings- the lonely beach and then the woods behind the house. The terror begins with Raksha and Rohan finding a doll in the woods and then it progresses to a series of highly traumatising experiences for the whole family. Manja, the only man whom Rajiv could turn to, meets a gruesome death at the hands of the black magic woman Madhu's ghost, who has risen from the grave to avenge her own death... to seek vengeance on Rajiv, by torturing his loved ones- his wife Arati and their children, Raksha and Rohan in unimaginably cruel ways. Phoonk 2 captures the fear of a family caught hostage to a murderous, animalistic spirit seeking revenge by brutally terrorizing them. We experience a fear far larger than that of a live evil than when the dead returns to haunt you. It is the fear where every escape route of yours becomes dangerously anticipated and cunningly laid out in front of you. It is the fear that extends to letting go of one loved one to save another. Where every situation takes a sinister turn for the worse, methodically murdering everyone's hope to live. Terrorized by the demonic force, will Rajiv give in to the ghost or will he betray his family and give up? Will the family survive as the gruesome and repulsing murders are committed, or do the disfigured bodies, visions, ghostly voices, and unsettling, disturbing incidents drive them to death? Will the ghost live with them till they become ghosts themselves? The choice that Rajiv has to make in the final moments of the film forms a very unsettling and a highly disturbing climax.

Raksha (2008)

Actors: Narsing Yadav (actor), Jagapathi Babu (actor), Amar Mohile (composer), Jeeva (actor), Subbaraju (actor), Jayasudha (actress), Pradeep Singh Rawat (actor), Rajeev Kanakala (actor), Melkote (actor), Satya Krishnan (actress), Radhakumari (actress), Bhanodaya (editor), Kalyani (actress), A.V.S. Raju (producer), Chandrasekar (producer),

Phoonk (2008)

Actors: Ram Gopal Varma (director), Zakir Hussain (actor), Sudeep (actor), Ganesh Yadav (actor), Lillete Dubey (actress), K.K. Raina (actor), Kishore Kadam (actor), Ashwini Khalsekar (actress), Sachin Suresh Gurav (miscellaneous crew), Nipun Gupta (editor), Shankar Sachdev (actor), Amit Parmar (editor), Bharat Kaul (actor), Tutul (composer), Amruta Khanvilkar (actress),

Plot: Wealthy Mumbai-based Rajiv while carrying out excavation comes across an ancient statute of Bhagwan Shri Ganpati. His workers request him to build a small temple, but he refuses although his family, including his mother and wife, Arati, & maid, Laxmi, worship a variety of Hindu Deities including Satyanarayan Devji and Bhagwan Shri Hanuman. When Rajiv finds that two of his associates, Anshuman and Madhu, have embezzled money, he humiliates and fires them on the spot. Madhu decides to avenge this humiliation by putting Rajiv's daughter, Raksha, under a black magic spell. The family calls in Dr. Pandey - who does not find anything physically wrong with her but hastily changes his mind after re-examining her at their residence, and calls in Psychiatrist Seema Walke. Arati and her mother-in-law are convinced that Raksha is possessed and call in a Tantri, but Rajiv decides to admit her in a hospital under the care of the aforementioned doctors. He will soon regret this decision after a series of accidents at his building site, and be compelled to seek the assistance of an exorcist when he finds Raksha's life threatened by inexplicable forces.

Tuthuri (2006)

Actors: Hamsalekha (composer), Dattatreya H.G. (actor), P. Sheshadri (writer), P. Sheshadri (director), Kemparaju (editor), S.S. Kishan (actor), Prahlad.J.M. (writer), Baby Annapoorna (actress), Jaimala Ramachandra (producer), Master Srihari (actor), Dharma (actor), Master Karthik (actor), Baby Namratha (actor), Master Nandan (actor), Master Prathama (actor),

Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002)

Actors: Sanjib Datta (editor), Rahul Dev Burman (composer), Anant Mahadevan (director), Asrani (actor), Tom Alter (actor), Sonali Kulkarni (actress), Madhavan (actor), Murli Sharma (actor), Jimmy Shergill (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Tiku Talsania (actor), Kiran Kumar (actor), Rita Bhaduri (actress), Ajit Ghosh (miscellaneous crew), Nabeel Abbas (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Three friends, who have known each other for a long time, decide to enter a singing and musical competition. The events that lead to this competition, and their personal lives, including their romantic ties, is the theme of this movie. Included are popular Burman Movie songs, a delight to hear any time.

Deshwasi (1991)

Actors: Tom Alter (actor), Mahesh Bhatt (actor), Om Shivpuri (actor), Gurbachchan Singh (actor), Poonam Dhillon (actress), Poonam Dhillon (actress), Kamini Kaushal (actress), Hema Malini (actress), Nandita Thakur (actress), Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (composer), Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (composer), Bharat Kapoor (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Manoj Kumar (actor), Suresh Oberoi (actor),

Plot: Unhappy with India's independence from the British, Raja Shamsher Singh and his goons, initially attempt to put their candidate, Shishupal, up for elections. But when opposed by Sangram Singh, they have him killed, and blame Pratap Singh. Sangram's wife, Bharati, rebels, becomes a bandit, and sends her son, Shakti, to Bombay so that he can study and return back to Ramgarh to oppose the tyrannical Shamsher, and have Pratap killed. Years later Shakti does return back but Bharati does not know that he has an hidden agenda - which does not include seeking vengeance from Pratap or Shamsher.

Rut Rangeeli Ayee (1972)

Actors: Jayshree T. (actress), Bharat Bhushan (actor), Brahmachari (actor), Ramesh Deo (actor), Nana Palsikar (actor), Madan Puri (actor), Rehman (actor), Shyama (actress), Kanan Kaushal (actress), Kanan Kaushal (actress), Vijay Sharma (actor), Master Ratan (actor), Prakash Aggarwal (editor), Rattandeep Hemraaj (composer), Bari (actor),

Plot: Wealthy Santosh falls in love with poor Shanti, who lives with her alcoholic Compounder dad, much to the chagrin of his mother, Brijbala, who wants a wealthy daughter-in-law. The marriage does take place, and Shanti endures considerable abuse, which ends after her mother-in-law makes a secret deal with Kundanlal, and she becomes pregnant.. Abuse resumes, after her dad fails to live-up to his deal, as well as Santosh finds out that the child is not his. Shortly thereafter, Kundanlal will be told that his daughter has been run-over by a truck and killed instantly. Several months later, Santosh's pretty sister, Raksha, will be shocked to find out that Shanti is still alive, pregnant, calls herself Sharda, and lives with a truck-driver goon named Mangudada.

Nau Do Gyarah (1957)

Actors: Dev Anand (actor), Jeevan (actor), Rashid Khan (actor), Madan Puri (actor), Lalita Pawar (actress), Shashikala (actress), Dev Anand (producer), Sachin Dev Burman (composer), Vijay Anand (director), Surya Kumar (miscellaneous crew), Zohra Segal (miscellaneous crew), Dharamvir (editor), Kalpana Kartik (actress), Shankar Nandedkar (miscellaneous crew), C.M. Thakkar (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Runaway wealthy heiress, Raksha, joins a traveller, Madan, in a small truck, heading toward the home of his uncle, Manoharlal. When they reach their destination, they are informed that Manoharlal has passed away, and the estate and all the wealth is taken over by his son, Kuldeep, and his mother. Madan is suspicious and starts making inquiries about this death. Soon he himself comes under suspicion, and with the help of Surjit, he is arrested and imprisoned by the police, on the charge of kidnapping Raksha. This gets him out of the way, so that the real culprits can get away with the wealth.

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