Gehrayee (1980)

Country of Origin: India
Year of Production: 1980
Running Times: 135 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: mono (in Hindi)

CREDITS

DIRECTION
Director: Arunavikas (real names: Aruna Raje, Vikas Desai)

MUSIC
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal (real names: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma)

CAST
Rita Bhaduri
Padmini Kolhapure (Uma)
Shriram Lagoo (Uma's father)
Indrani Mukherjee (Uma's mother)
Anant Naag (Nandu)
Amrish Puri (tantric magician)

PLOT SUMMARY

Financial difficulties are tearing apart a small, middle class South Indian family. When the head of the family, Dr Lagoo, decides to sell the large estate he inherited from his father, he earns the wrath of his servant Baswa, but it helps save the family. A few years later, his young daughter starts to behave in a very strange way and seems to be possessed, speaking in a strange male voice and accusing her father of being a murderer and womaniser.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Depth - English Indian title

KEYWORDS

possession

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008