Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche

'Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche' was a sort of new experiment in the domain of Horror. The flick created vibes when it was released in 1972. I grew up hearing stories about this movie and most of the people who watched it, recommended it. The film was sensational and involves a simple plot which unfolds itself to be one of the best plots. The characters are more than believable and have performed to their best limits. Surendra Kumar as Rajvansh has continuously excelled in his performance throughout the film. Shobna as Anjali has performed to her diabolic best. Imtiaz Khan as Anand has a considerable part in the movie, which he has done justice to. Finally, we have Satyen Kappu playing cunning 'Mama ji', who is a wolf in lamb's skin.

The story begins with Rajvansh, who has come to a graveyard to pay homage to his deceased wife. On the way he finds a girl in trouble. The girl is being chased and manhandled by some roughnecks. Rajvansh saves the girl and it turns out that her name is Anjali. Rajvansh takes Anjali to his house, so as to make her feel comfortable. At night Anjali and Rajvansh are unable to hold their emotions and make love. In the morning, Rajvansh promises Anjali that he will marry her. Anjali has only one relative i.e. Mama ji, who is cunning as a fox, shrewd as a jackal and greedy as a monkey. After few scenes, Rajvansh and Anjali get married and begin spending their good times at Rajvansh's grand bungalow. Rajvansh is a very wealthy man. He has a big estate and was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Besides, he also spends his time looking for herbs and plants in forest and keeps experimenting in his lab. We can make out that his experiment involves raising the dead.

Time goes by and Rajvansh begins to realize that Anjali and Mama ji are exploiting his wealth. Mama ji is a man of vices. He visits brothels, is a drunkard and spends most of his time gambling with crooks. He frequently needs money to fulfill his alcohol urges and wants to milk Rajvansh for this. Anjali on the other hand keeps fulfilling Mama ji's demands. Rajvansh is frustrated and keeps himself away from Anjali. One day, Rajvansh saves a beautiful girl, who turns out to be a teacher at a local school. Meena (Pooja) is a beautiful and sober girl, who respects Rajvansh for his good behavior and ethics. Meena realizes that Anjali and Rajvansh share a sour relationship. A few days later, Rajvansh is shown experimenting in his laboratory, when a fuming chemical spills on the table and somehow mixes with drinking water in the jug. Rajvansh accidentally drinks some water and is paralyzed. During this time Rajvansh realizes the selfishness of his wife and selflessness of Meena. Meena looks after Rajvansh while Anjali sits idling away her time and avoids contact with Rajvansh. Mama ji realizes that Rajvansh is now no more than a crippled horse and should hence be murdered. Anjali discusses this plan with her ex-boyfriend Anand, who agrees to take part in the scheme for the sake of love. Anand poses himself as a doctor and pretends as if he is a versatile medic and promises Rajvansh of fast recovery. One night Anand injects a highly potent poison into Rajvansh's body. Rajvansh dies after some struggle and Anand, Anjali and Mama ji bury the corpse '2 feet under the ground' (hence the name 'Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche'). Finally they come home only to realize that the keys to the safe are still in Rajvansh's pocket. Anand and Anjali rush to Rajvansh's grave and dig out the corpse for keys. However, the keys are not there. The keys are later found in Mama ji's pocket, but he doesn't how he got them there. Enraged, Anand beats up Mama ji, and drives him out of the house. The next day Mama ji sends some vagabonds to take care of Anand. After a good fight, Anand is able to subdue the goons, and they run away.

It is at this point the horror begins. Anjali begins to see Rajvansh's corpse walking out at night. She hears his voice. She soon finds out that Rajvansh has become a zombie and is still alive. She gets the idea that Rajvansh won't stop, unless he has taken revenge from those who killed him. A few days later, Mama ji dies after falling off a high cliff. It seems he was scared to death after seeing the zombie, and tumbled down as he lost his balance. Anand doesn't believe on Anjali, when she tells him about the zombie. However, he soon witnesses the presence of a ghoulish entity at close range. Something is lurking in the dark, looking for the victims.

So what is so special about this movie? As we can see the plot is very simple, but what makes this movie worth watching is the creepy atmosphere it holds within. The movie has a hypnotic quality, that forces the viewer to get engaged with the story way too deeply. The shooting locations are spooky, the graveyard is eerie, the zombie is gruesome, even the darkness spread across Rajvansh's bungalow is sepulchral and most of the horror inducing sequences are truly shocking. The motive of a horror movie is to give shocks with entertainment. Since the plot is simple here, one is easily able to concentrate on the storyline, and as there are several scenes that make you jump off your seat, the movie is fairly crawly as well. One should watch this movie, and believe me, this is a serious stuff and a must watch flick for the horror buffs.

This was my favourite horror movie since childhood...gave me many sleepless nights just thinking about the horror scenes of this movie....then I was watching Lo Spettro few years back.... OMG....I could not believe that this hindi movie is scene by scene copied from it....but will still suggest you watch both of them... although the hindi movie has few unwanted scenes...but still good to create that eerie atmosphere...