Jaani Dushman

A bridegroom is outraged when his unfaithful fiancee tries to leave him with another man the night before their wedding. He transforms into a monster and kills her, then for years to come, continues to prey on women about to be married. Even when he is killed, his spirit takes over the body of his killer so the slaughter can continue.

Seeing red is taken to the whole next level in this delicious horror film, given plenty of Bollywood spice and an all-star cast that reads like a who's who of 1970's Indian film industry. Sunil Dutt, Shatrughan Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Reena Roy, jeetendra - I could go on. But what makes this chiller work is great characters and conflict between them which is entwined in to the story, adding to the suspense. Of course, there's a strong mystery element- the film quietly invites you to guess who the monster is, and throw a red herrings along the way.

The songs are great, one of them is quiet melodious and haunting - the special effects are workmanlike, the monster simply a monster in a suit, but I remember being scared of this film, and I still find it so - it's sheer masterclass of the horror genre, and successful adding action, romance, conflict and misunderstandings to the mix. Amrish Puri appears in the eerie opening sequence on the train.

Jaani dushman is one of the most popular horror flicks, mostly due to it being star-studded, excellent acting scores, an unexplored theme, and catchy songs, like "Chalo re doli uthao piya milan ki ruth ai"; "tere hathon me pehna ke churiyan..."; "Aisi waisi na samaj sajna.."; and yet another catchy song picturized on Shatru and Rekha. The story centres around the mysterious deaths of brides, all dressed in red, as is the tradition in India. The suspense mounts as one by one the brides are killed and no one seems to have a clue, and everybody seems to be suspect, including the village poojari.

A story with rich characters, suspense, horror , haunting music and last but not the least the dolis with their red brides. We see the ever present dread through the eyes of the common villager and the village elites. How the suspecting villagers lead their lives and marry their daughter with the fear of the present monster is the essence of the movie.

Jaani Dushman was a Horrer Suspense movie with huge multi star cast, the negativity of the film is poor special effects as usual in 1970's movies, action stunts were not well composed, In the entire film Sunil Dutt dominated & sidelined Shatu, Reena Roy side lined Rekha, Vinod Mehra turns from mad beggar to CBI Officer his role is not heavy, Prem Nath as Pujari always confused to audience, Plus point of this movie is 3 songs 1. by Mohammed Rafi CHALO RE DOLI UTHAI 2. TERE HAATOON MEIN PEHNAKE CHOODIA 3.Kishore Kumar. Jeetendra dance number & his acting was superb natural Neetu Singh acting was too good, Sanjeev Kumar as usual give power packed performance, Bindy Gu Swami & Sarika wasted, Dialogues between Shatrughan Sinha & Sunil Dutt are good still I remember that KYUN SHERA TAYARI KARKE AYE HO- TAYARI ANARI KARTE HAI KHILADI NAHI, After all it can be watchable movie.

Mock horror movie. The "creature" that goes around killing brides clad in red is a pathetic caricature of a werewolf that wouldn't scare an eight year old child. All of the horror scenes are sheer comedy!