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7 Saal Baad(1987)
Hindi127 mins
7 Saal Baad (1987) is a 127-minute Hindi film directed by S. U. Syed. Starring Suresh Oberoi, Navin Nischol and Prema Narayan. With an audience rating of 5.5/10, 7 Saal Baad stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 1987.
Director:S. U. Syed
Mood:
darksuspensefuldisturbing
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 31 December 1987
- Director
- S. U. Syed
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- GudVibe Rating
- 5.5/10
Storyline
A married couple buys a hotel in a scenic area. At first it's empty, but soon several guests arrive, including a man with a dark connection to the wife's past. People then start getting murdered one by one, and a mystery surrounds the hotel.
“A hotel hides a deadly secret from her past.”
Film Details
5.5Rating
127Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date31 December 1987
Release Typetheatrical
Also Known AsSaat Saal Baad · Seven Years Later
Parental Guide
Violence
High
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
High
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darksuspensefuldisturbing
Themes
revengesurvivalcorruptionjustice
Tonegritty
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withwith-partner
Violence4
Emotion3
Humor1
Rewatchability2
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Trivia
- The film's title '7 Saal Baad' directly translates to '7 Years Later', a common naming trope in Hindi horror of that era.
- It was one of the few horror films from the 80s to feature a female journalist as a key investigator of the supernatural events.
- The movie's soundtrack, composed by Bappi Lahiri, included the popular romantic song 'Tumse Milkar Na Jaane Kyun'.
- Director S.U. Syed was primarily known for directing B-movies and exploitation films in the 1980s.
- The film reused the haunted hotel setting, a popular low-budget horror trope, to avoid expensive outdoor shooting.
- Actor Sudhir Dalvi, who played a role, was better known for his work in parallel cinema and serious dramas.
- Despite being a horror film, it heavily relied on musical numbers typical of mainstream Hindi cinema at the time.