Purana Mandir(1984)
Purana Mandir (1984) is a 144-minute Hindi film directed by Tulsi Ramsay. Starring Aarti Gupta, Puneet Issar and Anirudh Agarwal. With a rating of 6.5/10 reflecting mixed audience reception from 1984.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, YouTube
- Theatrical Release
- 15 October 1984
- Director
- Tulsi Ramsay
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Rating
- 6.5/10
Storyline
A young woman discovers her family has been cursed by a demon for generations. She travels to her ancestral village with her boyfriend and his friend to uncover the truth and break the curse.
“A family curse awakens an ancient evil.”
Film Details
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Purana Mandir
Cast reunions in this film: Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay (11 films together), Puneet Issar & Shyam Ramsay (2 films together), Puneet Issar & Tulsi Ramsay (2 films together), Puneet Issar & Aarti Gupta (2 films together), Shyam Ramsay & Aarti Gupta (2 films together), and Sadashiv Amrapurkar & Satish Shah (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film was shot in just 28 days on a very tight budget, a common practice for the Ramsay brothers.
- The iconic demon 'Samri' was played by actor Anirudh Agarwal, who had to wear heavy prosthetics and contact lenses.
- It was one of the first Hindi horror films to have a chart-topping musical hit with the song 'Tere Pyaar Ne Mujhe Gham Diya'.
- The movie's success led to a loose sequel titled 'Purana Mandir Ka Rahasya' released later the same year.
- Many scenes were filmed at real haunted locations in Rajasthan to create a more authentic eerie atmosphere.
- The film's climax, where the demon is beheaded, was considered extremely graphic and shocking for its time.
- It was part of a wave of Ramsay horror films that dominated the video cassette rental market in the 1980s.