Soya hua bhooton ko prethon ko jagaane ka samay aagaya..
Purana Mandir 1984
Director: Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay
Starring: Ajay Agarwal, Aarti Gupta, Mohnish Baal, Puneet Issar, Jagdeep
Music: Ajit Singh
Lyrics: Gitanjali Singh, Amit KhannaClick to view attachmentI enjoyed reading this review - so posting it here (courtesy: cinema strikes back dot com)
Story:Purana Mandir is the original, the ur-Ramsay horror film, the one that kicked off the 80s horror boom. The pattern set in this film, a blockbuster hit, is the pattern that both the Ramsays and their imitators would follow in dozens (if not more) subsequent movies.
Purana Mandir kicks off with what amounts to a fairly grand flashback, considering the extremely limited budget. Set in the past, the prologue shows us how the Moghul Sultan of Bijapur captured and executed a fiend called Saamri. Saamri was eventually defeated through the power of the Trishul (a significant Hindu religious symbol in the form of a trident, associated with the god Shiva). Ignoring the local guru’s eminently reasonable suggestion that Saamri be burned, the Sultan instead chose to permanently separate Saamri’s head from his body. In return, Saamri declaimed a terrible curse " as long as his head and body are separate all of the Sultan’s female heirs will die in childbirth, and when the two are reunited, the Sultan’s line will end.
Flash forward 200 years and we find ourselves in the mid-80s (though Indian cinema fashion being what it is, the 70s are still alive). The Sultan’s great-great-great-(etc.)-grand-daughter Suman (played by perky Aarti Gupta) is in love with Sanjay (Mohnish Baal), but her father, plagued by visions of Saamri, cannot bear to see her wed, knowing it means her death. When he reveals his reasons, Suman, Sanjay, Sanjay’s friend Anand (Puneet Issar), and Anand’s girlfriend Sapna, head out to the country to solve the curse. There, staying in the Sultan’s ancient palace, they encounter caretaker Durjan (Sadhashiv Amarpukur) and his mute mother. What they don’t know is that Durjan is conspiring to find treasure in the palace, and that his efforts will disturb the homicidal Saamri.
Purana Mandir is possibly the sleaziest Indian film I’ve ever seen, aside from Babbar Subhash’s Tarzan (that said, I haven’t delved into the sordid world of Indian erotic film, nor do I intend to). Though it adheres to the basic ground-rules of Indian film " no kissing, no nudity " and though I have certainly seen many Indian films and musical numbers that were genuinely sexier (Sridevi in Mr. India or Bipasha Basu in Omkara just to name a few examples), Purana Mandir is imbued with a grimy salaciousness that just does not quit. We’re treated to many scenes of Gupta in her bathing suit, and a lengthy shower scene (in said bathing suit of course). The camera spends so much time zooming right up on female anatomy that you’d think you were watching a Japanese game show. Sanjay is introduced snapping sexy shots of Suman, and Sapna fantasizes about Anand in a scene that is just shy of crossing the line. There is a comic relief subplot, a subplot involving local tribespeople, and Saamri is not even revived until well into the film’s running time.
Despite and, in part, because of its trashier elements, Purana Mandir is tons of fun. Aarti Gupta is extremely attractive and Sanjay makes for an adequate leading man. Puneet Issar, who looks oddly similar to Freddie Mercury, was clearly cast for his martial arts abilities, which are genuinely head and shoulders above those of most Indian action stars of the era (not that he would make it in Hong Kong). Action is plentiful and well-staged, and the film generally moves along at a good clip when comic relief Jagdeep is not around to bog things down.
Most importantly, Saamri, as played by Ajay Agarwal,
makes a great villain. Saamri does not spend that much time on screen but when he does, he hits like a ton of bricks. Agarwal’s Saamri is like a hairy force of nature, storming out of the forest to brutally attack the unlucky. The Ramsays make excellent use of their creation, shrouding him in darkness and fog. While much of Purana Mandir is has taken on a comical air over the intervening years, Saamri remains an effective and diabolical creation.
The strangest thing about Purana Mandir is the comic relief. Ramsays built in an entire unmistakable parody of Sholay, perhaps India’s most popular film ever, complete with an armless Thakur preparing his studded shoes. Jagdeep plays the role of dacoit (bandit) Gabbar Singh, the most famous villain in Bollywood history, pursuing a now-70 year old Basanti (Lalita Pawar)
.
Music:My choice -- The songs are nice, particularly woh beete din yaad hai.. sung both by Ajit Singh and Asha individually.
1. Main akeli raat jawan - Asha (featured on some unknown artiste - a cabaret scene
) -- 3.22 minutes
Click to view attachment2. Woh beete din yaad hai - Ajit Singh (featured on Mohnish Behl) --- 4.13 minutes
Click to view attachment3. Woh beete din yaad hai - Asha (featured on Aarti Gupta) --- 3.50 minutes
Click to view attachment4. Hum jispe marte the - Alka Yagnik (some unknown artiste - not to miss the jungli folks dance
) --- 3.53 minutes
Click to view attachment5. Shiv shiv shankar - Mahendra Kapoor (featured on Pradeep Kumar) --- 3.39 minutes
(Folks watch out this one starts rather abruptly..).
Click to view attachmentAll files ripped at 160 kbps (vcd rip) --- duration marked against the songs
Enjoy if you have downloaded it!
Where do think our bollywood movies score over hollywood ones? --- Oh yes I am referring to the 'haunting' songs. An ingredient without which our movies would be bland and boring. 
Not a very interesting cast either. I could spot a few known faces - Amjad Khan, Hemant Birje and Raza Murad, Kunika.
I must send these movies to you so that laughter smiley turns like this. 
Agar maine bardasht kiya to tumko bhi karna parega. 
So I am taking a wild wild guess.
I wrote those words from the titles given in the songs selection. May be the person who wrote them heard it as ghost instead of close. 
