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{{short description|1984 Indian Hindi-language horror film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Purana Mandir
| writer = {{ubl|J K Ahuja (story)|Kumar Ramsay(screenplay)}}
| producer = Kanta Ramsay
| director = {{ubl|[[Tulsi Ramsay]]|[[Shyam Ramsay]]<ref name="BH">{{cite web |title=Purana Mandir Cast List {{!}} Purana Mandir Movie Star Cast {{!}} Release Date {{!}} Movie Trailer {{!}} Review- Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/purana-mandir/cast/ |access-date=12 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Mohnish Behl]]|[[Puneet Issar]]|Aarti Gupta|[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]|[[Pradeep Kumar]]}}
| music = Ajit Singh (soundtrack)
| studio = Ramsay Films
| released = {{Film date|1984|10|19|ref1=<ref name="BH"/>}}
| runtime = 138 min
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|2.5 [[lakh]]}}<ref name="DNA"/>
| gross = {{INR|2.5 [[crore]]}}<ref name="DNA"/>
}}
'''''Purana Mandir''''' (meaning ''The Old Temple''<ref>{{cite news |last1=January 10 |first1=Kartik Nair |title=Ghosts of Horrors Past |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20200120-ghosts-of-horrors-past-1635578-2020-01-10 |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=India Today |date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>) is a 1984 Hindi feature film directed by the [[Ramsay brothers]] and produced by Kanta Ramsay.<ref name="DNA"/> The soundtrack was composed by Ajit Singh.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |last1=Biswas |first1=Sulagana |title='Purana Mandir': The dark side |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/purana-mandir-the-dark-side/cid/1716168 |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=The Telegraph |date=1 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Gulf">{{cite news |title=10 Bollywood horror films to give you the chills |url=https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/10-bollywood-horror-films-to-give-you-the-chills-1.1581948663440?slide=2 |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=gulfnews.com |date=17 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Shamya |title=Don't Disturb the Dead: The Story of the Ramsay Brothers |date=10 May 2017 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-93-5264-431-5 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Don_t_Disturb_the_Dead_The_Story_of_the/cl8lDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=purana+mandir+film&printsec=frontcover |access-date=6 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

Typical of Ramsay's other works, the film chronicles the story of a demonic magician Samri who after a violent standoff, curses a feudal landlord that every female member of the latter's family would die at childbirth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gopal |first1=Sangita |title=Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema |date=26 January 2012 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-30427-4 |page=97-98 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Conjugations/sVO6GMT_OIAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=purana+mandir+film&pg=PA97&printsec=frontcover |access-date=6 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{plot|section|date=April 2016|reason=Per WP:FILMPLOT, this section should be 400-700 words. As of this note, it is 1052 words, which is clearly too long.}}
The film is set 200 years ago, with the royal procession of Raja Harimansingh of the sultanate of Bijapur, stranded near the ''Kali Pahari'' (the Black Mountain). The Raja is concerned because his daughter Princess Rupali has disappeared near the lair of the devil-worshipper Samri. The princess wanders into the ruins of an old fortress and is promptly captured and tortured by the villainous Samri. His trademark attack is mesmerising the hapless victims apparently sucking out their life force through the eyes, causing their natural eyes to be replaced with demonic white shades. During this process, Samri's eyes gleam blood red. Raja Harimansingh catches Samri in this terrible act and orders the soldiers to capture him.

Samri is put on trial, where his terrible litany of crimes is read. He has performed various heinous acts to please his demonic spirit masters and enhance his own evil powers. While the ''rajpurohit'' (royal priest) suggests Samri be subjected to pure ''Agni'' i.e. to be cremated, the Raja proposes another sentence—Samri is to be decapitated, with the headless body to be buried behind the old temple at Kalighat and the head secured in a strong-box to be kept at the Raja's ''haveli'' (mansion). Samri pronounces his curse upon the Raja: "So long as my head is away from my body, every woman in your line shall die at childbirth; and when my head is rejoined to my body, I will arise and wipe out every living person in your dynasty."

As the years pass, the princely states merge into the Indian republic after years of British Colony Rule, and the great-great-grandson of Raja Harimansingh, [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]] Ranvir Singh, known for his royal roles), now resides in the city. Samri is long gone, but not forgotten. His evil legend is passed from father to son in the Harimansingh clan. Ranvir Singh's wife died at the birth of his daughter Suman. Suman, now a college student, has a boyfriend Sanjay. When the Thakur learns about their relationship, he severely disapproves of their relationship ostensibly because Sanjay is not of royal birth.

Suman is unaware of the ancient curse and resolute in her love, and Sanjay is steadfast in standing by her. They try to confront the intractable Thakur and the latter succumbs and reveals the curse which has been terrorising their families for 200 years. However Suman leaves her home in the middle of the night and convinces Sanjay to accompany her to Bijapur where they can track. They head down to Bijapur accompanied by Sanjay's bosom buddy Anand with his wife Sapna.

The ''haveli'' has a painting of Raja Harimansingh; this painting shifts its gaze when Suman looks at it; and the eerie likeness of Samri appears through it. Anand and Sanjay smash the wall behind the painting and uncover the strong box that holds Samri's head. Misinterpreting the head to be potentially that of a brave soldier who incurred the king's displeasure, they head back with the intention of sealing the wall the next day.

Samri's undead head mesmerises him putting him into a trance. Sanga brings the head to the body behind the old temple and rejoins it in a gruesome ritual by piercing his hand with a dagger and the blood falls on Samri's neck, making Samri whole. Samri begins his murderous rampage to eliminate the descendants of Raja Harimansingh.

Misunderstandings and tensions claim the lives of many townspeople and Anand meets a horrific death at the hands of Samri. Thakur Ranvir Singh arrives but he does not know the means to defeat the bloodthirsty Samri.

People seek refuge at the temple as Samri cannot enter that holy ground. They perform ''aarti'' to Lord Shiva. Divine guidance comes before Sanjay; the trishul holds the key to check the monster. Sanjay and Suman return to the haveli to seek the trishul and offer a battle to Samri. Durjan had moved the trishul to a different location within the haveli itself.

After a series of tumultuous events, Sanjay manages to trap Samri in a coffin and, with the ''trishul'' in hand to check the monster, drags him out to the village square (next to the old temple). There, they construct a hasty pyre and burn Samri alive once and for all.

==Cast==
*[[Mohnish Behl|Mohnish Bahl]] as Sanjay<ref name="Gulf"/>
*Aarti Gupta as Suman Singh<ref name="Gulf"/>
*[[Pradeep Kumar]] as Thakur Ranvir Singh
*[[Puneet Issar]] as Anand<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patokar |first1=Shweta |title=Puneet Issar reveals he lost 7-8 films after Amitabh Bachchan's 'Coolie' accident |url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/puneet-issar-reveals-lost-work-after-amitabh-bachchan-coolie-accident.html |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=Republic World |date=27 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] as Durjan
*[[Anirudh Agarwal]] as Samri<ref name="Gulf"/>
*Sadhana Khoteas as Sadhna Khote
*[[Satish Shah]] as Sanga (the woodcutter)
*[[Jagdeep]] as Machhar Singh (Dacoit)
*[[Rajendra Nath]] as Thakur Murdaar Singh aka Thakur
*[[Lalita Pawar]] as Basanti
*[[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Suman's maternal aunt
*[[Trilok Kapoor]] as Raja Harimaan Singh
*[[Dheeraj Kumar]] as Raka
*Visakha as Bijli

==Soundtrack==
In this soundtrack, Which is produced by [[Sony Music India]]. The complete soundtrack is as follows:
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Hum Jis Pe Marte The
| extra1 = [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length1 = 3:55
| title2 = Shiv Shiv Shankar
| extra2 = [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Main Hoon Akeli Raat Jawan
| extra3 = [[Asha Bhosle]]
| length3 = 3:24
| title4 = Woh Beete Din Yaad Hai
| note4 = female version
| extra4 = Asha Bhosle
| length4 = 6:11
| title5 = Woh Beete Din Yaad Hai
| note5 = male version – part I
| extra5 = Ajit Singh & Asha Bhosle
| length5 = 5:59
| title6 = Woh Beete Din Yaad Hai
| note6 = male version – part II)
| extra6 = Ajit Singh
| length6 = 1:09
}}

==Box office==
Made on a budget of {{INR|2.5 [[lakh]]}}, ''Purana Mandir'' collected {{INR|2.5 [[crore]]}}, surpassing [[Amitabh Bachchan]] starrer ''[[Laawaris (1981 film)|Laawaris]]'', becoming the second highest grosser of 1984.<ref name="DNA">{{cite news |last1=Salvi |first1=Pooja |title=Have you ever wondered what the Ramsays are doing? We find out |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/just-before-monday/report-have-you-ever-wondered-what-the-ramsays-are-doing-we-find-out-2680042 |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=DNA India |date=28 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0253514|Purana Mandir}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|old_temple_the_purana_mandir}}

[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian horror films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1984 horror films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language horror films]]

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