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{{Infobox film
| name          = Kohraa<br> कोहरा
| name          = Kohraa
| image          = Kohraa.jpg
| image          = Kohraa.jpg
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| producer      =[[Hemant Kumar]]
| producer      =[[Hemant Kumar]]
| writer        = [[Dhruva Chatterjee]]
| writer        = [[Dhruva Chatterjee]]
| starring      = [[Waheeda Rehman]]<br> [[Biswajeet]] <br> [[Lalita Pawar]]
| starring      = [[Waheeda Rehman]]<br /> [[Biswajeet]] <br /> [[Lalita Pawar]]
| music          = [[Hemant Kumar]]<br>[[Kaifi Azmi]] <small>(lyrics)</small>
| music          = [[Hemant Kumar]]
| cinematography =Marshall Braganza
| cinematography =Marshall Braganza
| editing        =
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|studio= [[Geetanjali Films]]
|studio= [[Geetanjali Films]]
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1964}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1964}}
| runtime        = 153 minutes
| runtime        = 136 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/kohraa-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yndi1mdc|title=Kohraa|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref>
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Hindi
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'''''Kohraa''''' ('''''The Fog''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1964|1964]] Indian [[thriller film|thriller]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Biren Nag]], starring [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Biswajeet]] and [[Lalita Pawar]]. The film was adapted from [[Daphne du Maurier]]'s 1938 novel ''[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]'', which was previously adapted by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as Academy Award-winning ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]'' (1940),<ref name=toi>
'''''Kohraa''''' ({{translation|Fog}}) is a 1964 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[horror film|horror]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Biren Nag]], starring [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Biswajeet]] and [[Lalita Pawar]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mahaan |first=Deepak |date=7 October 2010 |title=Blast from the past: Kohraa (1964) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-mdash-Kohraa-1964/article15772001.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=11 August 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811171157/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-mdash-Kohraa-1964/article15772001.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was adapted from [[Daphne du Maurier]]'s 1938 novel ''[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]'', which was previously adapted by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]'' (1940), though some supernatural elements were added to it, including a few from the film ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/rebecca-netflix-a-throwback-to-biren-nag-1964-adaptation-with-waheeda-rehman-and-biwajit-chatterjee |title=Before Netflix's Rebecca, A Throwback To Biren Nag's 1964 Adaptation With Waheeda Rehman And Biswajit Chatterjee |last=Sequeira |first=Gayle |date=20 October 2020 |website=[[Film Companion]] |access-date=12 August 2024 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227040547/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/rebecca-netflix-a-throwback-to-biren-nag-1964-adaptation-with-waheeda-rehman-and-biwajit-chatterjee |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/bollywood-borrowed-skilfully-from-alfred-hitchcock-richard-allen_10078831.html |title=Bollywood borrowed skilfully from Alfred Hitchcock: Richard Allen |work=Thaindian News |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=1 August 2008 |location=New Delhi |access-date=2 September 2018 |archive-date=26 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226103142/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/bollywood-borrowed-skilfully-from-alfred-hitchcock-richard-allen_10078831.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{cite web | title = The mystery of 'Kohraa' | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-mystery-of-Kohraa/articleshow/42595841.cms |author=Roshmila Bhattacharya|date= 16 September 2014| accessdate = 2014-09-22 | work = The Times of India}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/01/23/2146/index.html The hero who was made up to look like a girl<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923073100/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/01/23/2146/index.html |date=23 September 2011 }}</ref> though some supernatural elements were added to it, including a few from the movie ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''.<ref>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/bollywood-borrowed-skilfully-from-alfred-hitchcock-richard-allen_10078831.html</ref><ref>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/indian-filmmakers-have-used-hitchcock-cleverly-columbia-professor_10078041.html</ref> This version is famous for its twist ending, which differs significantly from that of the original novel.<ref>[http://memsaabstory.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/kohraa-1964/ Kohraa (1964) « MemsaabStory<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Waheeda Rehman]]: Rajeshwari Singh
*[[Waheeda Rehman]] as Rajeshwari Singh
*[[Biswajeet]]: Raja Amit Kumar Singh
*[[Biswajeet]] as Raja Amit Kumar Singh<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/01/23/2146/index.html |title=The hero who was made up to look like a girl |date=23 January 2007 |publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen Weekly]] |via=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date= |quote=11 August 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923073100/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/01/23/2146/index.html |archive-date=23 September 2011}}</ref>
*[[Lalita Pawar]]: Dai Maa
*[[Basanta Choudhury]]  as Shekhar
* Thelma: Poonam Devi
*[[Lalita Pawar]] as Dai Maa
*[[Tarun Bose]]: Ramesh
* Thelma as Poonam Devi
*[[Madan Puri]]: Kamal Rai
*[[Tarun Bose]] as Ramesh
*[[Manmohan Krishna]]: Kamal's Advocate
*[[Madan Puri]] as Kamal Rai
*[[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]]: Goverdhan
*[[Manmohan Krishna]] as Kamal's Advocate
*[[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Goverdhan
* Badri Prasad  
* Badri Prasad  
* [[Abhi Bhattacharya]]:  Advocate Bhattacharya
* [[Abhi Bhattacharya]] as Advocate Bhattacharya
* [[Sujit Kumar]]: Ranjan
* [[Sujit Kumar]] as Ranjan
* [[Shaukat Azmi]]: Rai Sahib's wife
* [[Keshto Mukherjee]] as the gardener
* [[Shaukat Azmi]] as Rai Sahib's wife
* Thelma


==Productions==
==Productions==
The film was the second directorial venture of Biren Nag after the hit film ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]]'' (1962). He had been art director of Guru Dutt productions such as ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960), ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' (1962) and ''[[C.I.D. (1956 film)|CID]]'' (1956).<ref name=toi/> The role of Poonam was played by Thelma, an Anglo-Indian actress, who did small roles in film.<ref name=toi/>
The film was the second directorial venture of Biren Nag after the film ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]]'' (1962).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-19 |title=Merchants of fear |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/merchants-of-fear/article9769779.ece |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Frontline |language=en |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812195805/https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/merchants-of-fear/article9769779.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> He had been art director of Guru Dutt productions such as ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960), ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' (1962) and ''[[C.I.D. (1956 film)|CID]]'' (1956).<ref name=toi>{{cite web | title = The mystery of 'Kohraa' | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-mystery-of-Kohraa/articleshow/42595841.cms | author = Roshmila Bhattacharya | date = 16 September 2014 | accessdate = 2014-09-22 | work = The Times of India | archive-date = 14 December 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141214183206/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-mystery-of-Kohraa/articleshow/42595841.cms | url-status = live }}</ref> The role of Poonam was played by Thelma, an Anglo-Indian actress, who did small roles in film.<ref name=toi/>


The scene of the first wife's room, an all white set was built at [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]] in Mumbai.<ref name=toi/> The song, "Yeh Nayan Dare Dare" was filmed on winding road to [[Mahabaleshwar]], a hill station in Maharashtra.<ref name=toi/>
The scene of the first wife's room, an all white set was built at [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]] in Mumbai.<ref name=toi/> The song, "Raah bani khud manzil"
was filmed on winding road to [[Mahabaleshwar]], a hill station in Maharashtra.<ref name=toi/>


==Music==
==Music==
Music:Hemant Kumar; Lyrics : Kaifi Azmi
Music: Hemant Kumar; Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi
*"Yeh Nayan Dare Dare"  - Hemant Kumar
*"Yeh Nayan Dare Dare"  - Hemant Kumar
*"Rah Bani Khud Manzil" - Hemant Kumar
*"Rah Bani Khud Manzil" - Hemant Kumar ([[Pilu (raga)]])
*"O Beqarar Dil" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
*"O Beqarar Dil" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]] ([[Raga]] [[Bhimpalasi]])
*"Jhoom Jhoom Dhalti Raat" - Lata Mangeskar
*"Jhoom Jhoom Dhalti Raat" (version 1) - Lata Mangeshkar ([[Raga]] Kamod Kalyan)
*"Jhoom Jhoom Dhalti Raat" (version 2) - Lata Mangeshkar ([[Raga]] Kamod Kalyan)
*"Kahe Bajayi Tune Paani Bansuriya" - Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle
 
==Awards==
#[[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - [[Lalita Pawar]]{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
#[[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction]] for Black-and-White film category - G. L. Yadhav & T. K. Desai{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb movie}}
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|kohra}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|kohra}}
* {{Youtube|lRxORCB0XOo|Kohraa (Online) at Rajshri Productions channel}}


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Kohraa
Directed byBiren Nag
Produced byHemant Kumar
Written byDhruva Chatterjee
StarringWaheeda Rehman
Biswajeet
Lalita Pawar
Music byHemant Kumar
CinematographyMarshall Braganza
Production
company
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Kohraa (transl. Fog) is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language horror thriller film directed by Biren Nag, starring Waheeda Rehman, Biswajeet and Lalita Pawar.[2] The film was adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca, which was previously adapted by Alfred Hitchcock as Rebecca (1940), though some supernatural elements were added to it, including a few from the film Psycho.[3][4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Rajeshwari meets rich Amit Kumar Singh and they both fall in love and get married. Amit brings Rajeshwari to his home - A huge imposing mansion in middle of Moors. Rajeshwari learns from servants about Amit's first wife Poonam who died in mysterious circumstances about a year ago. The housekeeper Dai Maa, who was also the nanny of Poonam is visibly disturbed by this and is cold towards Rajeshwari. Amit leaves on a business trip for a few weeks and Rajeshwari is left to herself. This is when she encounters supernatural phenomena in the mansion and is haunted by the memories and spirit of Poonam. Recovering from shock, Rajeshwari decides to do her own investigation of Poonam's mysterious death. One by one she uncovers shocking dark secrets about Poonam, Amit and various other people.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Productions[edit | edit source]

The film was the second directorial venture of Biren Nag after the film Bees Saal Baad (1962).[6] He had been art director of Guru Dutt productions such as Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) and CID (1956).[7] The role of Poonam was played by Thelma, an Anglo-Indian actress, who did small roles in film.[7]

The scene of the first wife's room, an all white set was built at Rajkamal Kalamandir in Mumbai.[7] The song, "Raah bani khud manzil" was filmed on winding road to Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in Maharashtra.[7]

Music[edit | edit source]

Music: Hemant Kumar; Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi

  • "Yeh Nayan Dare Dare" - Hemant Kumar
  • "Rah Bani Khud Manzil" - Hemant Kumar (Pilu (raga))
  • "O Beqarar Dil" - Lata Mangeshkar (Raga Bhimpalasi)
  • "Jhoom Jhoom Dhalti Raat" (version 1) - Lata Mangeshkar (Raga Kamod Kalyan)
  • "Jhoom Jhoom Dhalti Raat" (version 2) - Lata Mangeshkar (Raga Kamod Kalyan)
  • "Kahe Bajayi Tune Paani Bansuriya" - Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle

Awards[edit | edit source]

  1. Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lalita Pawar[citation needed]
  2. Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction for Black-and-White film category - G. L. Yadhav & T. K. Desai[citation needed]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Kohraa". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ↑ Mahaan, Deepak (7 October 2010). "Blast from the past: Kohraa (1964)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Sequeira, Gayle (20 October 2020). "Before Netflix's Rebecca, A Throwback To Biren Nag's 1964 Adaptation With Waheeda Rehman And Biswajit Chatterjee". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Bollywood borrowed skilfully from Alfred Hitchcock: Richard Allen". Thaindian News. New Delhi. IANS. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "The hero who was made up to look like a girl". Screen Weekly. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011 – via Bollywood Hungama. 11 August 2024
  6. ↑ "Merchants of fear". Frontline. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Roshmila Bhattacharya (16 September 2014). "The mystery of 'Kohraa'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

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