This Multi-starrer Bollywood Horror Film Was The Highest Grosser Of 1979 – News18

One Bollywood film, which featured 5 top actors of that time, dominated the screens due to its unique storyline and genre in the late 70s. It is still a popular Bollywood classic among the masses. We are talking about Jaani Dushman, which was released in 1979. It was a horror film, which has not lost its lustre even today.

The director of the film was Rajkumar Kohli. Jaani Dushman’s cast featured names like Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy, Rekha, Neetu Singh, Vinod Mehra and Bindiya Goswami. Rajkumar Kohli was also the producer of the film, and it was produced under Shankar Movies. Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the music in the film, and the lyrics were penned by Verma Malik. The story of Jaani Dushman revolves around a monster, who kidnaps and kills brides.

The film became a superhit upon its release, collecting around Rs 9 crore. Jaani Dushman was made on a budget of only Rs 1.3 crore, as per reports. It became the highest-grossing film of the year. Most of the songs in the film were hits, especially Chalo Re and Doli Uthao Kahaar, which were sung by the legendary Mohammad Rafi.

In 2002, Rajkumar Kohli made another film with the same title, it was called Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani. Reports say that it was Kohli’s last film as a director. The cast of the film includes some of the biggest Bollywood names like Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Sonu Nigam, Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi, Aditya Pancholi and Sharad Kapoor as the protagonists, and Manisha Koirala and Armaan Kohli played the negative role. This was Akshay Kumar and Sunny Deol’s first film together, though they did not have any scenes together. The film was produced by Rajkumar Kohli, under Shankar Movies. The music in the film was handled by Anand Milind, Anand Raj Anand and Sandeep Chowta. It proved to be a box-office failure and is considered one of the worst films in Bollywood.