Mahakaal
Mahakaal (also known as The Monster and Time of Death) is a 1994 Indian horror film. It was directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay and was inspired by the American horror film franchise A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). It was released on DVD in the US by distributor Mondo Macabro in 2009. The film soundtrack was composed by Anand–Milind, and the background score was composed by K. J. Sing, Y.V. Tyagi and Vishal.
| Mahakaal महाकाल | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shyam Ramsay Tulsi Ramsay |
| Produced by | Gangu Ramsay Chander Ramsay |
| Written by | Y.V. Tyagi Sayeed Sultan (Dialogue) Kafil Azar (lyrics) |
| Starring | Karan Shah Archana Puran Singh Reema Lagoo Johnny Lever Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
| Music by | Anand-Milind K J Sing (background score) Y.V. Tyagi (background score) Vishal (background score) |
| Cinematography | Gangu Ramsay |
| Edited by | Vikas Daripkar Shyam Gupte |
| Distributed by | Mondo Macabro |
Release date | 11 February 1994 (India) |
Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
A college student Seema sees in her nightmare that a horrible looking man wearing steel claw gloves attacks her. She wakes up to find that she has real wounds on her arm. Later her friend Anita too sees the same nightmare and finds real wounds on her arm. Anita tells her parents about her nightmare. Her father, who is a policeman, refuses to believe it. Later, Seema is attacked again in her dream and she dies because of the wounds. Her boyfriend is put in police lockup where he sees the horrible man who makes snakes appear by magic. The boyfriend dies of snake-bite. Later, Anita and her mother catch Anita's father taking out a metal clawed glove from his drawer, so he is forced to reveal the secret that an evil magician Shakaal had been kidnapping children and sacrificing them to increase his evil powers. Seven years back, Shakaal had killed Anita's sister too. Finally, Shakaal kidnaps Anita. As her father knows Shakaal's place, he arrives with Anita's boyfriend and they manage to kill him and save Anita.
Cast
- Karan Shah - Prakash
- Archana Puran Singh - Anita
- Reema Lagoo - Anita's mother
- Johnny Lever - Canteen & Hotel Manager
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda - Anita's father
- Mahaveer Bhullar - Shakaal
- Kunickaa Sadanand - Seema
- Mayur Verma - Param
- Baby Swetha - Mohini (Anita's Sister)
- Sunil Dhawan - College Principal
- Dinesh Kaushik - Randheer
- Narender nath - Pujari
- Kishore Varma - Raat Ko Utke Bagne vala Amroodh
- Mehnaz
- Asha Patel - Cabaret Dancer
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chal Chal Meri Jaan Chal Zara" | Udit Narayan, Sadhna Sargam and Sudesh Bhosle |
| 2 | "Main Khush Nasheeb" | Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal |
| 3 | "Janejaan Bahon Mein Aaja" | Sapna Mukherjee |