Woh Kaun Thi (1964)

[Anjali Reyome]

Theinspector tells Anand: this has happened often enough before. On stormy nights, other doctors too have received a phone call such as he, Anand, got. They too have been brought to this mansion, and have seen the dead girl, the bereft old woman. But there is nothing there. Nothing. This mansion has been deserted for many years now. Nobody lives there.

The overall story and script, which is fairly taut and intriguing. There are, for instances, no comic side plots, no mindless meandering away into long-drawn-out romances, or other elements that would divert attention from the mystery at the heart of the story.

Despite all that, though, Woh Kaun Thi? remains one of my favourite films. Even when I know the truth, when the mystery is no mystery at all, the journey to the denouement is immensely satisfying. The songs are good, Sadhana is beautiful, the cinematography (by KH Kapadia, which won him a Filmfare Award) is superb.

Hi Madhu ji ! Congratulations for your 15th blog anniversary. For woh kaun thi. I Will say the movie has survived well. The print which is available on YouTube is quite good. The quality of one black n white movie which is very high is teen deviyan.

I was able to read Raj khosla late 70s interview in which he reflected over his career. He said original choice was nimmi.

But he found the age difference is too much so he brought sadhna.

N.N.Sippy was making small stunt flims so he could not afford to shoot in shimla Khosla persuaded him to raise funds to shoot in shimla to give the snow serene effect.

He was able to shoot in shimla in budget n without any reshooting.

Overall I loved the movie. Everything

i really love the Film atmosphere. N all songs are honey to ears. I do love manoj kumar in romantic thrillers movies like pathar k Sanam, himalya ki god mein , gumnam, Neel Kamal. In his generation of shashi ji n dharam ji. He only made gud pair with waheeda ji.

Raj khosla said after Anita flop he lost interest in thrillers & moved into romantics. He said Anita was flop as 2nd sister was not in the movie. Audience felt cheated. I do wonder one thing for sure why ameeta, Parveen Chaudhary, jabeen jalli , azra did not make big into 60s. What i concluded new heroines who came asha, saira became more hit n they faded out.

15 years of extremely consistent quality reviewing.Congrats and keep it up.(Eleven or so years raising the energetic little one calls for extra appreciation.Seventy percent of the time our tastes match but what I like even more is you can almost convert me into and get me into your bandwagon.You are that persuasive.

Nice work keep going!

Thank you so much! I, in turn, appreciate the way you and so many others take the time and effort to comment, to recommend, and to appreciate. It means a lot, and it is what has kept me going. Thank you for that.

moreover, your storytelling persuades me to watch the film. idk when? this has a very unusual gripping plot, looks so. like the random ups and downs most horrors have ending up nowhere, the reason i dislike mahal of kamal amrohi, it looks way too obsolete and old-fashioned, indeed it is. but then this film, looks like some made-a-day-before thing, never gonna be old.

thankyou for the nice review

Azra not making big made me wonder a lott. So i thought a lot. I felt she had Similar personality n look like saira ji. If color flims would have come earlier then it would have helped her. She looked more stylish n polished than sadhna in love in shimla. Color flims would have helped her.

Hi Madhu,

Congratulations on the 15th anniversary of your blog.

Yours is the only blog, which I know has continued regularly for 15 years. This shows your disciple and dedication to your blog, and your passion for writing as well as films.

Wish you all the best for the further years.

Thanks for your interesting and in-depth blog posts, they make great reading.

Hi madhu ji !! Woh kaun thi was released on 7th Feb 1964. Happy 60 year to woh kaun thi. ? The flim will be never forgotten cause fans of musical team always remember like lata ji fans , madan mohan fans.

R. d.burman ji said forgive me. But guru dutt was fickle in nature. After making Raaz for 8 n half reels . He shelved the picture which was made by his assistant raj Khosla as woh kaun thi. Raaz was going to be debut flim of Pancham.

There was no shooting for 3 months as both raj Khosla n sadhna were unhappy about hero choice. Therefore g p sippy went to sign nimmi ji. Sadhna ji came back to do the role as she found the role too good.

Woh Kaun Thi? is easily one of the better crime thrillers seen on the Indian screen. The film was remade in Tamil (Yaar Nee (1966)) and Telugu (Aame Eravu (1966)), with J Jayalalithaa taking on the role(s) in both versions. Composer Vedha, who scored the music for both films, reused the tunes in both Tamil and Telugu from the Hindi original. Khosla himself revisited the film as Naqab (1989) with Rishi Kapoor and Farha but this time, the film flopped at the box-office.

Woh Kaun Thi? was nominated at the Filmfare Awards for Best Actress, Best Music and Best Cinematography, Black and White. KH Kapadia won the award for his fine camerawork while Sadhana and Madan Mohan lost to Vyjayanthimala (Sangam (1964)) and Laxmikant-Pyarelal (Dosti (1964)), respectively.

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