MemsaabI read the book long long ago but what I remember of it is that it was definitely interesting. There was a character called Ben in the book and it was not such a significant character but that character was developed and he was the Ramesh played by my dad.
Losing your memory is usually a bad thing but in this case, I am quite happy about it. Though I have seen Rebecca (about 30 years ago) and read the book too (also about 30 years ago), I had NO recollection of the story when I started seeing Kohra. The only thing I remembered was that there was a second wife involved and the first wife had died in mysterious circumstances.
And Tarun Bose. Now that we know him a bit better (thanks to Shilpi and Greta), I watched his role with a lot of affection. And it was SO wonderful to see him in this. A very realistic, if scary, portrayal.
Interesting article. It shows how reading the personal life of an author can bring a new understanding of her/his book.
I have spent /still spend, a lot of time on books/letters of Jane Austen, in order to understand her novels, and it indeed is rewarding.
Thanks for the link Simplegal.
I am still awaiting the reply to my question that I put to all (and you had promised to get the answer through Shilpi Bose) who played the role of Poonam in the movie (only the torso was shown, never the face) ? I reiterate my request that somebody may take the pain to find out the answer to this question which has been bothering me for decades (since I had seen the movie on Doordarshan).
You have really made a lot of difference to my thought process for my portfolio preparation. Hence the name in my diary and would like to photograph it and send to you:) I am studying movies on human relationships and human issues (like portrayed in Bandini and movies by Bimal Roy, like portrayed in Kannathil Muthamittal. I am not into analysing movies for now (and thus never commented till now in your reviews) as dedicating more time to my prepration. We did had much of critique at NID Film Club and where we saw amazing movies from all over the world.
Memsaab, after reading your review, I was motivated to see this movie and just finished watching on youtube. Worth a watch. An excellent horror, mystery thriller. I was also scared at few places which is very rare for me. Great act by Waheeda ji and Lalita Pawar. All aspects were taken care of very nicely. In the courtroom Abhi bhattacharya is repetitive with Lalita Pawar. He should have given her time to explain without interrupting again and again. Why Madanpuri has doubts about the death or murder so late whereas he should have been suspicious from the very beginning as he was present at the site of crime? And why does he visit the mansion again and again after the death ? What is his interest then? And why should Dai Ma allow him in the mansion after the death in any case?
Kohra alongwith Bees saal baad and Bin badal Barsat were three initial good movies of Biswajeet with good music by Hemant Kumar. Later he had hits like Do kaliyan which had lilting songs by Ravi.Songs were a good attraction in almost all his movies.
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