This multi-starring Bollywood horror film was the highest-grossing film of 1979

In the late ’70s, a Bollywood film dominated the screens with its unique story and genre, starring five of the top actors of the time. It is still a popular Bollywood classic among the masses. Let’s talk about Jaani Dushman, which was released in 1979. This was a horror movie that still retains its luster.

The director of this film was Rajkumar Kohli. The cast of Jaani Dushman featured names like Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy, Rekha, Neetu Singh, Vinod Mehra and Vindhya Goswami. Rajkumar Kohli is also the producer of this film, which was produced under Shankar Movies. Laxmikant-Pyarelal has composed the music for the film and the lyrics have been written by Verma Malik. The story of Giani Dushman revolves around a monster who kidnaps and kills brides.

The film became a super hit upon its release, collecting around Rs 900 crore. According to reports, Jaani Dushman was made on a budget of just Rs 130 crore. It became the highest-grossing film of that year. Most of the songs featured in the film are hit songs, especially Charo Re and Doli Utao Kahar, sung by the legendary Mohammad Rafi.

In 2002, Rajkumar Kohli made another film with the same title, which was ‘Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani’. According to reports, this was Kohli’s last film as a director. The film’s cast includes big names from Bollywood like Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Sonu Nigam, Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi, Aditya Pancholi and Sharad Kapoor in lead roles. , Manisha Koirala and Armaan Kohli played negative roles. . This was Akshay Kumar and Sunny Deol’s first film together, but they did not have any scenes together. The film was produced by Rajkumar Kohli under Shankar Movies. The film’s music was composed by Anand Milind, Anand Raj Anand and Sandeep Chauta. The film proved to be a commercial failure and is considered one of the worst films in Bollywood.