''Gehrayee'' () is a 1980 Indian

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directed by Vikas Desai and

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based on a script by

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, Desai and Raje, and starring

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, Sriram Lagoo and

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with

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in a guest appearance. The film was produced by N. B. Kamat.

Plot

Chennabasappa is a successful manager of a reputed firm in Bangalore and lives with his devoted but docile wife Saroja, son Nandish and daughter Uma. Chennabasappa wants to build a house for his family in Bangalore and desperately needs money. He decides to sell his plantation spread across several acres in his ancestral village to a soap company. The plantation has been looked after by a very poor caretaker Baswa for many years who was Chennabasappa's loyal servant. Upon knowing Chennabasappa's intentions, Baswa becomes agitated as he considers Chennabasappa's act to be something close to the rape of one's mother. In his view, the piece of land is like one's mother (sign of fertility) that Chennabasappa sold for money. Chennabasappa is a rationalist, who is more like an atheist and doesn't believe in anything that's beyond sensory perception. He is a hard-headed and bossy at both office and home. As the story progresses, we see Uma behaving strangely. She would speak something of Chennabasappa's unspeakable and totally unknown dark past. During one such revelation, the family members discover that Chennabasappa had seduced Baswa's wife while he was a teenager. Baswa's wife got pregnant and jumped into a well to save herself from shame. Chennabasappa tries every medication and treatment that would bring Uma back to normal, but nothing works out. Unfortunately, the family also becomes the target of several fake exorcists, who start milking them with their evasive talks but do no good to hapless Uma. In one such instance, the family is fooled by a Tantrik Puttachari, who actually tries to rape Uma to resurrect his own devil. However, his plans fail when Nandish interrupts in between and saves Uma. Finally the family finds peace in the hands of a mighty but sane Tantrik Shashtri, who discovers the roots of evil in Chennabasappa's house itself, a spell cast on a lemon and an ugly voodoo doll. Shashtri orders the soul inside Uma's body to reveal its identity and it is revealed that the unholy spirit was actually sent to Uma by a village Tantrik whom Baswa paid for this heinous act. Uma returns to normal after a few days. A vengeful Nandish decides to fight Baswa and arrives at his ancestral village. He learns that Baswa died a few days earlier. Nandish begs a local Tantrik to help him meet Baswa's spirit to find answers to his questions.

Cast

* Sriram Lagoo as Chennabassapa *

as Saroja *

as Nandu *

as Uma * Ramkrishna as Rama *

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as Chenni *

as Tantrik Puttachary *

Sudhir Dalvi Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series ''Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai Baba in Manoj Kumar's feature film '' Shirdi ...

as Tantrik * Kumar Sahu as Sabi * Suhas Bhalekar as Baswa

Songs

# "Rishte Bas Rishte Hote Hain" - Kishore Kumar

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0259322 1980s horror thriller films Indian horror thriller films 1980 horror films 1980 films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Films directed by Aruna Raje 1980s Hindi-language films Indian supernatural thriller films Indian supernatural horror films