''Khatra'' is a

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horror

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directed by H.N. Singh and produced by P. Ram Mohan. This movie was released on 10 May 1991 under the banner of Siri Venkata Films. The story line of the movie is loosely based on the plot of ''

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'', a novel of

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. This was the debut film of music composer

Aadesh Shrivastava Aadesh Shrivastava (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was a music composer and singer of Indian music. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working independently as a music d ...

Plot

This is a story of a scientist who tried to defeat death, researching with organs of the human body. One day he manages to steal a corpse from a cemetery and conduct his experiment on it. Unfortunately it is going against nature and the dead man revives as a monster. He has acid instead of blood in his body. The monster murders the scientist in a fire and starts to kill women repeatedly.

Cast

Raza Murad Raza Murad (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He has over 250 Bollywood film credits. Murad has also appeared in Bhojpuri and other regional-language films and on Hindi television. Early life He i ...

Goga Kapoor Ravinder Kapoor (15 December 1940 – 3 March 2011), popularly known as Goga Kapoor, was an Indian actor, who appeared mostly in Bollywood films. He has acted in over 120 films, majorly known for playing supporting roles of that of villain's h ...

Sumeet Saigal Sumeet Saigal (born 18 February 1966) is a former Indian Bollywood actor and producer who was active in the Bollywood film industry from 1987 to 1995, appearing in over 30 films. Career Saigal made his debut in the 1987 film ''Insaniyat Ke Dush ...

Rajesh Vivek Rajesh Vivek Upadhyay (31 January 1949 – 14 January 2016) was an Indian actor. He is best known to Hindi film audiences for his role as the astrologer Guran in ''Lagaan'' (2001) and as the postmaster Nivaran in ''Swades'' (2004). He had a ...

Ekta Sohini Ekta Sohini is an Indian actress and the wife of the actor Mohnish Bahl. After several small 1980s television roles, she made her film debut opposite Arbaaz Ali Khan in the coming-of-age romance film '' Solah Satra'' (1990) and starred as Adi ...

* Huma Khan * Manik Irani * Rakesh Mehta

Music

#" Bambai Ke Mausam Mein Pyar Kiye Ja" -

Kavita Krishnamurthy Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojp ...

#"Main Hoon Kunwari Kali" - Kavita Krishnamurthy #"Main To Ladki Thi Akeli" -

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#"Mohabbhat Ki Ada Kya Hoti Hai" -

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References

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* 1991 films 1991 horror films Films based on adaptations Frankenstein films Films scored by Aadesh Shrivastava 1990s Hindi-language films Indian horror films Hindi-language horror films {{1990s-horror-film-stub