Krishna Cottage

''Krishna Cottage'' is a 2003 Indian Hindi horror film directed by Santram Varma. It was produced by the mother-daughter team of Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, better known for producing Indian television soap operas. It starred Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar and Anita Hassanandani in the leading roles. Upon release, it received mixed reviews and was a box office failure. However, it has become a cult classic over the years for its story and screenplay.

Plot

The film opens at a function celebrating the launch of a book by Professor Siddharth Das (Rajendranath Zutshi). The professor donates a copy of the book to JC College. The college principal removes the book from the library and places it in an abandoned storeroom.

A group of close college friends all attend JC College: Manav (Sohail Khan), Shanti (Anita Hassanandani), Kabir ( Ali Hassan), Akshay (Hiten Tejwani), Nupur (Divya Palat) and Talli (Vrajesh Hirjee). Manav is engaged to the Shanti, who is a sweet but somewhat possessive girlfriend. Disha (Isha Koppikar), a charming girl, arrives and joins the college, and although Manav loves Shanti, he finds himself strangely drawn towards Disha. Disha gradually gets close to Manav, which perturbs Shanti. Manav explains that he feels strangely ''protective'' of Disha but that his real love is Shanti.

Strange telekinetic events transpire at Manav and Shanti's engagement, one of which nearly kills Disha. When the group drives Disha home, their car breaks down and they are forced to spend the night at an old halfway house: ''Krishna Cottage''. The peculiar events intensify at Krishna Cottage, and two of the friends are nearly killed. Disha explains that the spirit of her dead boyfriend, Amar Khanna, is the one causing these supernatural occurrences. One day, Nupur reads Professor Siddharth Das's book and discovers that the book exposes something about Amar Khanna. Before she can reveal it, she is murdered by a mysterious force.

Talli overhears a conversation between Professor Siddharth Das and the college principal. The professor explains that the book is jinxed and cautions that it must be destroyed. Kabir reads the book and is murdered. Shanti meets Disha's mother, who reveals Disha has been dead for 22 years. Stunned, Shanti flees and is pursued by Disha's spirit. She faints and awakens at the home of a noted medium, Sunita Menon (Rati Agnihotri). Sunita performs a seance that invokes Disha's spirit. The spirit angrily exclaims its quest for the death.

Talli reads the book and learns that it is all about Krishna Cottage, but is murdered by Disha. Professor Das, who was in love with Disha burns the last few pages of the book and reminisces about Disha but he dies of heart attack before Manav and others could reach him . Manav discovers a body preserved in ice. The body bears an uncanny similarity to him; this brings back a flood of visions: Manav was in fact, Amar Khanna in his previous birth. He and Disha were students of JC College many years ago. Disha was madly in love with him, but he turned her down because he thought of her as a friend. Angry, Disha committed murders and tells Amar to escape (with her) as Police will frame Amar for the murder. However, later Amar found the murder weapon in Disha's car. Disha crashed the car into the side of a mountain, instantly killing them both. The professor and the principal were witnesses to Amar and Disha's death. Disha has now returned as a spirit to reclaim her lost love.

Sunita suggests the only way to stop Disha: Manav and Shanti must be married, as this bond is too strong for a spirit to break. The wedding ceremony commences that night, and Disha's spirit attacks, throwing Sunita up, in the air and she falls down on a tree branch which impales her belly, killing her. Manav then agrees to go with Disha's spirit, but says that while the spirit may claim his body, his heart belongs to his wife Shanti. This finally appeases the spirit and liberates it. The film ends with Manav and Shanti happily married.

Cast

* Sohail Khan as Manav / Amar Khanna
* Isha Koppikar as Disha
* Anita Hassanandani as Shanti (credited as "Natassha" in film credits)
* Rati Agnihotri as Sunita Menon
* Vrajesh Hirjee as Puneet "Talli" Kumar
* Divya Palat as Nupur
* Hiten Tejwani as Akshay
* Ali Hassan as Kabir
* Rajendranath Zutshi as Professor Siddharth Das
* Rajendra Gupta as J.C. College's Principal
* Usha Nadkarni as Disha's mom

Track list

The film's soundtrack contains 7 songs composed by Anu Malik and Vishal–Shekhar (for ''Hameesha Tere Saath''). Lyrics were penned by Sanjay Chhel, Neelesh Mishra, Sameer and Shekhar Ravjiani. The album was released on 2 April 2004.

See also

* List of Bollywood horror films

External links

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2004 films
2000s Hindi-language films
Films shot in Uttarakhand
2004 horror films
Films scored by Anu Malik
Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar
Indian ghost films
Indian romantic thriller films
Indian romantic horror films
Balaji Motion Pictures films
2000s romantic thriller films
Films shot in Mussoorie