Purani Haveli is a 1989 Bollywood Indian horror film about a rich family that eagerly buys an abandoned mansion in a rural area. However, they soon discover that the mansion has a very disturbing and horrifying past.
The movie was produced and directed by the Ramsay brothers. The production stars Deepak Parashar and Amita Nangia. The soundtrack was composed by Ajit Singh. Also known as Mansion of Evil and The Monster Wakes. The title translates as “Old Mansion”.
Plot:
A young couple, Raja (Anil Dhawan) and Rita (Priti Sapru) are driving through a dense forest at night. Tired and sleepy, they decide to stop for the night and find a haveli (mansion) nearby. They fall asleep on the outskirts of the mansion.
Around midnight, the husband suddenly wakes up. Then a horrible monster (Manik Irani) attacks him. His wife wakes up hearing him scream and they are both killed by the monster. An old man Narendra (Narendra Nath) suddenly appears, a bit too late but eventually traps the monster in an underground cage and attaches a cross to the latch to keep him from escaping…
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