Krishna Cottage
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Krishna Cottage is a 2004
Bollywood
Horror film
directed by the debuting Santram Varma. It was produced by the mother-daughter team of Ekta Kapoor
and Shobha Kapoor
, better known for producing Indian television soap opera
s, and starred Sohail Khan
, Anita Hassanandani, and Ishaa Koppikar
in the leading roles.
). The professor explains that the book has nine and a half love stories; the last story is unfinished because, the professor says in a grim tone, he was never able to think of the ending. The professor donates a copy of the book to J C College. Some time after, the principal of the college deposits the book into the abandoned store room, and silences his staff when they ask why he has removed it from library circulation. Some secrets, he mutters, are best left buried.
The film then introduces a group of college kids, all friends, at J C College: Manav (Sohail Khan
), recently returned from the USA
; Shanti (Natassha
), his childhood sweetheart and fiancee; Kabir; Akshay; Nupur; and Talli. These kids attend college, play pranks on each other and have a jolly old time.
The film takes a turn when Disha (Isha Koppikar) starts college. Disha is a stunning beauty, and she soon catches Manav's eye. Although Manav is engaged to Shanti, he finds himself strangely drawn to Disha. Disha joins the gang of kids and participates in their exploits, but gradually begins spending time with just Manav. This perturbs Shanti, but Manav explains that he feels strangely protective of Disha, and that his real love is towards Shanti.
Strange things happen at Manav and Shanti'ss engagement function. A chandelier suddenly drops off the ceiling and nearly kills Disha, but Manav pushes her away in the nick of time. Various other telekinetic events transpire 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 events intensify at Krishna Cottage, and two of the folks are nearly killed that evening. Disha finally explains that the spirit of her dead boyfriend Amar Khanna is chasing her and causing mischief with those around her.
Manav gets drawn closer to Disha. At a chance encounter in the library, Disha indicates that "Kahi Ankahi Batein" is her favorite book. Their rendezvous is crashed by the bumbling Talli. Talli picks up the book and passes it on to Nupur, who reads it that evening. She discovers that the book exposes a sinister connection between Amar Khanna and the college. She calls Talli in fright, but is murdered by a mysterious force before Talli arrives. Talli grabs the book and comes back to the college campus, but finds that Kabir is murdered there.
Talli overhears an animated conversation between Professor Siddharth Das and the college principal. The professor explains that the book is jinxed and it brings doom. Except for a handful of copies from its initial print run, it never reached the market. Vans, trucks, and ships transporting the book met with various mysterious and inexplicable accidents (e.g., self-incineration). The professor is mystified that the book is no longer in the store room, but strongly cautions the principal that he must have it back and that it must be destroyed or else it would destroy others.
Meanwhile, Shanti arrives at Disha's home. She is tired of Disha making moves on her man, and wants to settle it right there. She meets Disha's mother and agitatedly asks for Disha to come out. Disha's mother drops a shocking bombshell: Disha has been dead for 22 years. Stunned, confused, and frightened, Shanti runs away. Hotly pursued by Disha's spirit through the woods, she collapses on the highway next to a small Kali
temple.
When Shanti awakens, she finds herself at the home of a noted astrologer
and seance
medium named Sunita Menon (Rati Agnihotri
), surrounded by Manav, Akshay, and Talli. Sunita explains that there is a dark aura around Shanti. In spite of their disbelief, she performs a seance that evening and invokes Disha's spirit. The spirit arrives, works through Sunita's body, and angrily exclaims its quest for the death of the kids.
Talli realizes that the secret behind the spirit is in the book, and runs off to Krishna Cottage to retrieve it. No sooner than he reads the unfinished story, he is murdered by the spirit. Sunita and the rest of the gang follow another trail back to the professor. When they arrive, they find they are too late; the professor has burnt the last few pages of his copy of the book and has been killed by the spirit.
Manav deduces, from some of the book fragments in the fire, that it all had something to do with a location at a nearby hill station at Lover's Point. They rush to this location in the mountains, and there Manav discovers a body buried (preserved) in the ice of the mountains. The body bears an uncanny similarity to him; this brings back a flood of memories and visions. He recalls himself (or his likeness, Amar Khanna) and Disha as students of J C College many years ago. Disha was madly in love with him and wanted to marry him, but he turned her down because he loved her as a friend and nothing more. Scorned and angry, Disha commits a murder and frames Amar for it, hoping that after being isolated by everyone he would have no choice but to marry her. But Amar finds the murder weapon in Disha'a car and gets angry at her, telling her to stop the car immediately. Disha went on a rampage and drove away with Amar. She crashed the car into the side of the mountain, and Amar was thrown through the windshield and fell to his death. As the police arrived, the professor and the principal were witnesses to the scene of Amar's and Disha's death. And now, Disha has returned as a spirit after all these years, to claim her lost love.
Sunita suggests the only remaining way to stop Disha – Manav and Shanti must be married (so as to bind their destinies together forever), as this bond is too strong even for a spirit to break. The wedding ceremony commences that night, and Disha's spirit arrives and attacks the ceremony. Manav and Shanti attempt to fight it off, but the spirit is too strong for them and kills Sunita Menon. Manav then agrees to go with Disha's spirit, but informs it that while the spirit may claim his body and soul, his heart and destiny belong to his wife Shanti. This finally appeases the spirit and liberates it. The film ends with Manav and Shanti happily married
.
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
Horror film
Indian ghost movie
Indian ghost movies are popular not just in India but in the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and other parts of the world. Bollywood produces more than 700 films a year in the nation's 16 official languages, often melodramatic and usually full of musical interludes where the characters burst...
directed by the debuting Santram Varma. It was produced by the mother-daughter team of Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Jeetendra Kapoor is an Indian TV and film producer. She is the Creative Director and Joint Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, her production company.-Biography:...
and Shobha Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor is an Indian television and film producer. She is Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, a famous TV serial production house in Mumbai, India. She is married to Bollywood actor Jeetendra.-Career:...
, better known for producing Indian television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s, and starred Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...
, Anita Hassanandani, and Ishaa Koppikar
Ishaa Koppikar
Eesha Koppikhar , born Isha Koppikar, is an Indian actress and model who has appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Koppikhar married her longtime boyfriend Rohit Narang on 29 November 2009.-Background:Koppikhar was born in Mumbai, India, hailing from the Konkani speaking Chitrapur...
in the leading roles.
Plot
The film opens at a function celebrating the launch of a book "Kahi Ankahi Batein" (a few untold things) by Professor Siddharth Das (Rajendranath ZutshiRajendranath Zutshi
Rajendranath Zutshi, aka Raj Zutshi, is a Mumbai-based Indian film and television actor. He is actor Aamir Khan's ex-brother-in-law, as he was married to producer-director-writer Nasir Hussain's daughter Nuzhat...
). The professor explains that the book has nine and a half love stories; the last story is unfinished because, the professor says in a grim tone, he was never able to think of the ending. The professor donates a copy of the book to J C College. Some time after, the principal of the college deposits the book into the abandoned store room, and silences his staff when they ask why he has removed it from library circulation. Some secrets, he mutters, are best left buried.
The film then introduces a group of college kids, all friends, at J C College: Manav (Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...
), recently returned from the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
; Shanti (Natassha
Natassha
Anita Hassanandani , also known as Natassha, is an Indian model, film and television actress.- Career :Hassanandani is best known for acting in Balaji Telefilms and has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Telugu films...
), his childhood sweetheart and fiancee; Kabir; Akshay; Nupur; and Talli. These kids attend college, play pranks on each other and have a jolly old time.
The film takes a turn when Disha (Isha Koppikar) starts college. Disha is a stunning beauty, and she soon catches Manav's eye. Although Manav is engaged to Shanti, he finds himself strangely drawn to Disha. Disha joins the gang of kids and participates in their exploits, but gradually begins spending time with just Manav. This perturbs Shanti, but Manav explains that he feels strangely protective of Disha, and that his real love is towards Shanti.
Strange things happen at Manav and Shanti'ss engagement function. A chandelier suddenly drops off the ceiling and nearly kills Disha, but Manav pushes her away in the nick of time. Various other telekinetic events transpire 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 events intensify at Krishna Cottage, and two of the folks are nearly killed that evening. Disha finally explains that the spirit of her dead boyfriend Amar Khanna is chasing her and causing mischief with those around her.
Manav gets drawn closer to Disha. At a chance encounter in the library, Disha indicates that "Kahi Ankahi Batein" is her favorite book. Their rendezvous is crashed by the bumbling Talli. Talli picks up the book and passes it on to Nupur, who reads it that evening. She discovers that the book exposes a sinister connection between Amar Khanna and the college. She calls Talli in fright, but is murdered by a mysterious force before Talli arrives. Talli grabs the book and comes back to the college campus, but finds that Kabir is murdered there.
Talli overhears an animated conversation between Professor Siddharth Das and the college principal. The professor explains that the book is jinxed and it brings doom. Except for a handful of copies from its initial print run, it never reached the market. Vans, trucks, and ships transporting the book met with various mysterious and inexplicable accidents (e.g., self-incineration). The professor is mystified that the book is no longer in the store room, but strongly cautions the principal that he must have it back and that it must be destroyed or else it would destroy others.
Meanwhile, Shanti arrives at Disha's home. She is tired of Disha making moves on her man, and wants to settle it right there. She meets Disha's mother and agitatedly asks for Disha to come out. Disha's mother drops a shocking bombshell: Disha has been dead for 22 years. Stunned, confused, and frightened, Shanti runs away. Hotly pursued by Disha's spirit through the woods, she collapses on the highway next to a small Kali
Kali
' , also known as ' , is the Hindu goddess associated with power, shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" . Hence, Kāli is...
temple.
When Shanti awakens, she finds herself at the home of a noted astrologer
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
and seance
Séance
A séance is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word "séance" comes from the French word for "seat," "session" or "sitting," from the Old French "seoir," "to sit." In French, the word's meaning is quite general: one may, for example, speak of "une séance de cinéma"...
medium named Sunita Menon (Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri is a veteran Indian actress. Her portfolio mainly includes films in Hindi-Urdu, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She was born to a Sikh family.-Film career:...
), surrounded by Manav, Akshay, and Talli. Sunita explains that there is a dark aura around Shanti. In spite of their disbelief, she performs a seance that evening and invokes Disha's spirit. The spirit arrives, works through Sunita's body, and angrily exclaims its quest for the death of the kids.
Talli realizes that the secret behind the spirit is in the book, and runs off to Krishna Cottage to retrieve it. No sooner than he reads the unfinished story, he is murdered by the spirit. Sunita and the rest of the gang follow another trail back to the professor. When they arrive, they find they are too late; the professor has burnt the last few pages of his copy of the book and has been killed by the spirit.
Manav deduces, from some of the book fragments in the fire, that it all had something to do with a location at a nearby hill station at Lover's Point. They rush to this location in the mountains, and there Manav discovers a body buried (preserved) in the ice of the mountains. The body bears an uncanny similarity to him; this brings back a flood of memories and visions. He recalls himself (or his likeness, Amar Khanna) and Disha as students of J C College many years ago. Disha was madly in love with him and wanted to marry him, but he turned her down because he loved her as a friend and nothing more. Scorned and angry, Disha commits a murder and frames Amar for it, hoping that after being isolated by everyone he would have no choice but to marry her. But Amar finds the murder weapon in Disha'a car and gets angry at her, telling her to stop the car immediately. Disha went on a rampage and drove away with Amar. She crashed the car into the side of the mountain, and Amar was thrown through the windshield and fell to his death. As the police arrived, the professor and the principal were witnesses to the scene of Amar's and Disha's death. And now, Disha has returned as a spirit after all these years, to claim her lost love.
Sunita suggests the only remaining way to stop Disha – Manav and Shanti must be married (so as to bind their destinies together forever), as this bond is too strong even for a spirit to break. The wedding ceremony commences that night, and Disha's spirit arrives and attacks the ceremony. Manav and Shanti attempt to fight it off, but the spirit is too strong for them and kills Sunita Menon. Manav then agrees to go with Disha's spirit, but informs it that while the spirit may claim his body and soul, his heart and destiny belong to his wife Shanti. This finally appeases the spirit and liberates it. The film ends with Manav and Shanti happily married
Cast
- Sohail KhanSohail KhanSohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...
as Manav/Amar Khanna - Isha Koppikar as Disha
- Anita Hassanandani as Shanti (credited as Natassha)
- Hiten TejwaniHiten TejwaniHiten Tejwani is an Indian television actor from Mumbai, India.-Early life:Tejwani was born and brought up in Mumbai, to a cloth merchant father and a home maker mother. He has two younger brothers...
as Akshay - Rati AgnihotriRati AgnihotriRati Agnihotri is a veteran Indian actress. Her portfolio mainly includes films in Hindi-Urdu, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She was born to a Sikh family.-Film career:...
as Sunita Menon - Divya PalatDivya PalatDivya Palat is an Award winning Producer and Director for theatre plays like -"A Personal War- Stories of the Mumbai Terror Attacks" and was a Hindi actress who has done many films such as Masti with Vivek Oberoi, Dhund with Apurva Agnihotri, Kuch Naa Kaho with Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan,...
as Nupur - Vrajesh HirjeeVrajesh HirjeeVrajesh Hirjee is a prominent Gujarati actor who is also well known for his comic roles in Hindi movies. Vrajesh was born in 1977.He has acted in over 40 Gujarati plays.He has since then done a number of successful movies like Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai,...
as Punit Kumar 'P.K.' Tali - Rajendranath ZutshiRajendranath ZutshiRajendranath Zutshi, aka Raj Zutshi, is a Mumbai-based Indian film and television actor. He is actor Aamir Khan's ex-brother-in-law, as he was married to producer-director-writer Nasir Hussain's daughter Nuzhat...
as Prof. Siddharth 'Sid' Das - Rajendra GuptaRajendra GuptaRajendra Gupta is an Indian film, television and theater actor and director who is best known for his television roles of Pandit Jagarnath in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series Chandrakanta and Sudha's father - Jagat Narayan - in the 1998-2001 Sony TV drama Saaya.An alumnus of the...
as J.C. College's Principal - Usha Nadkarni as Disha's mom
Track list
The film's soundtrack contains 7 songs composed by Anu MalikAnu Malik
Anu Malik , born Anwar Sardaar Malik, is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. Son of veteran music director Sardar Malek, Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer in the year 1977. After a considerable period of struggle, the 90's welcomed Anu with hits like 'Phir Teri Kahani...
.
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& ShaanShaan (singer)Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"... - "Suna Suna" (Bepanah pyaar hai aaja): Shreya Ghoshal
- "Aaju Mein Tum": Alka YagnikAlka YagnikAlka Yagnik is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Film Awards...
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& ShaanShaan (singer)Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"... - "Hamesha Tere Saath": VishalVishalVishal may refer to:* Vishal , a common given Indian name, from Hindi/ Sanskrit, meaning massive, pertaining to dimensions and hence strength.People:* Vishal Arora, Indian journalist* Vishal Bhardwaj, Indian music composer...
- "Laila Laila"
- "Rang Rang": ShaanShaan (singer)Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...
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, Kumar SanuKumar SanuKumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009....
, Soumyah Raoh , Alka YagnikAlka YagnikAlka Yagnik is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Film Awards...
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