Movie: Woh Kaun Tih?

[amedia]

Free from Jaman as a Hallowe'en movie, Woh Kaun Tih? ("Who was she?") is an eerie ghost story/murder mystery from 1964 about a doctor haunted by a mysterious woman. It moved very slowly; TODS and I worked out the twist long before it was revealed. Beautiful settings and costumes and a very atmospheric filming style, although it was sometimes just way too dark for too long. They seemed to be playing with putting an Indian twist on conventional Hollywood ghost cliches--the beautiful woman who vanishes into the graveyard, the deserted house with the dying woman who isn't there when the doctor comes back with the police--but the most surreal moment, in my opinion, was when the action stopped so that the hospital staff could put on a musical show that looked an awful lot like American Bandstand: Tiki-Tiki-Tiki-Takori.

Comments

[chorale.livejournal.com]

After seeing the video, I can hear Sam Cooke sing "Man you find the old and young/Twistin' the ghost away!" Fun choreography!

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that fun?! I also thought the slide was adorable, and the way the lead girl had a sort of fringe around her waist that really emphasized the twist!

And then the other songs in the movie are slow and sad or sweet, and the female character wears a sari, traditional jewelry, a bindhi during them - totally different look-and-feel!

[chorale.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a neat movie with all of that music. I'll have to look it up on Netflix. I've only seen two Bollywood films, but I enjoyed both of them.