Duvidha

Duvidha
Directed by	Mani Kaul
Starring	Ravi Menon Raisa Padamsee
Release date(s)	1973
Running time	82 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Duvidha is a 1973 Bollywood ghost movie directed by Mani Kaul. The film stars Ravi Menon and Raisa Padamsee. The film was critically acclaimed and won the director National Film Award for Best Direction and Critics Award for Best film at the 1974 Filmfare Awards.^[1]

The film is based on a story by Vijayadan Detha which relates a popular folktale from Rajasthan about merchant’s son (Ravi Menon) whose relationship with his young bride (Raisa Padamsee) is thwarted by his work and a ghost who falls in love with her, resulting in the ghost soon impersonating the husband.The film was extensively shot in Borunda, village of the author Vijay Dan Detha' Bijji'. ^[2]

Trivia

The Amol Palekar movie, Paheli, released in 2005, is also based on the same story. On request of Palekar' Bijji' expanded the original story.

References

1. ^ "Filmmaker Mani Kaul dead". The Hindu. July 6, 2011. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2163928.ece. 
2. ^ "Profile". upperstall.com. http://www.upperstall.com/people/mani-kaul. 

External links

• Duvidha at the Internet Movie Database