Jaani Dushman is a 1979 Bollywood popular horror film with a large starcast including Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Mehra, Sanjeev Kumar, Neetu Singh, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor and Premnath. It was directed by Rajkumar Kohli. The film became a "superhit" at the box office. Jwala Prasad is to marry the girl of his dreams. On the day of the marriage, she is dressed all in red, as is the tradition in India. Just before the wedding she slips off to meet her real lover. When Jwala finds out, he is so enraged that he turns into a monster... and kills both the to-be bride and her male friend. The saga does not end here, and this monster continues to terrorize the region, first abducting brides dressed in red just before the wedding procession stops at a Mandir . When a to-be groom finally confronts and kills the monster, it leaves the body of Jwala Prasad and possesses the body of its killer. And the terror continues. Years later another male has now killed this creature, and the monster has re-possessed its body, and it is again on the rampage.
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| Release date: | May 22, 1979 |
| Directed by: | Rajkumar Kohli, Raj Kumar Kohli |
| Runtime: | 162 Minutes |
| Producer: | Rajkumar Kohli |
| Music by: | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
| Cinematography: | Baldev Singh |