Otherwise, horror on celluloid remained the sole prerogative of the Ramsays, who rolled out steamy films, which catered to front benchers in smaller towns.Īpart from the cast what made the film popular were the songs penned by Verma Malik and composed to tune by Laxmikant-Pyarelal including the soulful “Chalo Re Doli Uthao Kahar” (Mohammad Rafi) which achieved a cult status. In between, there were films like “Woh Kaun Thi” and “Bees Saal Baad” which kept this genre alive. The genre of Jaani Dushman”, a horror/suspense/action potboiler, is not common in Bollywood, although one can loosely trace its roots to “Mahal”, the cult suspense classic starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala.
It is quite possible that even Kohli might not have imagined the level of box-office success the film would eventually earn him. With Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Shatrughan Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Neetu Singh, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Vinod Mehra, Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor and Premnath under his baton, Kohli, must have required the patience and courage of a ring master.
He assembled a galaxy of stars for a film and not just for a song as done by Desai in “Naseeb” and later Farah Khan for “Om Shanti Om”. Rajkumar Kohli might not have the clout wielded by the likes of Manmohan Desai and Prakash Mehra nor the enviable legacy they have left behind, but in one aspect where Kohli could give his contemporaries a run for their money was the ensemble star cast he managed for his movies, including the 1979 multistarrer “Jaani Dushman”.
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