Saamri is a
Bollywood
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horror film
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Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apo ...
released in 1985. It was produced and directed by
Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay, with a story by J. K. Ahuja, dialogue by Mahendra Dehlvi and Safi Ur-Rahman, and a screenplay by Kumar Ramsay.
Plot
Dharmesh Saxena, referred to as "Saamri", is a wealthy elderly man who is involved in
dark magic
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. Aware that his health is fading fast, he arranges for his expansive estate to be left to his niece, Anju Trivedi. Dharmesh's stepbrother Takleefchand, however, has other plans, and he and a motley group of co-conspirators kill Dharmesh and inform authorities that it was a suicide. The next phase of their plan is to kill Anju, but before they can, they begin dying gruesomely. Saamri has risen from the grave to take his revenge.
Cast
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Anirudh Agarwal - Dharmesh Saxena "Saamri"
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Rajan Sippy
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- Sandeep
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Aarti Gupta
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Biography
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- Anju Trivedi
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Puneet Issar
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- Police Inspector Baldev
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Asha Sachdev
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- Maria
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Gulshan Grover
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- Khanna
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Jagdeep
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- Changez Khan
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Prem Chopra
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- Mama Taklifchand
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Jack Gaud
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- Bhishan
* Amarnath Mukherjee - Professor
Soundtrack
The film had 5 songs which was composed by
Bappi Lahiri
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and written by Farooq Qaiser & Kafeel Azar.
#"Bacha Le" -
Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...
, Johnny Whisky, Anand Raaj
#"Paani Mein Aag lagi" -
Amit Kumar
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,
S. Janaki
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#"Ladki Kaise" -
Kishore Kumar
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He w ...
#"Saamri Saamri" -
Anup Jalota
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Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...]
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0260335, 3D Saamri
1985 films
1980s Hindi-language films
Indian horror films
Films scored by Bappi Lahiri
1985 horror films
Hindi-language horror films
Films directed by Shyam Ramsay
Films directed by Tulsi Ramsay