Kohra (1964 film)

Kohraa
Directed byBiren Nag
Written byDhruva Chatterjee
Produced byHemant Kumar
StarringWaheeda Rehman
Biswajeet
Lalita Pawar
CinematographyMarshall Braganza
Music byHemant Kumar
Production
company
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Kohraa (transl. Fog) is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language horror thriller film directed by Biren Nag, starring Waheeda Rehman, Biswajeet and Lalita Pawar.[2] The film was adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca, which was previously adapted by Alfred Hitchcock as Rebecca (1940), though some supernatural elements were added to it, including a few from the film Psycho.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Mahaan, Deepak (7 October 2010). "Blast from the past: Kohraa (1964)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ Sequeira, Gayle (20 October 2020). "Before Netflix's Rebecca, A Throwback To Biren Nag's 1964 Adaptation With Waheeda Rehman And Biswajit Chatterjee". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Bollywood borrowed skilfully from Alfred Hitchcock: Richard Allen". Thaindian News. New Delhi. IANS. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2018.