| Zapatlela | |
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 VCD cover art | |
| Directed by | Mahesh Kothare |
| Story by | Mahesh Kothare |
| Based on | Child's Play by Don Mancini[1][2] |
| Produced by | Mahesh Kothare |
| Starring | Mahesh Kothare Laxmikant Berde Kishori Ambiye Pooja Pawar Madhu Kambikar Ravindra Berde Jairam Kulkarni Vijay Chavan Raghavendra Kadkol Bipin Varti Dilip Prabhavalkar |
| Cinematography | Suryakant Lavande |
| Edited by | Vishwas–Anil |
| Music by | Anil Mohile[3] |
Production company | Jenma Films International |
Release date |
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Running time | 149 minutes[4] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
| Box office | est.₹3 crore (US$360,000)[5] |
Zapatlela (transl. Possessed) is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language horror comedy film directed and produced by Mahesh Kothare under Jenma Films International. The film stars an ensemble cast of Mahesh Kothare, Laxmikant Berde, Pooja Pawar, Kishori Ambiye, Madhu Kambikar, Jairam Kulkarni, Vijay Chavan, Ravindra Berde, Raghavendra Kadkol, Bipin Varti, and Dilip Prabhavalkar made a cameo appearance and provided the voiceover for the puppet Tatya Vinchu in the film. The practical effects for the puppet were created by Ramdas Padhye, a renowned ventriloquist and puppeteer.[6] A sequel titled Zapatlela 2 was released 20 years later in 2013 in 3D format. The movie was also dubbed in Hindi as Khilona Bana Khalnayak.
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- ^ "Zapatlela (1993)". Pune International Film Festival. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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- ^ KOTHARE, MAHESH (1 January 2023). DAMN IT ANI BARACH KAHI (in Marathi). Mehta Publishing House Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-81-959709-6-4.
- ^ "Possessed Dolls: Movies that gave us the creeps". Outlook India. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.