1920 (film)

1920
Promotional release poster
Directed byVikram Bhatt
Written byVikram Bhatt
Dialogue byGirish Dhamija
Screenplay byDheeraj Rattan
Produced bySurendra Sharma
Bhagwati Gabrani
Amita Bishnoi
StarringRajneesh Duggal
Adah Sharma
Indraneil Sengupta
Anjori Alagh
CinematographyPravin Bhatt
Edited byKuldeep Mehan
Music byScore:
Raju Rao
Songs:
Adnan Sami
Salim–Sulaiman
Production
companies
ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
Distributed byBIG Pictures
Release date
  • 12 September 2008 (2008-09-12)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹7 crore[1]
Box office₹14.5 Crore[1]

1920 is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. Set in the year 1920, the film stars debutant actors Rajneesh Duggal and Adah Sharma as a married couple who move into a haunted manor where the wife gets possessed by an evil spirit. Loosely inspired by the 1973 American horror film The Exorcist, it is the first installment of the 1920 film series, which was a commercial success. The film was also dubbed into Telugu and Tamil, under the title 1920 Gayathri. American entertainment publication Collider has considered it one of the greatest Indian horror films of all time.[2] A sequel, 1920: The Evil Returns, was released in 2012 to mixed reviews and commercial success.

  1. ^ a b "1920 - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "16 Best Indian Horror Movies Of All Time, Ranked". Collider. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024. 1920 was a huge success in its native India and spawned a franchise that now encompasses four movies, speaking to its palatability as a mainstream horror film.