Which brings me to my next point: Indian horror movies are considered something of a cultural embarrassment in their home country, so the movies have until recently proven hard to find and even when you do find them, chances are they won't be subtitled in English or any other language. I suppose the pioneering Ramsay Brothers have a reputation in India similar to that of the Mitchell Brothers in American film: they worked in parallel with the mainstream, not as a part of it though they may have been relatively good at what they did, we still don't discuss their work in polite company and you certainly won't find their movies in any reputable shop or family video store. In order to understand it, you first have to come to terms with the whole mainstream Indian movie industry - the largest movie industry in the world, and one that until recently wanted no part of the horror genre. This explains, at least in part, why I've been avoiding Indian horror: I find the prep work a little daunting. Usually, before I write about a movie, I like to have some basic idea about its origin and cultural background. If you want informed commentary on Indian B-movies, then by all means head on over to Teleport City, where they actually know what they're talking about. Let me be clear about something up front: I'm about to discuss this movie from a position of near-complete ignorance.
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