Duvidha

Duvidha
Directed by	Mani Kaul
Produced by	Film Finance Corporation (NFDC) National Music Dance Centre
Screenplay by	Mani Kaul
Based on	Duvidha by Vijayadan Detha
Starring	Ravi Menon Raisa Padamsee
Cinematography	Navroz Contractor
Edited by	Ravi Patnaik
Release date	1973
Running time	84 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Duvidha is a 1973 ghost movie directed by Mani Kaul. The film stars Ravi Menon and Raisa Padamsee in lead roles. The film was critically acclaimed and won the director National Film Award for Best Direction and Critics Award for Best film at the 1974 Filmfare Awards.

The film is set in rural Rajasthan. It is based on a story by Vijayadan Detha, which relates a popular folktale from Rajasthan about a merchant’s son, Krishanlal (Ravi Menon), whose relationship with his young bride, Lachhi (Raisa Padamsee), is thwarted by his work and a ghost who falls in love with her, resulting in the ghost soon impersonating the husband.

The film was extensively shot in Borunda village, in Tehsil Bilara, Jodhpur district, the village of the author Vijay Dan Detha' Bijji.

The music of film was given by folk musicians of Rajasthan, Ramzan Hammu, Latif and Saki Khan.

The Amol Palekar movie, Paheli, released in 2005, is also based on the same story. Another similar work is 'Nagamandala' (Kannada), directed by T.S. Nagabharana based on a play by Girish Karnad.

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