Zapatlela
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| Directed by | Mahesh Kothare |
| Story by | Mahesh Kothare |
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Mahesh Kothare Laxmikant Berde Jayram Kulkarni Pooja Pawar Madhu Kambikar Kishori Ambiye Dilip Prabhavalkar Vijay Chavan |
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168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
Zapatlela (झपाटलेला ) is a Marathi horror comedy movie, which was released in 1993. It is directed by Mahesh Kothare. It is followed by sequel Zapatlela 2, released 20 years later (in 2013). The film was remade in Telugu in the year 2001 with the title Ammo Bomma, with Dr. Rajendra Prasad playing the lead role. Zapatlela is inspired from the American movie Child's Play (1988 film).
The film has the renowned artist ventriloquist Ramdas Padhye along with his famous evil puppet Tatya Vinchu. The film stars Laxmikant Berde as Laxmikant Bolke, with Mahesh Kothare as CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav and Dilip Prabhavalkar as Tatya Vinchu. This film also dubbed in hindi as 'Khilona Bana Khalnayak'.
The Film begins with a Car approaching in Night. Tatya Vinchu (Dilip Prabhavalkar) a famous gangster and his henchman kubdya Khavis enters the cave of Baba chamtkar (Raghvendra Kadkol) in search for mrutunjay mantra, a voodoo spell which can transfer the soul of the chanter to any living or nonliving object. Tatya threatens Baba Chamatkar for his mantra. Baba, out of fear, gives it to him. CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav (Mahesh Kothare), who is trying to arrest Tatya raids his warehouse. Mahesh finds Tatya, and gives chase until Tatya hides in a post office. There, they fight and Tatya gets hit by a fatal gunshot. He uses the mantra to transfer his soul into the body of a ventriloquist's doll lying nearby. Meanwhile Kubdya Khavis is captured and taken into custody. The police believes that Tatya is dead.
Gauri (Kishori Ambiye) returns from USA to India for pursuing PHD in Criminal Psychology. In the meantime Gauri's Father gets transferred to Shrirangpur. She meets her brother Lakshya. Lakshya has a talent of ventriloquism, and Gauri gives him a doll as a gift she got from USA, which happens to be the doll in which Tatya Vinchu's soul is trapped.
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