Bhargavi Nilayam (1964)

Original title

ഭാർഗ്ഗവീനിലയം

Directed by

A. Vincent

Genre

horror film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 42m

Rated

U

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A novelist moves into a house and writes a story about a woman named Bhargavi who was murdered there. He forms a touching bond with her ghost as they collaborate on the tale.

romanticghostlypoignantatmosphericmelancholicmoodytenderspooky

What happens

Bhargavi Nilayam (transl. The House of Bhargavi) is a 1964 Indian Malayalam-language romantic horror film directed by A. Vincent (in his directorial debut) and written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer based on the short story Neelavelicham. The film stars Madhu, Vijaya Nirmala, Prem Nazir and P. J. Antony. The film depicts a compassionate relationship between a talented novelist and the spirit of a beautiful lady who had been murdered. The novelist is writing the story of this lady, into whose house he has moved in as tenant. The film mirrors in a meta-cinematic fashion the close and often symbiotic relationships between Malayalam filmmakers and writers in depicting a writer at work, collaborating with an intangible agency in the form of the eponymous Bhargavi. It was the directorial debut of A. Vincent. It is generally regarded as the first horror film in Malayalam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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