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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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