Mallika (2010 film)

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Mallika
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Promotional poster
Directed byWilson Louis
Written byMohan Savalkar
Produced byWilson Louis
Starring Sameer Dattani
Himanshu Malik
Suresh Menon
Sheena Nayar
Pooja Ballutia
Rajesh Khera
Arjun Mahajan
Farzil Pardiwalla
Mamik Singh
CinematographyViraj Sinha
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Akbar Sami
Score:
Shamir Tandon
Production
company
Glorious Entertainment
Distributed byPPC Horrotainment
Release date
  • 3 September 2010 (2010-09-03)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mallika [1] is a Hindi horror film, produced and directed by Wilson Louis. The film was released on 3 September 2010 under the Glorious Entertainment banner. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

Whenever she closes her eyes, all Sanjana sees is a ghost staring at her in various states of blood and gore, often prompting her to be scared all the time. When she awakens, she can see them lying by her side.

Unable to sleep, she sees visions of a desolate mansion where she sees a swinging chair and most particularly about a storeroom. In one vision, she sees herself in a forest while being at home, where she follows the woman in white whom she sees as herself. After she is standing just a few feet away, the ghost kills her with a dagger, and the vision ends. Then, she decides to go to the mansion with her friends and boyfriend, who mostly plays a violin.

There, a series of mysterious murders start to happen with her friends, with no clue over who did it. Then, Sanjana gets her most powerful vision, where she sees the entire murder process that occurred before they even got there.

They seek the help of a Hindu priest, who after listening to her claims, researches and finds out about the murder. It is revealed that the ghost is none other than the owner of the mansion, "Mallika." And the murderer, Mallika's husband, who was cheating with some other girl and reveals that he married her for her property, soon left India after taking possession of the property.

Meanwhile, it was believed that Sanjana was the medium through which the murders occurred, as she is a lookalike of Mallika. The priest finds out that Sanjana is not the medium, so they decide to perform a ritual to find out about the medium.

In the middle sequence of the ritual, the vengeful ghost of Mallika appears and kills the priest. Then, Mallika's husband "Kaushik" comes to the mansion and sees Sanjana and takes her for Mallika. He says that he can kill another time too. There, he hears the violin tunes of Sanjana's boyfriend, which are the same tunes as of Mallika. Then he shows a ghostly face, proving that he is Mallika's medium. Flashback reveals that he was the one who pulled out the blood-stained dagger from its resting place. And was cut in the fingertip with her blood entering his body. After some time, he was fully possessed. He tortures Kaushik, and Mallika leaves his body to kill him inside her dying place.

The hauntings and killings soon begin ending. And there is a hint for a happy ending.

Cast

Music

Mallika
Soundtrack album by
Released3 September 2010
Genre filmi
Producer Pritam
Pritam chronology
Hello Darling
(2010)
Mallika
(2010)
Crook
(2010)

All lyrics are written by Sudhakar Sharma; all music is composed by Pritam, Shamir Tandon & Akbar Sami

No.TitleMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Chaahoon Tujhe" Pritam Sunidhi Chauhan, KK  
2."Ittefaq Tu Nahi" (Rock Version) Shamir Tandon Raaj, Shilpa Rao  
3."Ittefaq Tu Nahi" (Sensuous Version)Shamir TandonRaaj, Shilpa Rao 
4."Shah-e-Khuban"Shamir TandonAmjad, Neeti Mohan  
5."Woh Bhooli Dastan" (Dance Mix) Akbar Sami Pamela Jain  
6."Woh Bhooli Dastan" (Radio Mix)Akbar SamiPamela Jain 

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