How has the ghost of movies changed?
India’s cinematic history is very old. But even older legends echo in the country, namely, those street stories we all grew up hearing from our grandmothers. Even today, mothers feed their children sitting on banyan or neem trees, telling stories of cuddling the dead bodies of some old village witches. I mean the existence of ghosts is very well established in the folklore of our country and filmmakers have tried to recreate the same stories on the big screen. But now technology has changed and with it these ghosts of cinema have also changed.
With new technology, the appearance of ghosts in horror films has also completely changed. In earlier cinema, if a girl became a ghost, lenses were inserted into her eyes. If a boy used to be a ghost his face would be heavily made up, but now that is not the case at all. Today’s cinema uses technology to create different faces of ghosts.
Also, in earlier times, when people had to be scared, the makers would focus on the sound of the door, the sound of water falling, and the camera angles and lighting. However, the story is completely different in today’s films. Ghosts in today’s films are shaped with the help of VFX, then motion settings are made according to the scene on their ready VFX, giving them a realistic feel. Makers design ghosts according to the needs of today’s generation. But there is one more thing by which today’s ghosts are identified, that is their back story which nowadays has a special kind of construction. To make the character more interesting, today we will tell you how both the appearance and the story of the ‘ghost’ in movies have changed with the change in cinema.
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1. The Ghost of ‘Two Yards Down’
Released on 30 December 1972, the film ‘Do Gaj Zameen Ke Nadi’ is based on a wealthy scientist scion and his cheating wife Anjali. The film featured Surendra Kumar as a scientist and Shobhana as Anjali. There are many scary scenes in the film. The film stars many stars like Satyen Kappu, Dhumal, Helen and Imtiaz Khan in lead roles. In the film ‘Do Gaj Zameen Ke Nadi’, Anjali along with her old lover commits a murder for the dynasty’s wealth and both of them bury his dead body in a graveyard. The twist in the film comes when the dynasty comes back as a zombie to avenge his death. The actor wears heavy make-up to portray a zombie in the film.
2. Ghost of ‘Jani Dushman’
Shatrughan Sinha played the role of a ghost in the terrific horror film ‘Jaani Dushman’. In the film, seeing a woman in a bridal gown, the ‘ghost’ will get angry and kidnap her. The ghost was portrayed as a bear in the film. Heavy makeup was done on Shatrughan Sinha’s face. Along with this, hair was used to make the face look like a bear. Shatrughan Sinha was also in another character in the film, so he had to change two costumes. However, the backstory of this ghost is not so highlighted in the film.
3. Ghost of ‘Kanchana’
‘Kanchana’ is one of the classic horror films of South cinema. No matter how many years have passed since the release of this film, the story of this film and the ghost of Kanchana are still alive in people’s minds. The film features a cameraman named Raghav, who is afraid of ghosts. The story of the film revolves around the character of Raghav Lawrence, who is deprived of a spirit. He starts behaving like a woman. A girl is made a witch in the film, but not make-up but lighting and expressions are used to scare her.
4. Slides of ‘Woman 2’
‘Stree 2’ was released on August 15. Since then, the film has been making waves at the box office. The film features a ghost named Sarkata, who makes girls living in Chanderi village disappear. Instead of focusing on his entire body, the makers have done maximum VFX work on his head. In the film, Sarakta is played by Sunil Kumar, who is a police constable as well as a wrestler, but what makes Sarakta’s character special is her amazing backstory, which is very well adapted to the female universe.
Sarakta was a person in his life who hated new thinking women. Now, even after death, he preys on women who have modern ideas. He also changes the thinking of the other men in Chanderi. This scene makes a great comment on our real life and things happening in today’s society.
5. Ghost of ‘Kakuda’
The story of the movie ‘Kakuda’ is about a suffering soul. This film is a good example of the legends that were talked about in the beginning. The film stars Saqib Saleem, Sonakshi Sinha and Ritesh Deshmukh in lead roles. Rataudi, a small village in Mathura, is shown in the film. The village of Rataudi is cursed and there is the shadow of Kakuda. Each house in the film has two doors, one big and one small.
Every Tuesday in the village at exactly 7.15 a man has to open the small door of the house. If the door of the house does not open, the male of the house dies on the 13th day. Seeing the ghost who played the character of ‘Kakuda’ in the film will remind you of the character of Hulk. The plot of the film is very good and full of suspense.
