Summary
Jwala Prasad is to marry the girl of his dreams. On the day of the marriage, she is dressed all in red, as is the tradition in India. Just before the wedding she slips off to meet her real lover.
Good for
- Friends night
- Pure escapism
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You scare easily
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 65
Letterboxd · 304 ratings3.1/5
IMDb6.1
Running time
2 h 34 min
Longer than 9 in 10 romances, +47 min on the typical 107
typical 107154Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Released
1979
May 22, 1979
47 years ago
Genres
RomanceMysteryActionHorrorLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 16 more21 people
- Sunil DuttLakhan
- Sanjeev KumarThakur (Shera's Father)
- Shatrughan SinhaShera
- Vinod MehraMadman
- RekhaChampa
- Premnath MalhotraPriest
- Reena RoyRaja / Reshma
- Neetu SinghGauri
Bindiya GoswamiShanti
SarikaBindiya
Yogeeta BaliThakur's Bride- NMNeeta MehtaBride
Aruna IraniAruna- SSShobhini SinghBride
JeetendraAmar
Madan PuriBlind Vaidji
Anwar HussainSardar
Amrish PuriKidnapper
Shakti KapoorMan on Horse
JagdeepNathuram
Mac MohanTaxi Driver
Directing · 1
- Rajkumar Kohli Director
Writing · 2
- Inder Raj Anand Writer
- Hakim Riaz Latta Dialogue
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