Purani Haveli

Purani Haveli

Year: 1989

Runtime: 145 mins

Language: Hindi

Directors: Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay

Horror

After her parents die, Anita lives with her uncle Kumar, his wife Seema, and brother Vikram. Kumar buys a remote mansion. Seema wants Anita to marry her brother, but Anita loves Sunil, a poor photographer, and the family forbids them. When Anita’s friends visit, they unwittingly free a centuries‑old monster locked beneath the mansion that feeds on people.

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1

Night attack on Raja and Rita in the forest

A young couple, Raja and Rita, drive through a dense forest near a haveli and decide to stop for the night. Around midnight, a terrifying roar signals the monster's approach and it launches a brutal attack. Raja is killed first, Rita wakes to his screams, retrieves his severed arm, and is killed by the monster.

Midnight Dense forest near the haveli
2

Narendra traps the monster with a crucifix

An old man named Narendra arrives after the massacre and confronts the monster. He uses a crucifix to terrify and trap the creature in an underground cage beneath the haveli. He then attaches the crucifix to the latch to keep it from escaping.

Shortly after midnight Haveli interior and underground cage
3

Kumar and Seema discuss buying the haveli

In Mumbai, industrialist Kumar and his wife Seema live with their niece Anita. They discuss purchasing the Murud haveli, with Anita introduced as part of the deal and expected to sign cheques for the transaction. Kumar hints that the final figure will be filled in after the deal closes.

Present-day Mumbai
4

Mr. Rana shows the haveli and offers it for sale

Mr. Rana, a royal scion, meets Kumar in Mumbai and shows photos of the haveli, hinting he's willing to sell since he has no heirs. Kumar agrees to buy it, and Anita is briefly drawn into the transaction as she is asked to sign cheques for the deal.

Present-day Mumbai
5

Seema and Vikram plot to marry Anita to claim the estate

Seema and her brother Vikram plot to have Anita marry Vikram so they can claim the estate. Anita openly opposes Vikram and remains in love with photographer Sunil, complicating their scheme.

Present-day Mumbai
6

Shankar is killed during cleaning of the haveli

Shankar, the haveli's servant, goes in to clean the mansion and senses the spooky atmosphere. The monstrous forces, controlled by the underground entity, brutally kill him, foreshadowing the danger within the haveli.

Night Haveli
7

Mr. Rana is killed; Kumar flees the haveli

Kumar and Rana reach the haveli late at night and are confronted by the mansion's danger. The iron statue lifts and strangles Mr. Rana, and Kumar escapes, nearly colliding with Shankar’s dead body on the way out.

Late night Haveli
8

Kumar discovers Rana's corpse and escapes to the graveyard

Running in fear, Kumar finds Rana's corpse in his car and escapes toward a graveyard behind the mansion. Fire blasts seal off the area as the monster’s spirit drags him underground, continuing the terror.

After midnight Graveyard behind the haveli
9

Anita and Sunil are attacked by Seema and Vikram

Seema and Vikram hire goons to threaten Anita and Sunil, pressuring Anita to yield to Vikram’s plans. Anita is ambushed and experiences fear as the plot tightens around her estate.

Evening Anita's home / surrounding area
10

Sunil and Anita reconnect and plan a visit to the haveli

Sunil and Anita meet again at a common friend's birthday celebration, sharing memories of better times. Shobha and Anand urge Anita to visit the haveli with Sunil and their college friends the next day so Sunil can meet her there.

Evening to following day Common friend's birthday party
11

Group arrives at the haveli; Sunil fights Vikram; Michael is killed

Anita, Vikram, and a group of about twenty-three friends arrive at the haveli, where Sunil confronts Vikram. During the commotion, one of Vikram’s friends, Michael, is killed by the iron statue on the first-floor railing.

Next day morning Haveli
12

The dungeon plot unfolds; Sunil is imprisoned

Seema and Vikram lure Sunil into the tehkhana (dungeon) and leave him there, believing he will die or be unable to rescue Anita. Sunil wanders, trapped and helpless as the monster’s roars echo from the cage nearby.

Later that day Haveli dungeon
13

Narendra reveals the monster’s origin

An elderly Narender explains the backstory to Sunil: twenty years ago, a nun warned against letting the mansion birth a devil. The couple's baby was the devil, and when the wife died, Narender trapped the monster in the cage to keep others safe.

Twenty years ago Dungeon / Mansion
14

Vikram frees the monster and dies; rampage begins

Vikram returns to the dungeon to check on Sunil and, mistakenly, releases the monster. The creature escapes and begins a violent rampage through the mansion, killing at will.

Shortly after opening the cage Haveli
15

Final confrontation in the church and ending

The monster pursues victims to a church, is tormented by the Almighty, and is impaled by a cross before his body is burned. The film ends with Sunil and Anita lighting candles at the church, beginning a new life together.

Ending Church

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