A Hindi horror film ‘Abhay’ was screened at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Thursday. The children’s film was screened under the regular series of film screenings Ullas organised at the tribal museum every Thursday.
Abhay is a 1994 Bollywood film directed by Annu Kapoor and is made by Children’s Film Society of India. It stars many big names of Bollywood including Nana Patekar, Moonmoon Sen and Benjamin Gelani.
The movie surrounds the story of three little kids and a haunted house. Fascinated with the horror stories of a house the kids enter it and experience an adventure they never thought about.The Nayaks disregard rumours that the house they have moved into is haunted by the ghost of its former owner Rana. Their three children take delight in these ghost stories and desire to meet the ghost.
Meanwhile Rana and his fellow ghost, unhappy with this intrusion, plot to scare the new owners. As the living pit their wits against the ghosts, secrets tumble that will not just shed more light on the ghosts’ pasts, but also show that children are not meek creatures to be cowed down by the fear of the unknown.
Annu Kapoor is one of India’s most recognized television host and actor. He made his directorial debut with Abhay and has used his influence in Bollywood to have many popular Indian stars act in the film. Abhay has won many awards including Best Children’s Film Swarna Kamal Award and Best Director V. Shantaram Award at 42nd National Film Festival, India in 1994.