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Bhargavi Nilayam is a film of genre Horror directed by Aloysius Vincent with Prem Nazir

Bhargavi Nilayam (1964)

Bhargavi Nilayam
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Genres Horror,    Romance
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Bhargavi Nilayam (Malayalam: ഭാർഗവി നിലയം, English: The House of Bhargavi) is a 1964 Malayalam horror - romance film written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and directed by A. Vincent. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu and Vijaya Nirmala in the lead roles, and had its story, screenplay and dialogues are written by noted Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, which was adapted from his short story Neela Velicham. It was the directorial debut of noted cinematographer A. Vincent. The film is especially noted for its camera works by P. Bhaskar Rao and music by M. S. Baburaj. It was the first horror film in Malayalam and was one of the biggest hit films of all time.

Synopsis

An enthusiastic and talented novelist (Madhu) comes to stay in a desolate mansion named Bhargavi Nilayam. The novelist and his servant Cheriya Pareekkanni (Adoor Bhasi) experience the presence of a strange entity here. They come to know from the local people that it is a haunted house. The story is that it is haunted by the ghost of the daughter of the previous owner. The novelist and his servant encounter strange happenings here - the gramophone plays on its own, objects move around. The novelist finds some old letters written to Bhargavi (Vijaya Nirmala) by her lover Sasikumar (Prem Nazir). It is believed that the ghost of Bhargavi now haunts this house.

Actors

Prem Nazir

(Sasikumar)Ashish Vidyarthi

(Bhargavi)Madhu

(Novelist)Vijaya Nirmala

(Bhargavi)P. J. Antony

(Narayanan Nair/Nanukuttan)
And :
Adoor Bhasi
Kuthiravattam Pappu
Kottayam Santha
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