The mystical wizard who understands the dark lore behind the possessed doll.

Unlike typical 80s films where the revenge is external (the hero kills the villain), Khilona Bana Khalnayak internalized the horror. The hero is the villain. This was incredibly rare for mainstream Hindi cinema at the time, where heroes were infallible. Rajiv Kapoor’s Ravi predates the toxic male protagonists of films like Darr (1993) and Anjaam (1994) by nearly half a decade.

The film was directed by Mahesh Kothare.

If you’re ready to revisit this cult classic or are experiencing it for the first time, you can watch on the following platforms:

Oversized sets built to make a standard-sized puppet or an actor in a suit look like a small toy interacting with the environment.

The Hindi-dubbed 'Khilona Bana Khalnayak' brought the cast of the original Marathi film to a wider audience:

The success of Khilona Bana Khalnayak can be attributed to its talented cast and groundbreaking technical work, especially the creation of its iconic villain.

The story follows a dreaded criminal and practitioner of black magic named (referred to as Tatya Vinchu in the Marathi version). While being chased by a dedicated police officer, CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav (played by Mahesh Kothare), Tatya is cornered and fatally shot inside a toy factory.

Laxmikant Berde, Mahesh Kothare, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Kishori Ambiye, Vijay Chavan