I grew up in Bengal that was notorious for its tales of black magic and ghosts. And many popular writers penned stories of the supernatural with a kind of eerie flourish which created inexplicable fear even in adults. The narratives came from even well-known authors like Satyajit Ray, and he wrote these even for children – but of course carefully avoiding blood and gore. And Indian cinema in the 1960s and the 1970s produced several films that were all about ghosts. Some of them were about reincarnation – often with women playing spirits invariably in white attire. These movies were …read more
Source: Gulf times
