Khoon Ki Pyasi Dayan (1998)

A stylish man in an overcoat, mirrored shades, and cowboy hat walks through an area infested with ferocious-looking Dayans.  Some witches have fearsome rubbery vampire teeth, while others have backward feet and a menacing fog billows while wolves bay in the background. They sense a fresh victim. It’s a very ominous scene, fraught with immense danger.  As the smoothie lights up for a fag he is attacked by a diminutive witch who lunges at his neck, fangs fully extended. Will he survive this midnight walk, and if so, what will be left of him?

The fanged witch overpowers her victim as an evil black magician with disturbing gold tooth guffaws in approval.  Judging by his delighted reaction, it appears as though the magician is the patron of the posse of witches.  Conducting business from his forest den, the evil magician seems to control the witches, and as the fanged witch has finished feeding, he summons her to his headquarters.  The witch appears reluctant but is drawn by his powers inexorably to his den. “Khoon ki Pyasi Dayan, Chali aa”, he commands, and the witch is reluctantly gripped by his aura as she edges towards the magician’s den.

Beautifully decorated with plastic and mysterious shrubs, the black magician’s den also contains a team of devotees, each dressed as he is in splendid black robes.  The witch arrives, spinning in circles and kneeling in fear at the magician’s feet.  Moments later, he casts a spell, and she vanishes into thin air.  No wonder she was not too thrilled at the summons. 

The magician announces that he has five “kanya’s” under his command and needs just two more to complete his world- domination plans.  He is thrilled at the prospect of global control and boasts to his team members that victory is within grasp once two more Kanya’s are recruited. 

A handsome young man dressed in civilian skivvies steps forward aggressively and berates the magician for tricking him into handing over his girl because he lusted for money.  Regretting his decision, he turns on the evil magician, grasping and accusing him of fraud.  At this point, the magician throws him to the ground next to his stuffed alligator, stabbing him fatally with his Trishul.    The Black Sadhu instructs his followers to bury the corpse and place his tongs on the grave so that the man’s soul may never rest in peace.

Elsewhere two sleazy, money-minded men have a drinks meeting to discuss their dubious schemes to cheat their way to a fortune.  A man named Kulbhushan is the target of their nefarious designs, and together they are plotting and scheming how to dupe him as soon as possible.

Kulbhushan himself is no angel, an ageing man trying to surround himself with religious idols but far more interested in the girls sent to him to feast on.  When contacted, he complains that though the last girl he received was fine, he didn’t manage to get his way.  Now he eagerly awaits the next one and is promised she will be more compliant.  The pimps are the very men planning to relieve him of his riches at the earliest.

Things don’t work out as planned for Kulbhushan or his pimps because it seems he isn’t able to perform when the time is ripe, and the girl they sent him throws his money back in his face telling him to use it for medical expenses to help with his lack of masculinity. Kulbhushan’s frustration eats away at him as the pimps head to meet him and hope to receive many thanks and a lot of cash.  Little do they know that he hasn’t been able to rise to the occasion and that their money is not about materialising as quickly as they hoped.

The scheming pimps take Kulbhushan to Mahakal, the black magician promising a cure for his ailments.  Mahakaal tells Kulbhushan he must provide him with the two kanya’s he needs, and all will be sorted, and a desperate Kulbhushan agrees.  Now the search is on to find two girls to fulfil the role.

The pimps go looking to buy themselves two young brides for the elderly Kulbhushan to rip him off and attempt to sponge all his riches.  The Pimps manage to entrap some girls to fulfil their evil schemes.  The first girl is tricked and handed over to Kulbhushan to “look after”.  Meanwhile, Mahakaal prepares for his plans for world domination.

Just as Kulbhushan is about to rape the girl given to his care, the pimp stops him, reminding him that Mahakal’s plans will be undone if she isn’t a virgin.  More importantly, if Kulbhushan wants to be cured of his erectile dysfunction, he must provide two virgins to Mahakal as he demanded.  Reluctantly, Kulbhushan agrees.

Mahakal is delighted to receive his first lamb to the slaughter and changes his outfit to a delightful fuchsia before the sacrifice.  With one Kanya murdered, sacrificed and buried, only one more remains for Mahakal’s dreams to be fulfilled.

The second Kanya, on the verge of being pounced upon, has a nightmare of an evil spirit that spooks the pimps badly, and they hesitate.  At Kulbhushan’s insistence, the pimps drug the young girl so that she passes out, and they can hand her over for the second sacrifice.  Pooja, the next virgin, is intercepted in the forest by a rubbery-faced hairy monster with a big afro who calls the police to inform them about the crime about to be committed.

Mahakal is mighty pissed off when Pooja leads the bumbling police to the sacrificial area where human bones lie scattered all over the earth.  It remains to be seen if Pooja will be rescued and saved from the clutches of the scheming pimps, Kulbhushan and Mahakal.  Fortunately for Pooja, the police inspector is rather smitten by her gorgeous appearance, which gives him a reason to act in her favour.

Will Pooja convince the police, who believe Kulbhushan to be an exemplary upstanding citizen, to unravel the devious evil plans, or will she be sacrificed like the girl before her?  Will Mahakal take over the world, or will he remain frustrated?  He is all set for the sacrifice, but Pooja cleverly manages to win the inspector over with her beauty, and soon they are singing and dancing in the forest together.  But, Mahakal, the pimps and Kulbhushan are ready to strike once again, snare poor Pooja, and drag her away to be sacrificed. 

A deadly game of cat and mouse begins complicated as the forest seems to come alive with the spirits of all the girls previously murdered by Mahakal.  Vengeful spirits now infest the woods; their target is vengeance on Mahakal.  The hairy monster reappears, and a cackling toothy vampire witch laughs a lot as she chows down on the neck of one of the pimps.  Supernatural forces now arise from the depths to thwart evil Mahakal’s plans, but he isn’t giving up without a struggle now that he is so close to his goal.

Horrific creatures abound all over the forest as the battle to snare or save Pooja reaches a horrifying climax. 

Khoon Ki Pyasi Dayan is yet another shockingly incompetent film but so bad that it is pretty enjoyable. Not quite in the class of Harinam Singh, yet so hideously clumsy that it’s a hoot. The acting is atrocious, and the monsters and horror are a total disaster yet rather amusing. Will the witches and the Afro-man save the day for Pooja and have their revenge?  Will the Afro monster turn out as a police inspector, or is he one of the undead spirits?

The film is a total shit show that only the hardened watchers of Z-grade crap could appreciate, and even though it’s shredded to just an hour and 20 minutes on Youtube, it’s tough viewing for the uninitiated. The crocodile prop is tremendous, and some terrifying scenes are hysterically funny, if unintentionally so. Marvellously dreadful in every respect.  An absolute must-watch for those who relish atrocious cinema.  Evil Spirits, Cars that drive themselves, Ghosts, witches, vampires, human sacrifice, blood rituals, black magic – it’s all there in abundance.  Khoon Ki Pyasi Dayan, AKA KKPD, is a complete train wreck of a film but somewhat entertaining.