Ek Thi Daayan: Bollywood's favourite witches

[caption id="attachment_703312" align="alignleft" width="940"] Konkana Sen Sharma and Kalki Koechlin perform at a promotional event of their upcoming film Ek Thi Daayan, which also stars Huma Qureishi. The big question is which of the three actresses is the witch in the title. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption] [caption id="attachment_703278" align="alignleft" width="940"] A poster of the film Makdee in which Shabana Azmi played the role of a witch with a truly witchy cackle.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_703872" align="alignleft" width="940"] Darna Zaroori Hai comprised six short horror films by different directors. Each of the films was a story that was being told to a strange and creepy old woman who ended up to be, well, scary.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_703398" align="alignleft" width="940"] A poster of the film Raaz 3 featuring Bipasha Basu. In the film, she plays a failed actress, who in a bid to revive her career uses voodoo charms and black magic to turn her rival suicidal.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_703480" align="alignleft" width="940"] A poster of the 1996 horror film Khoon Ki Pyaasi, one of the many cheaply-made horror flicks that continue to have a fan base. As is obvious from the poster of Emran Haashmi-starrer Ek Thi Daayan, Bollywood witches must have long hair.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_703552" align="alignleft" width="940"] Before there was The Blair Witch Project, there was Veerana (Creepy Forest) by the Ramsay brothers. The film is about a witch hunt and continues to have something of a cult following.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_703578" align="alignleft" width="940"] Yet another film produced by Shyam Ramsay, Darwaza is a 1978 horror film directed by Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay, who are stalwarts of the Hindi horror genre.  On the right is the poster of Khoon Ki Pyaasi Daayan.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_703686" align="alignleft" width="940"] A poster of 1998 film, Pyasi Chudail. Aside from long, wind-whooshed hair and light eyes, it seems being thirsty -- preferably for blood -- is another necessary qualification for a Bollywood witch.[/caption]