Science fiction films in India

Columns: Title | Year | Language | Description
Kaadu ( The Jungle ) | 1952 | Tamil English | A Tamil-American co-production , this film was about an expedition to find the cause of strange behaviour of animals in an area . As it turned out , the reason of this abnormal behavior was an invasion of wooly mammoths . This film was the first science fiction film in India | Mr.X In Bombay | 1964 | Hindi | Mr. X in Bombay , directed by Shantilal Soni , is a 1964 Bollywood classic film starring Kishore Kumar , Kum Kum , and Madan Puri | The Alien | 1965 | Bengali English | A science fiction film under production in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled . It was based on a short story named Bankubabur Bandhu ( Banku Babu 's Friend ) by Satyajit Ray and was about an extraterrestrial by the name of Mr. Ang who befriends a Bengali boy while visiting a village in the 1960s | Karutha Rathrikal | 1967 | Malayalam | Film starring Madhu , Gemini Ganesan , S. P. Pillai in lead roles and directed by Mahesh . The music director is MS Baburaj and lyrics are by ONV Kurup . It is a film involving a doctor played by Madhu who takes revenge of his uncle 's death by using a medicine he invents . This medicine creates split personality . This move was inspired from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , a novel written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886 . It is supposed to be the first Malayalam science fiction film | Elaan | 1971 | Hindi | Starring Vinod Mehra , Rekha and Vinod Khanna . Naresh Kumar Saxena lives with his widowed mom and sister , Seema . He works as a freelance photographer and journalist . One day he meets with Mala Mehta and her dad , who is the Editor of a Newspaper . Mr. Mehta hires Naresh and assigns him to go to a remote island to investigate and expose some illegal activities there . Naresh goes there in the company of his friend , Shyam . Unfortunately , Naresh is caught by the island guards and lodged in a cell along with two others , one a scientist and Ram Singh , a hoodlum . The scientist confides in Naresh that he has invented an atomic ring that when inserted in someone 's mouth will turn that person invisible , and subsequently passes away . Naresh puts the ring in his mouth , takes off his clothes , turns invisible and escapes . The news of his escape creates waves in the underworld and the Boss and Mr. Verma join forces to find Naresh , kill him , and keep the ring for themselves . Naresh and Shyam must now find ways to stay alive as well as take the ring to the authorities - that is if the Boss and Mr. Verma let them live long enough | Ulagam Sutrum Valiban | 1973 | Tamil | Starring M. G. Ramachandran Ulagam Sutrum Valiban ( English : Globetrotting Youngster ) is a 1973 science-fiction action film directed by M. G . Ramachandran . [ 1 ] The film stars Ramachandran , M. N. Nambiar , Manjula , Latha Sethupathi , Chandrakala , Thai actress Metta Roongrat , R.S . Manohar , S.A. Ashokan in lead roles while Nagesh plays a supporting role . It was one of Ramachandran 's all-time blockbusters and completed a 217-day run at the box office | Vikram | 1983 | Tamil | Starring Kamal Haasan and produced by himself . It is a Science fiction , action and adventure film , which revolves around the ICBM , advanced computers and security systems , which were near future projects of Indian government . It was also the first film in India to feature most advanced weapons of those times | Shiva Ka Insaaf | 1985 | Hindi | Superhero film directed by Raj N. Sippy , starring Jackie Shroff , Poonam Dhillon , and Gulshan Grover | Jaithra Yaathra | 1987 | Malayalam | Starring Nizhalgal Ravi , Thilakan , Babu Antony in lead roles and directed by Sasi Kumar . The music director is Shyam and lyrics are by Poovachal Khader . It is a film involving a scientist played by Thilakan who invents a locket that makes a man invisible . Using the locket Nizhalgal Ravi the hero takes revenge against Babu Antony the villain | Mr. India | 1987 | Hindi-Urdu | Superhero film written by Salim-Javed and directed by Shekhar Kapur , starring Anil Kapoor , Sridevi , and Amrish Puri

Example questions:
Where was the Indian sci-fi movie from 2002 filmed ? | On what date was the earliest Indian sci-fi film released ? | The Indian sci-fi movie released in 1990 is a sequel to what movie ? | Who directed the 1964 Indian science-fiction movie ?

Answers:
Hollywood , California | 1 August 1952 | Nalaya Manithan | Shantilal Soni