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'The Kapoors would laugh at us, but watched our films': Bollywood's 'other' film family also came from Pak, attained 'sleazy' success
September 03, 2025 2:47 pm
Hailing from the Sindh province in modern-day Pakistan, the Ramsinghania family moved to Mumbai after the Partition. The patriarch was penniless and destitute, and desperate for money, he decided to join the film business as Ramsay brothers.
Pulp horror
September 20, 2019 3:01 am
Shyam Ramsay, who headed up the Ramsay Brothers, bows out of a world that is stranger than any potboiler
Shyam Ramsay: A curtain call
September 19, 2019 10:16 am
One of the seven Ramsay Brothers and director of cult horror films, Shyam Ramsay passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday.
Film industry remembers Shyam Ramsay
September 18, 2019 4:30 pm
Ramsay Brothers are known for cult horror films such as Puraani Haveli and Tahkhaana. Shyam Ramsay made the country's first horror series The Zee Horror Show, that went on to become a hit.
Shyam Ramsay of Ramsay Brothers passes away
September 18, 2019 3:26 pm
Shyam Ramsay helmed movies like Andhera (1975), Saboot (1980), Purana Mandir (1984), Purani Haveli (1989), Dhund: The Fog (2003) and Koi Hai (2017) among others.
Shyam Ramsay lashes out at 'Miss Lovely' for wrong portrayal
March 05, 2014 11:40 am
Shyam says the Ramsays feel victimized. "We were targeted, made to look like cheap sex peddlers in 'Miss Lovely'.
Return of the B-grade Ghouls
September 26, 2010 9:00 pm
This October,after a ten-year break,the Ramsay brothers are back with their unique brand of sexy-horror film.
Ramsays back with a horror comedy
September 03, 2010 6:34 pm
Filmmaker Shyam Ramsay is in the news for combining horror with comedy and thereby exploring a new genre.
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