Mahesh finds them over there and shoots down Tatya Vinchu fatally. On the same night, Mahesh raids his warehouse and gives chase until Tatya Vinchu and Kubdya Khavis hide in a post office. CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav ( Mahesh Kothare) is a respected police officer who is working on his attempts at nabbing Tatya Vinchu. Upon being threatened by Tatya Vinchu, Baba Chamatkar fearfully gives him out the mantra. The film begins in Mumbai with the powerful criminal Tatya Vinchu ( Dilip Prabhavalkar) and his henchman Kubdya Khavis ( Bipin Varti) approaching the cave of a wizard named Baba Chamatkar ( Raghavendra Kadkol) at night in search for Mrutyunjay Mantra (a voodoo spell that can transfer the chanter's soul into a living or non-living object). This film was dubbed in Hindi as Khilona Bana Khalnayak. Ramdas Padhye, a ventriloquist and puppeteer created the practical effects involving the evil doll Tatya Vinchu. The film was an adaptation of 1988 Hollywood movie Child's Play.
The film was followed by a sequel Zapatlela 2 released 20 years later in 2013. The film stars an ensemble cast of Laxmikant Berde, Mahesh Kothare, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Pooja Pawar, Kishori Ambiye, Jairam Kulkarni, Bipin Varti and Raghavendra Kadkol. Possessed) is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language horror comedy film directed by Mahesh Kothare.
