Tulsi Ramsay

Tulsi Ramsay Biography

Tulsi Ramsay is a film maker of 1980s associated with Bollywood, best known for horror thrillers. His horror thrillers - Hotel, Purana Mandir, Tahkhana, Veerana, Bandh Darwaza etc received a cult status over the years, and still popular among TV viewers. The son of F.U. Ramsay, he is one of the famous Seven Ramsay Brothers, known for producing and directing horror movies and TV shows. Kumar Ramsay, Shyam Ramsay, Keshu Ramsay, Arjun Ramsay, Gangu Ramsay and Kiran Ramsay are his rest 6 brothers. He has also directed the Zee Horror Show TV Series in 1993, which was widely appreciated.

Tulsi Ramsay was born on 29 July 1944, Karachi in British India. His father F.U. Ramsay produced many horror films in Bollywood, and his seven sons followed the same suite. He produced family dramas and patriotic movies during 1950s and 1960s, before he completely switched over to horror genre. He has also appeared as presenter of many of the films produced by his production company.  His family came to India and settled here after partition. Ramsay brothers have made approximately 32 films, and all belonging to horror category. They were low budget films with poor special effects and bad makeup, yet were well received by audience of 1980s.

All the movies were directed by 7 brothers and credited as Ramsay Brothers. The family soon after reaching India after partition set up an electronics shop at Lamington Road. But very soon they got lured by the magic of cinema. They couldn’t get success with family dramas. With 1970s, they moved to horror genre, producing slow budget B-grade films, and finally succeeded. A team of 7 brothers pioneering in horror filmmaking in the 1980s, and now regarded as the top filmmakers of this genre.

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Updated: June 20, 2018