Ramsay Productions

Background
Ramsay Films was an Indian film company founded by brothers Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay, specializing in horror movies. Shyam Ramsay is credited with pioneering the horror film industry in India with this company.

1st Logo (December 30, 1972)


Logo: On a foggy background, there's a sculpture of a woman trying to escape from a man. Above it, there is curved text (in the form of an arch): "RAMSAY FILMS". The camera zooms out and the sculpture is fully revealed along with the rest of the background, which is a sunset.

Trivia: The statue used in the logo is "The Rape of Proserpina" by Gianlorenzo Bernini, depicting the abduction of Proserpina by the Roman god of hell Pluto.

Technique: The zoom out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen only on Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche.

2nd Logo (August 1, 1975-January 21, 1978)
Logo: On a sunset background, the statue from the previous logo appears from the right and moves to the left side of the screen. Right after the statue stops moving, "RAMSAY FILMS" appears with a moving blood-red color to it.

Variant: On Darwaza, the text instead says "RAMSAY BROTHERS'" and is plain.

Technique: The statue appearing and moving, the text appearing, the color moving in the text.

Music/Sounds: The howl of a wolf, with two bangs of a drum and a kind of roar from a panther. After this, there are more drums pounding along with another roar of a panther, with another howl of a wolf. There is the sound of a horn playing throughout.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The music in this logo is heard at the beginning of Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche.

Availability: Only seen on Andhera and Darwaza.

Legacy: Often cited as one of the scariest Indian logos for its dark atmosphere, loud audio and the statue. Unlike most Indian logos however, this was likely intentional given the content the company produces.

3rd Logo (May 3, 1991)


Logo: On a space background with a galaxy on the leftwards side of the screen, including a starfield which shines rapidly, we see a cyan, white-striped square, with a red Christian cross with the white crescent-and-star emblem and a white Om symbol on it, and the texts "R-M" on green-yellow, the text "RAMSAY" on its black shadow and in the bottom of it, the text "MOVIES", zooming right at us. It stops at the middle of the screen and then zooms out and goes out of the screen, leaving only the background, causing the logo to cut.

Technique: The starfield shining and the striped square zooming in and out.

Music/Sounds: Some ascending and at the same time beeping sounds and an alert long-beep repeat, all in conjoint with a loud drumroll and a very loud synth whoosh (to the point of being titanic).

Availability: Seen only on Aakhri Cheekh.