The circus that Kapoor (Bir Sakhuja) and Jagdish (Madan Puri) own is a money-losing proposition but if they can just capture the giant ape Otango from the jungles of Malay, all their problems will be solved. Along with Professor Sharma, Rita (Ragini), a hunter named Ajit (Ajit) and Chandu the circus clown (Randhir), they go in search of the beast but find only destruction and the laboratory of Dr. Cyclops (K. N. Singh), a maniac who has started transforming humans into gorillas.
Dr. Cyclops has a daughter, Shobha (Helen), who wants to help the outsiders survive while all the mad scientist wants to do is marry Rita, even bringing Jagdish over to his side. It seems like nearly everyone is going to have to die and most of the jungle is going to have to burn before this is all over.
Amazingly, India has more than one kaiju movie, as this was followed by Balwant B. Dave's Gogola, which is Godzilla. As for Shikari, it somehow combines Mighty Joe Young, King Kong and Dr. Cyclops - which was produced by Kong's Merian C. Cooper and, like all three movies, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack- into one movie.
Dr. Cyclops is pretty awesome. He can shrink people, create a giant gorilla and has a snake pit that he loves throwing people into. He also has a mutant chained to a wall that never really gets referred to. If I had a captive mutant, you best believe I'd be bragging about it.
Amazingly, this Kong also has songs. Five of them!
Dr. Cyclops has a daughter, Shobha (Helen), who wants to help the outsiders survive while all the mad scientist wants to do is marry Rita, even bringing Jagdish over to his side. It seems like nearly everyone is going to have to die and most of the jungle is going to have to burn before this is all over.
Amazingly, India has more than one kaiju movie, as this was followed by Balwant B. Dave's Gogola, which is Godzilla. As for Shikari, it somehow combines Mighty Joe Young, King Kong and Dr. Cyclops - which was produced by Kong's Merian C. Cooper and, like all three movies, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack- into one movie.
Dr. Cyclops is pretty awesome. He can shrink people, create a giant gorilla and has a snake pit that he loves throwing people into. He also has a mutant chained to a wall that never really gets referred to. If I had a captive mutant, you best believe I'd be bragging about it.
Amazingly, this Kong also has songs. Five of them!
