Aathma Bandhana

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{{Infobox film

| name = Aathma Bandhana

| image = Aathma Bandhana.jpg

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Srikanth Nahata

| screenplay = Srikanth Nahata

| based_on = Vaa Arugil Vaa

| starring = Shashikumar
Jayapradha
Vaishnavi
Doddanna

| producer = M. Rajagopal

| music = Rajan–Nagendra

| cinematography = D. V. Ramana

| editing = D. Venkatarathnam

| studio = Sri Sarvashakthi Films

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1992|04|28}}

| runtime = 131 minutes

| language = Kannada

| country = India

}}

Aathma Bandhana is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language horror film directed by Srikanth Nahata [http://chiloka.com/celebrity/srikanth-nahatha Srikanth Nahatha biography] and produced by M. Rajagopal. The film stars Shashikumar, Jayapradha and Vaishnavi.[http://chiloka.com/movie/atma-bandhana-1992 Atma Bandhana (ಆತ್ಮ ಬಂಧನ) 28 April 1992- Drama]{{cite tweet|number=1339789303900200966|user=NFAIOfficial|title=A lobby card for #Kannada horror drama #AathmaBandhana (1992), starring Shashikumar, Jayaprada and Vaishnavi in maj… |date=18 December 2020}}

The film is a revenge drama of a woman, played by Vaishnavi, who is killed by her in-laws mercilessly and her spirit entering into a doll. The doll takes up the revenge against each of them who was involved in her murder. The film was a remake of Tamil film Vaa Arugil Vaa (1991) which itself was loosely inspired from 1988 American film Child's Play. The film's music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and cinematography is by D. V. Ramana.