Zapatlela is a Marathi horror comedy movie, which was released on 14 April 1993. It was directed by Mahesh Kothare. It was inspired from the Don Mancini's 1988 Hollywood movie Child's Play. It was followed by a sequel Zapatlela 2, released 20 years later in 2013. Ramdas Padhye, a ventriloquist and puppeteer created the practical effects involving evil doll Tatya Vinchu. The film starring Laxmikant Berde as Laxmikant Bolke, with Mahesh Kothare as CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav and Dilip Prabhavalkar as Tatya Vinchu. This film was dubbed in Hindi as Khilona Bana Khalnayak.