Amrit Kalamandir (India)

(1966, 1970)

Nicknames: "The World's Most Disturbing Logo", "Bye, Bye Baby (Literally)", "Cobra's Breakfast", "What Evil Cobras!", "That Disturbing Beyond-All-Belief Logo At The Start of Rustam Kaun", "Cobra Babysitter", "And That's Why I Didn't Watch Rustam Kaun", "View Askew's Indian Brother", "Indian Pitbull Snake", "Hey, There's Kilroy!", "2nd Place In Most Disturbing Logos Award"

Logo: We see a drawing of a long cobra with a baby above a blanket (some parts cover him) staring into a spotlight that comes in from the upper right part of the logo. They are in a wooden or glass cube. The name of the company doesn't appear. The screen then fades to black.

Variant: On Begunah, there's an opening transition where a circle zooms in and reveals the logo. The logo is also darker, and very hard to see. It also has a closing transition which has the circle zooming out, ending the logo.

FX/SFX: None. The circle transition in Begunah.

Cheesy Factor: The logo is disturbing: The nervous baby staring to the light, a metaphoric way to say that he is going to be killed and eaten by the cobra. Others may think that the cobra is baby sitting, like a pitbull dog or in the View Askew logo, child molestation. Also, the cobra seems to have Kilroy's eyes and nose on it's neck, when the king cobras usually had this on the back. And where's the company's name? Did the painter leave for the bathroom before he was supposed to be adding text? Also, on Begunah, the logo is very hard to see in general due to the darkness.

Music/Sounds: A male announcer speaking loud in Hindi, and a heroic military tune made by a trumpet playing after a few seconds.

Availability: Seen on Rustam Kaun and Begunah.

Scare Factor: It depends on what you think about this logo. It can range from low (bordering on medium) to nightmare. The look of it is already disturbing enough, and the announcer, and the creepy heroic fanfare will catch you off-guard. This logo could make competition to the 1994 View Askew Productions "Vulgar the Clown from Hell", like the cobra is the clown and the staring baby as the ball playing boy. High to nightmare for the Begunah variant, the darkness of the logo makes it even worse.