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Mahal (1949)

19492h 28mdir. Kamal AmrohiHindiEnglish subtitlesIndiahorror filmghost film

Note: this print runs 148 minutes against a recorded 162 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Ashok Kumar

Directed by Kamal Amrohi

Mahal still

Mahal (transl. "Mansion") is a 1949 Indian Hindi-language psychological supernatural horror film produced by Savak Vacha and Ashok Kumar under the banner of Bombay Talkies, and directed by Kamal Amrohi as his directorial debut. The film centres on a screenplay written by Amrohi, while its music is composed by Khemchand Prakash. Cited as Bollywood's first horror film, it revolves around an aristocrat (Ashok Kumar) who moves into an ancient mansion, where he gets visions of a mysterious lady (Madhubala) claiming to be his lover in their previous lives.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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