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{{Infobox film
| name = Mahal
| image = Mahal 1949 film poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Kamal Amrohi]]
| producer = [[Ashok Kumar]] Savak Vacha
| writer = Kamal Amrohi
| screenplay = Kamal Amrohi
| story = Kamal Amrohi
| based_on =
| starring = [[Ashok Kumar]] [[Madhubala]] [[Vijayalakshmi]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Khemchand Prakash]] (lyrics Nakshab Jaarchavi)
| cinematography = [[Josef Wirsching]]
| editing = [[Bimal Roy]] M. Shanker R. M. Tipnis
| studio = [[Bombay Talkies]]
| distributor = Bombay Talkies
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1949|10|19}}
| runtime = 165 min.
| country = India
| language = [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]
| budget = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}9 lakh ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}12.1 crore as of 2016)<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Testing times for Madhubala |author=Roshmila Bhattacharya |url=http://www.punemirror.in/article/19/201305062013050609002739063f4e6c5/Testing-times-for-Madhubala.html |publisher=Pune Mirror |date=6 May 2013 |accessdate=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130702104745/http://www.punemirror.in/article/19/201305062013050609002739063f4e6c5/Testing-times-for-Madhubala.html |archive-date=2 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}1.45 crore ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}198 crore as of 2016)<ref name="Boxofficeindia" />
}}

'''''Mahal''''' ({{Translation|"Mansion"}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1949|1949]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[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]], with lyrics being penned by Nakshab. The film has been often cited as [[Bollywood horror films|Bollywood's first horror film]].

[[Ashok Kumar]] and [[Madhubala]] star as the protagonists. The film revolves around a man who moves into an ancient mansion and learns about his previous life. Things take a turn when he gets visions of a woman claiming to be his lover.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 6, 2013|title=Testing times for Madhubala|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Testing-times-for-Madhubala/articleshow/31369389.cms|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Pune Mirror|language=en}}</ref>

Bombay Talkies studio made ''Mahal'' on a modest budget, for it was suffering with major losses at the time. Amrohi, who made his directorial debut with the film, faced difficulty casting the female lead in the film. After being turned down by many major female stars, then fledgling actress [[Madhubala]] was put on the board to play a spirit. The film took a relatively long time filming, and while it was being made, it was ridiculed by film-related magazines who described it as a "huge failure".

After several delays, ''Mahal'' was released in theatres in October 1949. Despite mixed-to-negative critical reviews, it proved to be hugely popular among the audience and paved the way for [[Gothic fiction|Indian gothic fiction]]. The film's success also launched Madhubala and playback singer [[Lata Mangeshkar]], who had lent her voice to three songs, into [[Superstar|super-stardom]]. Moreover, it turned out to be the biggest hit for Bombay Talkies, though it was shut down only a few years after ''Mahal''<nowiki/>'s release.

Long after its release, ''Mahal'' continues to "haunt" audiences and is considered a [[cult classic]]. Hailed as one of the most successful and influential films of [[Indian cinema]], the film found a place in the [[British Film Institute]]'s list of "10 great romantic horror films" and ''[[ScoopWhoop|Scoopwhoop]]''<nowiki/>'s of "14 [[Bollywood]] Horror Movies That You Just Can’t Watch Alone".<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Blyth|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/10-great-romantic-horror-films |title=10 great romantic horror films |publisher=BFI |date=22 May 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kurian|first=Danny|date=2015-05-16|title=14 Bollywood Horror Movies That You Just Can't Watch Alone|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/entertainment/bollywood-horror-movies/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.scoopwhoop.com|language=English}}</ref>

== Plot ==
[[File:Mahal (1949).webm|thumb|x200px|''Mahal'']]
''Mahal'' is a story of reincarnation and a ghost story. In Allahabad, there is a beautiful abandoned palace. When a new owner, Hari Shankar ([[Ashok Kumar]]), comes to live in this palace, the old gardener narrates the story of incomplete love.

20 years ago, a man built it and his lover, Kamini ([[Madhubala]]), began to live in it. She would wait all day long for the man to come to her at midnight, but he always left before it was morning. One stormy night, the man's ship sank and he drowned. Before leaving Kamini, he tells her that their love will never fail. A few days later, Kamini also died.

When Shankar goes to a bedroom, a photograph falls from the wall and Shankar is astonished to find the man in the photograph looks exactly like him. Then, a woman is heard singing and Shankar follows her voice. He finds her sitting in a room, but she flees when she sees him. Shankar's friend Shrinath ([[Kanu Roy]]) arrives and Shankar expresses suspicion on his being the man of the incomplete love story in a previous life. Shrinath tries to calm him, but then the woman reappears. They follow her to the terrace, where she jumps off into water and the two men find nothing when they look down. The next day, Shankar heads back to [[Kanpur]]. At Naini, he gets off from a train and goes to the palace. Kamini tells him that she is real, but Shrinath interferes and warns Shankar that she will draw him to death. The ghost appears again and tells Shrinath to stay away from them. Enraged, Shrinath tries to shoot her but fails. Kamini tells Shankar that if she could enter into a body of a woman whom Shankar likes, she could return to life. She tells Shankar to see the gardener's daughter's face to check if she's beautiful and he can accept Kamini in that face. Meanwhile, Shankar's father arrives after hearing everything from Shrinath and takes him home. Shankar marries Ranjana ([[Vijayalaxmi]]). He decides to move far away with his wife in order to forget Kamini. After two years, a disturbed Ranjana wanting to know where Shankar goes every night, follows him when he goes to meet Kamini. Kamini tells him to kill the gardener's daughter so that she can use her body. Knowing everything, Ranjana drinks poison and goes to police station to give a [[deathbed confession]] against Shankar of betrayal and poisoning her. Shanker is submitted to the court and the daughter of the gardener, Asha, is also called upon there being accused of the cause of distance between Shankar and Ranjana. Later Asha is revealed to be Kamini. She then accepts that she has played Kamini because she had fallen in love with the man in the photograph, who looks like Shankar. But Shankar is sentenced to death. Later, the police come to know about Ranjana's letter and free Shankar. Shankar rushes to Shrinath's place but dies. The credits roll as a grieving Kamini and Shrinath walk away.

== Cast ==
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Hari Shankar
* [[Madhubala]] as Kamini/Asha
* M. Kumar as Hari Shankar's father
* Vijayalaxmi as Ranjana
* Kanu Roy as Shrinath
* [[Nazir Hussain|Nasir Hussain]] as Kamini's father
* Eruch Tarapore
* Sheela Naik
* Leela Pandey
* Neelam
* Kaneez
* Jagannath
* Mohsin
* Laxman Rao
* S.A. Baker
* Ramastri
* Raja Salim

== Production ==
[[File:Kamal_Amrohi_%2828553611573%29.jpg|thumb|180px|The film's director, [[Kamal Amrohi]] (''pictured in the 1950s'')]]

''Mahal'' was produced by Savak Vacha and [[Ashok Kumar]] under the banner of [[Bombay Talkies]], and written and directed by [[Kamal Amrohi]], who made directorial debut with the film.{{sfn|Deep|1996|p=144}} It was Kumar who suggested the story recalling a real life incident: in 1948, he was shooting near Jijiboy House at a [[hill station]] when in midnight, the actor saw a headless corpse in a mysterious woman's car.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019-10-13|title=When Ashok Kumar saw a headless corpse and Mahal was born|url=https://topleadindia.com/2019/10/13/when-ashok-kumar-saw-a-headless-corpse-and-mahal-was-born/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Top Lead India|language=en-US}}</ref> The woman vanished from the scene soon after, and Kumar's servants believed the he might have dreamt. When Kumar went to a nearby police station to register a complain, a policeman told him that 14 years ago a similar incident happened at the same place—a woman had committed a murder and later died in road accident.<ref name=":2" />

Kumar narrated the story to Amrohi, who had previously written dialogue the 1939 [[Sohrab Modi]]'s blockbuster ''[[Pukar (1939 film)|Pukar]]'', but never directed a film. Amrohi partly modified and further developed the story and named the film ''Mahal'', meaning a mansion or a palace.{{sfn|Deep|1996|p=37}} The film's plot was rejected by Vacha, who was apprehensive that suspense films do not always find a repeat audience, while Bombay Talkies was already suffering financially due to the box office failure of its previous films: ''[[Ziddi (1948 film)|Ziddi]]'' (1948) and ''Asha'' (1948). However, Kumar insisted that the film may become interesting if directed well and appointed Amrohi as the film's director.{{sfn|Deep|1996|p=37–39}} Kumar himself agreed to co-produce, bear the losses if any and even star in the film. He entrusted Amrohi to choose a suitable actress for playing Kamini.{{sfn|Deep|1996|p=37–39}}

[[File:1949 mahaal.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Madhubala]], who was selected by Amrohi to play Kamini, in a still from the film]]

The casting of female lead role became complex—several established actresses refused the role and those who accepted it asked high prices. At one point, [[Suraiya]] was considered and almost finalized by Vacha, who believed that she and Kumar would make a marketable pair together, but her grandmother appeared unenthusiastic about the film's unconventional story.{{sfn|Akbar|1997|p=53}} Meanwhile, [[Madhubala]], a 15 years old rising but not exactly popular actress expressed her interest in Kamini's role. Vacha rejected her outrightly due to her age and relative inexperience, but Amrohi demanded to audition her.{{sfn|Deep|1996|p=37–38}} "She wasn't a celebrity when I met her first, and since I was looking for someone new, she fit the bill," Amrohi explained later.{{sfn|Abbasi|2018|p=152}}

According to ''[[The Times of India|India Times]]'', in her first screen test, Madhubala "looked terrible. Buzz is, German cinematographer Joseph Wirching, who was on the [[Studio system|studio's payroll]], had been instructed to shoot the teenage actress at her worst."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last1=May 6|first1=Updated|last2=2013|last3=Ist|first3=09:00|title=Testing times for Madhubala|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/testing-times-for-madhubala/articleshow/31369389.cms|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Pune Mirror|language=en}}</ref> Amrohi helmed the second audition himself and arranged the lights to his own convenience while photographing Madhubala. The young actress now appeared "stunning, even in [[Black and white|black-and-white]], and everyone agreed that she was the perfect Kamini," states ''India Times''.<ref name=":3" /> She secured the role soon after, despite the fact that the film's lead actor, Kumar was more than double her age. The actor said years later: "Madhubala was just about 15 and so raw that she needed several retakes for almost every shot. [...] But ''Mahal'' was different, and I was convinced that we wouldn't be miscast."<ref name=":3" />

Throughout the filming of ''Mahal'', the unit suffered financial crisis and Amrohi had to contribute antiques and costumes from his own home because there was not enough money to buy props.<ref name=":3" /> [[Khemchand Prakash]] was roped in to compose the music, while Nakshab wrote the lyrics. [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Rajkumari Dubey]] and [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]] lent their voices to the soundtrack. [[Tun Tun]] was initially offered to sing "[[Aayega Aanewala]]", but she refused the offer because of her contract with [[Kardar Productions]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Manish Gaekwad |url=http://thereel.scroll.in/805494/redemption-song-afsana-likh-rahi-hoon-by-tun-tun |title=Redemption song: 'Afsana Likh Rahi Hoon' by Tun Tun |publisher=Thereel.scroll.in |date=24 March 2016 |accessdate=30 March 2016}}</ref> Later, Mangeshkar sang the song in the same ancient mansion where the film was shot.{{sfn|Akbar|1997|p=53}} Another track titled "Mushkil Hai Bahut Mushkil", which is about four-minute long was completed by Amrohi and Madhubala in a single take.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rag|first=Pankaj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcP5HPRDgewC|title=Dhuno Ki Yatra|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-267-1169-7|pages=125|language=hi}}</ref> Despite everyone else's disapproval, Amrohi held Madhubala's talents in high regard, proclaiming that "it was with this film that her true capabilities came to the fore."{{sfn|Abbasi|2018|p=152}}

The film's ending scene initially saw the main characters (Shankar and Kamnini) reuniting in their next birth, but the scenes were removed a day before the release on Kumar's suggestions.{{sfn|Kumar|1995|p=74–79}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music for the film was composed by [[Khemchand Prakash]] and lyrics were penned by Nakshab.{{sfn|Akbar|1997|p=53}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Song No. !! Song !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Aayega Aanewala"
| rowspan="3" | [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 2
| "Mushkil Hai Bahut Mushkil"
|-
| 3
| "Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya"
|-
| 4
| "Main Wo Hansi Hoon"
| rowspan="2" | [[Rajkumari Dubey]]
|-
| 5
| "Ek Teer Chala Dil Pe Laga"
|-
| 6
| "Chun Chun Gunguruva Baje Jhumba"
| Rajkumari Dubey, [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]]
|-
|}

== Release ==
=== Impact and box office ===
''Mahal'' was theatrically released on 13 October 1949.{{sfn|Akbar|1997|page=53}} The film soon gained popularity and by its third week became a nationwide sensation.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Acharya|first=Madhukant|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KF9RDwAAQBAJ|title=Friends and Five Seasons: Publishing Hero Rupen (Vol 2)|date=2018-03-15|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64249-388-7|pages=377|language=en}}</ref> Due to the failure of previous Bombay Talkies releases, ''Mahal'' was completely unexpected to do well and "surprised the prophets of doom who said it would only add to Bombay Talkies' financial woes."<ref name=":3" /> A theatre owner told the media, "I am submerged by requests from friends and public to give out passes. I do it for some shows as all shows are always sold out in advance. It is a hit that has hoisted up our revenues beyond expectations and I think it will become a silver jubilee hit for sure. People want to see it over and over again."<ref name=":4" /> The film always opened to sold-out shows and there was a widespread demand of booklets carrying the dialogue and the lyrics of soundtrack.<ref name=":4" />

Trade site [[Box Office India]] has declared ''Mahal'' a "Super Hit".<ref name="Boxofficeindia">{{Cite web|date=2013-10-16|title=Top Earners 1940s|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=154&catName=MTk0OQ==|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016234445/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=154&catName=MTk0OQ==|archive-date=16 October 2013|access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref> Although exact figures for the film's box-office earnings are not available, film-trade websites provide estimates. Box Office India cited the gross as {{INRConvert|14.5|m|nolink=no}}, and said that it was the [[List of Bollywood films of 1949|third highest-grossing Hindi film of 1949]] after ''[[Barsaat (1949 film)|Barsaat]]'' and ''[[Andaz (1949 film)|Andaz]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-22|title=Box Office 1949|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=154&catName=MTk0OQ==|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922023327/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=154&catName=MTk0OQ==|archive-date=22 September 2012}}</ref> In February 2009, the website gave the adjusted gross as {{INRConvert|410|m|nolink=no}}, and called it the tenth highest-grossing film of the decade (1940—49). As of 2020, ''Mahal'' remains one of the hundred [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Indian films]] in the history when adjusted for inflation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2006-04-22|title=Biggest Blockbusters Ever!|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/alltime.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422165153/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/alltime.htm|archive-date=22 April 2006|access-date=2021-01-24}}</ref>

=== Critical reception ===
In the reviews, Madhubala was described as the film's "real hit", rated above than much senior Ashok Kumar,<ref name=":4" /> while Wirching's [[cinematography]] had inspired a journalist for ''[[Motion Picture Magazine|The Motion Picture Magazine]]'' to describe ''Mahal'' as "a milestone in the annals of the [[Indian Film Industry|Indian film industry]]".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Bombay Talkies' Mahal—Madhubala and Ashok Kumar—The Motion Picture Magazine|url=https://cineplot.com/mahal-1949/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|language=en-US}}</ref> However, the overall critical response of ''Mahal'' was mixed: Patel called the plot a "fantastic nonsense—pure and unadultrated",<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-04-09|title=Thus wrote Filmindia (and Mother India) - II|url=https://upperstall.com/features/thus-wrote-filmindia-and-mother-india-ii/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Upperstall.com}}</ref> and ''The Motion Picture Magazine'' described the film as "a story of ghosts, spooks, apparitions, jitters, quivers, bats and snakes", adding that "it succeeds in giving one the creeps, but through more causes than one."<ref name=":1" />

Over time, the film's critical reception has improved greatly and modern-day critics often call it a [[classic]].{{sfn|Akbar|1997|page=49}} Writing for Upperstall.com, Karan Bali lauded the film's "richly textured and moody visuals, the imaginative use of sound, its tantalizing ambiguity and [...] its haunting music."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bali|first=Karan|date=2016-06-23|title=Mahal|url=https://upperstall.com/film/mahal/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Upperstall.com}}</ref> Writer [[Vijay Mishra]] wrote in his book ''Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire'' that ''Mahal'' "remains the final achievement precisely because it lacks closure and has ambiguous moments built into its very structure. [...] The use of the [[Hindus|Hindu]] story of [[reincarnation]] [...] expands the capacities of the [[Gothic fiction|gothic form]] and ultimately connects it with an underlying impulse toward the sublime that characterizes Hindu aesthetic theories generally."{{sfn|Mishra|2013|page=55}} In 2020, [[Gayathri Prabhu]] reviewed similarly: "''Mahal'' brings together [[Romance (love)|romance]] and architecture on screen in a way that is distinctly its own. The dynamics between romance and space is also the romance of space, and the only way to bring it to any cinematic fruition would be to give that interplay of romance and space a unique visual syntax. This is what ''Mahal'' accomplishes with uncanny exactitude for the entire duration of the opening sequence."{{sfn|Prabhu|2020}}

== Legacy ==
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The success of ''Mahal'' played a major role in the career developments of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar and lead actress Madhubala, as both of them were struggling to get a big break in the [[Cinema of India|film industry]]. ''Mahal'' remained Madhubala's highest-grossing release for the next six years till ''[[Mr. & Mrs. '55]]'' (1955), and Mangeshkar often cited "Aayega Aanewala" as one of her favourite songs.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

[[Bimal Roy]], who was the [[Film editing|editor]] for ''Mahal'', would later go on to direct ''[[Madhumati]]'',<ref name="Mishra">{{citation|last=Mishra|first=Vijay|title=Bollywood cinema: temples of desire|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2002|isbn=0-415-93014-6|pages=49–57}}</ref> which itself went on to become the source of inspiration for many later works dealing with the theme of reincarnation in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]], [[Television in India|Indian television]], and perhaps [[world cinema]]. Many of its themes were repeated in the Hindi film ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' (1980),<ref name="Doniger">{{citation|last=Doniger|first=Wendy|title=The woman who pretended to be who she was: myths of self-imitation|chapter=Chapter 6: Reincarnation|pages=112–136 [135]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2005|isbn=0-19-516016-9}}</ref> which was remade several times: as the [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada film]] ''Yuga Purusha'' (1989), the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]] ''[[Enakkul Oruvan (1984 film)|Enakkul Oruvan]]'' (1984), and ''[[Om Shanti Om]].''<ref>[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=30&contentid=20080807200808070235582987cdd87f Ashanti nags Om Shanti Om] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024183614/http://mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article |date=24 October 2007 }} [[Mumbai Mirror]], 7 August 2008.</ref><ref name="hum">[http://www.humsurfer.com/shah-rukh-farah-sued-writer-claims-srk-stole-his-script-for-om-shanti-om Shah Rukh, Farah Sued: Writer Claims SRK stole his script for Om Shanti Om] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413205105/http://www.humsurfer.com/shah-rukh-farah-sued-writer-claims-srk-stole-his-script-for-om-shanti-om |date=13 April 2009 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Indian horror films]]

== Sources ==
* {{cite book |last=Abbasi |first=Yasir |title=Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2018 |isbn=978-9387471054 }}
* {{cite book |last=Akbar |first=Khatija |title=Madhubala: Her Life, Her Films |publisher=Hay House |year=1997 |isbn=9788174761538 }}
* {{cite book |last=Deep |first=Mohan |title=The Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala |publisher=Magna Books |year=1996 |isbn=1906574219 }}
* {{cite book |last=Ghosh |first=Nabendu |title=Ashok Kumar: His Life and Times |publisher=Indus |year=1995 |isbn=8172232187 }}
* {{cite book |last=Mishra |first=Vijay |title=Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9780415930154 }}
* {{cite book |last=Prabhu |first=Gayathri |title=Shadow Craft: Visual Aesthetics of Black and White Hindi Cinema |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2020 |isbn=9789390176267 }}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0041619|Mahal}}

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Mahal (1949 film) - Revision history

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