Mahal

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Mahal is a landmark 1949 Indian Hindi-language psychological horror film, celebrated for pioneering the Bollywood gothic romance genre and launching Madhubala to stardom.

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Mahal canonical 9
Mahal (1949 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian film
film
gothic romance film
psychological horror film
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Josef Wirsching
countryOfOrigin India
countryOfRelease India
director Kamal Amrohi
distributor Bombay Talkies
editedBy Dattaram Pai
era Golden Age of Hindi cinema
genre gothic romance
horror
psychological horror
romance
supernatural
hasTheme doomed love
fate
supernatural romance
influenced later Bollywood gothic romances
later Bollywood horror films
leadActress Madhubala
musicBy Khemchand Prakash
notableFor early example of Indian horror cinema
launching Madhubala to stardom
pioneering the Bollywood gothic romance genre
originalLanguage Hindi
playbackSinger Lata Mangeshkar
plotFocus haunted mansion
reincarnation
producer Ashok Kumar
Savak Vacha
productionCompany Bombay Talkies
releaseDate 1949-10-13
releaseYear 1949
runtimeMinutes 165
screenwriter Kamal Amrohi
setIn Allahabad
song Aayega Aanewala
songComposer Khemchand Prakash
songFeaturedSinger Lata Mangeshkar
starring Ashok Kumar
Kanu Roy
Madhubala
Vijayalaxmi

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Aayega Aanewala filmTitle Mahal
Ashok Kumar notableWork Mahal
Madhubala notableWork Mahal
Madhubala starredIn Mahal
Kamal Amrohi notableWork Mahal
Kamal Amrohi directed Mahal
Kamini appearsIn Mahal
Kamini fictionalUniverse Mahal (1949 film)
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