Mahal

A young lawyer moves into an old mansion. The house has a dark past. The man who had it built died soon afterwards. His fiancée went with him. After the lawyer settles in he sees a woman. She appears at night. She says she comes from a past life. She tells him they were lovers once. The man is drawn into her account. He looks for ways to find her again. A condition is put to him for that. The condition is not an easy one. The account is built on that dilemma. Madhubala and Ashok Kumar take the leads in Kamal Amrohi’s Indian film of 1949.