"Madhumati" is a 1958 Indian Hindi film directed by Bimal Roy and written by Ritwik Ghatak. Music by Salil Choudhury, lyrics by Shailendra. The movie stars Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Pran and Johnny Walker.
It was one of the earliest films to deal with reincarnation and had a gothic noir feel to it. The first and only collaboration between Roy and Ghatak, it was one of their most commercially successful and influential films.
Madhumati was influenced by Mahal (1949), the earliest film on reincarnation and which Bimal Roy was the editor for. Madhumati itself went on to become the source of inspiration for many later works dealing with the theme of reincarnation in Indian cinema, Indian television, and perhaps world cinema. It may have been the source of inspiration for the American film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) and the Hindi film Karz (1980), both of which dealt with reincarnation and have been influential in their respective cultures. Karz in particular was remade several times: as the Kannada film Yuga Purusha (1989), the Tamil film Enakkul Oruvan (1984), and more recently the Bollywood film Karzzzz (2008). The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and Karz may have also inspired the American film Chances Are (1989). The most recent film to be directly inspired by Madhumati is the hit Bollywood film Om Shanti Om (2007), which led to the late Bimal Roy's daughter Rinki Bhattacharya accusing the film of plagiarism and threatening legal action against its producers.
Awards; * Filmfare Best Movie Award * Filmfare Best Director Award for Bimal Roy * Filmfare Best Actress Award for Vyjayanthimala * Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Salil Choudhury * Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Johnny Walker * Filmfare Best Art Direction for Sudhendu Roy * Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for Lata Mangeshkar singing "aa ja re pardesi" * Filmfare Best Editing Award for Hrishikesh Mukherjee.............
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