The Extended Canon
Madhumati
मधुमती · 1958
A man sheltering from a storm recognises a house, a portrait and a life he has lived before. Ritwik Ghatak wrote it.
- Director
- Bimal Roy
- Year
- 1958
- Genre
- Romance · Fantasy
- Cast
- Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Pran
Why it's in the canon
The original reincarnation blockbuster, and Salil Chowdhury's most beloved score.
A man sheltering from a storm recognises a house, a portrait and a life he has lived before. Ritwik Ghatak wrote it.
Madhumati sits in the 1950s alongside Pyaasa and Mother India — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Bimal Roy — also responsible for Do Bigha Zamin, Bandini, Devdas.
- Released in 1958, in the 1950s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Romance, Fantasy.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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