Mahal is a 1949 Hindi-language Drama Horror film written and directed by Kamal Amrohi and produced by Ashok Kumar Ganguly, Ashok Kumar and Savak Vacha under the banner of Bombay Talkies. Hari Shankar (Ashok Kumar) comes to claim his inheritance - a palatial building known as Shabnam Mahal. He does not anything out of the normal, until he s his portrait on the wall. The housekeeper tells him the background of the portrait and the tragic ending of two lovers. Later, Hari Shankar s a woman singing and swinging in the garden swing, when he approaches, she disappears. Both the housekeeper and his lawyer friend, Shrinath, warn Hari Shankar, and ask him to stay away from this house, he does so, only to be drawn back. No one can help Hari Shankar now as he continues to be drawn deeper and deeper into the dark world of the ghostly apparition. Ayega. ayega.. aanewala, aayega.. is still popular on radio and tapes/cd. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com). Mahal features Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Ashok Kumar Ganguly, M. Kumar, Vijayalaxmi, Kanu Roy and Raja Salim. The screenplay is written by Kamal Amrohi. The music was composed by Khemchand Prakash. Cinematography was done by Josef Wirsching and editing by Bimal Roy, M. Shanker and R. M. Tipnis. The movie has a running time of 165 min. It was released on 1st January 1949. Mahal was made on a budget of ₹30 lakh and at the box office it grossed only ₹16 lakh. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Bombay Talkies.