Madhumati is a 1958 Indian Hindi Movie 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.

The film deals with reincarnation and had a gothic noir feel to it. The film was one of Roy’s greatest commercial successes.

If you haven’t watched it yet, here’s why you should: it was nominated for 9 Filmfare Awards and won ALL of them!!! Yes, all of them including best film, best director and best music director.