Madhumati is far short of a perfect film. it's main flaw, like with many Bollywood ventures, lies in its pacing. The narrative is stretched out too thin (although there are rumors that some additional convolutions of the plot's reincarnation themes were chopped off after it was felt that they would make the story confusing), there are an insane number of song-breaks (although the songs are crisp with lyrics bearing relevance to the film's theme) and apart from the prologue almost 2/3rds of the film is a conventional fairy-tale romance and tragedy theme. But in entirety it does have points of interest for the genre fan and is a good notch above uninspired mainstream Bolly product.
The film boasts some very effective scenes thanks to excellent editing and moody cinematography. Also a great performance from Dilip Kumar as the obsessed lover.
The film boasts some very effective scenes thanks to excellent editing and moody cinematography. Also a great performance from Dilip Kumar as the obsessed lover.