Renowned filmmaker Imtiaz Ali recently shared a story about veteran actress Madhubala’s residence. He said that Madhubala’s Kismat Bungalow was rumoured to be haunted by her ghost. The director also mentioned that people didn’t film there at night but he shot there at night. Imtiaz also recalled going to the darkest corner of the house alone believing that he could see the soul of Madhubala but nothing sort of that happened. He further stated that he felt something else which he linked to romanticism.

During an interaction with Ranveer Allahbadia for his podcast, Imtiaz said, “Madhubala used to have a house, it was called Kismat Bungalow. It has been reconstructed now. But back in the day, they wouldn’t allow people to film there at night, and people generally wouldn’t want to film there at night because they believed that her ghost haunts the place. Who knows if that was true, but that’s what people believed. I shot there quite a bit at night. And I would go to the quietest, darkest corners of that house alone, and I used to wonder if Madhubala’s ghost would come. Although I don’t really believe in spirits, but I remember that feeling. It wasn’t just horror, there was something else. There was a sense of awe and romanticism. This is an interesting combination.”

In February 2022, Imtiaz posted a picture of Madhubala on her 89th birth anniversary. He captioned the post on Instagram, “i can’t get over that my picture appeared with Madhubala!!!! I have shot nights at her old bungalow hoping for her spirit to show up 😂 Happy B day eternal Madhubala!!”

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On that post, people urged him to make a biopic of Madhubala. A fan said, “Pls make her biopic and cast kareena Kapoor.” “U were about to make her biography right? Why not😢 I think Madhur Bhushan Ji stopped you?,” said another user. A comment read, “Please please 🙏 cast Kareena Kapoor in madhubala's biopic.”

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Madhubala passed away at the age of 36 in 1969 after battling severe illness for years. She was part of several cult movies including Mughal-E-Azam, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Mr. and Mrs. '55, Kala Pani, Tarana, and Pardes.