Aasman Mahal is a 1965 Hindi social family drama film directed by K. A. Abbas.Produced for the "Naya Sansar" banner, its story was written by Abbas, and the cinematographer was Ramchandra. The script and dialogues were by Inder Raj Anand.Prithviraj Kapoor's role as the impoverished Nawab, was acclaimed in the film for its "authenticity".Dilip Raj, son of P. Jairaj, played the hero, having earlier acted in Shehar Aur Sapna (1963).The other co-stars were Surekha, David, Nana Palsikar, Anwar Hussain.The story revolves around a Nawab, who having lost his money, still continues to live in the old traditional style, maintaining a grandeur facade. His son opposes the unrealistic life-style.An elderly impoverished Nawab lives in his ancestral Haveli (Mansion). A business man wants to buy it, in order to convert it into a hotel. Though financially in a desperate state, the Nawab refuses to sell his property and clings on to his old-fashioned ideals of nobility. His son, is dissolute and not of much account, but he is able to let go of the aristocratic baggage. He is in love with the daughter of the house help.Aasman Mahal evokes other stories of a decaying aristocracy like Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard set in Russia and Lampedusa's The Leopard set in Sicily and Premchand's Shatranj Ke Khilari set in Lucknow.