MUGHAL-E-AZAM..

THE LOVE STORY OF A PRINCE SALIM AND A COURT DANCER ANARKALI.

Mughal-e-Azam is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film produced and directed by K. Asif. It is a Hindi language film released on 5 August 1960. This film is one of the most successful films in Hindi cinema history. It is still remembered for K. Asif 's brilliant direction, grand sets, excellent music. K. Asif is a great director of his times. He was a film director, producer, and a screenwriter.

k.asif wanted to cast Chandramohan in the main lead and he also wanted to cast Nargis in the female lead. However, in 1946, before the production of the film could begin the main lead Chandramohan died. Then after a while he casted Dilip kumar as main lead and Madhubala as female lead and begin the production of film Mughal-e-Azam.

It is a multi-starrer bollywood film.

Dilip Kumar as Prince Salim

Madhubala as Anarkali

Prithviraj Kapoor as Emperor Akbar

Durga Khote as Maharani Jodha Bai

Nigar Sultana as Bahar, Politician

Ajit as Durjan Singh and the other supporting actors are M Kumar,Murad,Jalal Agha,Vijayalakshmi,S Nazir,Surendra,Johnnie Walker and Tabassum.

In 1960 after 12 years in production, Mughal-e-Azam was released and became a huge hit at packed cinema houses across India.

This was the Theatrical poster of Mughal-e-Azam

Mughal-e-Azam is based on play named "Anarkali" by playwriter Imtiaz Ali Taj. It follows the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim (who went on to become Emperor Jahangir) and Anarkali, a court dancer. Salim's father, Emperor Akbar, disapproves of the relationship, which leads to a war between father and son.

The plot can be found here...

Mughal-e-Azam ....

Even the songs of the movie is also very famous. All songs were composed by music director Naushad. It was inspired by Indian Classical Music and Folk Music.The soundtrack contained a total of 12 songs, which were rendered by Playback Singers and classical music artists. These songs account for nearly one third of the film's running time. The most famous song "Jab Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya" is also belongs to this movie.

Mughal-e-Azam is a proper package of Romance and Drama. There were some scenes which are overdramatic and it will make you laugh,but at that time the cinema's melodramatic side was at peak. And nowadays Melodramatic is kinda word related to over-acting.

For me it is a must watch movie for everyone. Even it is also available in colour print. The colour print was released in the year 12 november 2004. The thing which made me watch this masterpiece was it's songs and the cinematic shots of this movie.