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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Mughal-e-Azam (1960)


Mughal-e-Azam
This tale of a Moghul prince and his love affair with the beautiful slave girl Anarkali is expressed beautifully with poetic Urdu dialogue and enhanced by Naushad Ali's classically inspired songs. A tragic gem.

IMDB
User Rating: 8.4/10
Overview
Director:K. Asif
Writers:Aman (dialogue),Aman (screenplay)
Release Date:1 April 2005 (USA)
Genre:Drama | Musical | Romance | War more
Plot:Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful... more | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:Mughal | Local Blockbuster | Archery | Battle | Castle
Awards:3 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:Beloved Bollywood Composer Dies (From WENN. 8 May 2006)
User Comments:Unsympathetic to today's recycled films, while praising the classic vision of K. Asif

Cast (Cast overview, first billed only)
Prithviraj Kapoor ... Badshah Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar (as Prithviraj)
Madhubala ... Anarkali
Durga Khote ... Empress Jodha Bai
Nigar Sultana ... Bahar
Ajit ... Durjan Singh
M. Kumar ... Sculptor Sangtaraash (as Kumar)
Murad ... Raja Mann Singh
Jilloo Maa ... Anarkali's Mother (as Jillo Bai)
Vijayalaxmi
S. Nazir
Sheela Delaya ... Suraiya, Anarkali's Sister
Surendra (as Surinder)
Johnny Walker
Jalal Agha ... Young Prince Saleem
Tabassum

1 comment:

Hemant Saluja said...

In this movie, I mostly like the role of Prithiviraj Kapoor as Akbar and Madhubala as Anarkali. I saw this film even more than 12 times. And the colour version of this evergreen movie is awesome. I am always ready to see this film again.

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