Apr 15, 2010 10:13 PM
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What can one say about mughal e azam?
That it is an epic of indian cinema...
That it broke all box office records in the history of indian cinema...
That it is one of the most lavish film to have ever been made in india...
That it took over 12 years to complete...
That it is one of the grandest, biggest and the greatest film ever made in the history of indian cinema....
That it was one of the most expensive films ever made in indian history...
That the sound track of the film composed by naushad has been rated as the second best soundtrack ever...
That it is the first full feature-length movie to be revived in color and re-released, in the history of world cinema.
The colour-revised version of "mughal-e-azam" is a path-breaking and far-reaching experiment with creative continuation. To transform the skin tones and ambiance in the fabulous original and indelible black-and-white into glimmering colour is a task that boggles the mind. Most of what has been colour-revised is done with extreme aesthetic care. A work of art is the only phrase to describe this historical , whose grand palaces-and-fountains look has an epic sweep and whose heart-wrenching core of romance has moved audience for decades.
Mughal e azam is the kind of historical film that is made once in a life time..this magnum opus was released in 1960 after nearly 12 years in the making. it went on to become the biggest box office successes in the history of indian cinema and probably one of the most well known films ever. Not surprisingly, mughal-e-azam has become a must-see classic for all hindi film viewers.The film boasts of a cache of riches, exquisite high drama, powerful performances, magnificent music and at the centre of it all , the other worldly beauty of madhubala, the venus of hindi cinema...
K. Asif, the director was a possessed man until he completed the film aftet 12 long years...he was a perfectionist to the core, never wanting to compromise on details.....he waited patiently for 2 years before he could get the permission to shoot the court scenes in the palace hall of jodhpur rather than shoot it in a studio set.
Story
Set in the 16th century ad , while the mughals ruled india, it is a tale of the doomed love affair between prince salim(dilip kumar), son of emperor akbar(pritviraj kapoor) and anarkali (madhubala) the beautiful, ill fated court dancer....the intensity of this affair perpetrates a war between the prince and his father. Akbar was a fair and just ruler .he wanted the Hindus and the Muslims to live in harmony.he married a jodhpur kshatriya Hindu princess jodhabhai(durga khote).their son was salim.
Akbar placed consideration for his kingdom before parental love. Salim being the crown prince was trained in warfare and kept away from home until he grew up to be an adult.on his return to the palace as a strapping warrior, he meets the beautiful anarkali, a lowly courtesan...they both fall in love and salim wants to marry her much against the wishes of his father, who has already selected a girl bahar(nigar sultana) of royal heritage for him, bahar has been eyeing the power and wealth that she inherits on marrying the prince. When bahar learns about the passionate romance that is brewing between the prince and anarkali, she wastes no time in informing the king and queen.queen jodhabhai tries to reason out with salim but fails.
A furious akbar imprisons anarkali .salim however comes to know about this and helps her escape.anarkali professes her love for salim in the open court and challenges akbar "pyar kiya toh darna kya (love is beyond fear, why should one hide it?).an infuriated akbar wants to get rid of anarkali , but the lovers elope to a distant place along with a friend who helps them out..
Akbar declares salim a traitor and sends a huge battalion to defeat salim and bring both sa
