Title of film : Mughal-e-Azam
Director Name : K.Asif
Cast & crew :
Producer : Shapoorji Pallonji
Editor : Dhramvir
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Synopsis : Mughal-e-Azam re-tells a popular Indian tale, which was previously filmed as “Loves of a Mughal Prince” (1928) and “Anarkali” (1953). It is loosely based on an episode in the life of the Mughal prince Salim, who went on to become Emperor Jahangir. In the movie, the great conqueror Akbar and his Rajput wife, Mariam-uz-Zamani have a son,the weak and pleasure-loving Salim, played by Dilip Kumar. Salim falls in love with Anarkali, a court-dancer. He wants to marry her, but his father objects and throws Anarkali into prison. Despite imprisonment, Anarkali refuses to reject Salim. Salim rebels against his father, is defeated in battle, and is sentenced to death. Anarkali pleads for his life in exchange for her own, and is condemned to be walled up alive.
Director Bio : Born as Asif Karim in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, the future director-writer producer moved to Mumbai with filmy dreams. Mughal-e-Azam was not his first film. He made his debut with “Phool” (1945). Asif had begun developing Mughal e-Azam in 1944, but faced many hurdles. He had to unite two versions of Imtiaz Ali Taj’s play “Anarkali”. The first one starred Nargis as Anarkali and Chandramohan as Akbar. For a brief period, production of the film seemed to be well under way without any glitches. But as 1947 drew closer and with it, Partition, Asif was soon abandoned by his financier, who chose to move to Pakistan. To make matters worse, Chandramohan died on 2 April 1949. The movie was shelved..
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