MUGHAL-E-AZAM
India/1960/178 min/35mm

Director: K. Asif
Producer: K. Asif
Screenwriters: K. Asif, Aman
Dialogue: K. Asif, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza, Ehsan Rizvi.
Music Director: Naushad
Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Prithviraj Kapoor, Durga Khote, Johnny Walker

One of the most celebrated classics of the black-and-white "Golden Age" of Bollywood cinema, K. Asif's nine-year labor of love MUGHAL-E-AZAM is a lavishly mounted and rapturously romantic fable, set in the 16th-century imperial court of the Muslim emperor Akbar (Prithviraj Kapoor), a domineering ruler who objects strenuously when his only son, the dashing war hero Prince Salim (Dilip Kumar), falls in love with the slave girl Anarkali (Madhubala). The movie is celebrated for its visual scale and splendor, for the powerhouse performances of Kapoor and Kumar (who go head to head in several memorable scenes) and for the personal-best song score composed by Naushad (MOTHER INDIA), one of the most revered music directors in the history of Bombay cinema.-David Chute

Urdu (English subtitles)

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