Defeated in battle, Salim is sentenced to death by his father, but is told that the sentence will be revoked if Anarkali, now in hiding, is handed over to die in his place.
Salim rebels and amasses an army to confront Akbar and rescue Anarkali. Despite her treatment, Anarkali refuses to reject Salim, as Akbar demands. Salim pleads to marry Anarkali, but his father refuses and imprisons her. Unsuccessful in winning Salim's love, she exposes his forbidden relationship with Anarkali. The relationship is discovered by the jealous Bahar, a dancer of a higher rank, who wants the prince to love her so that she may one day become queen. Fourteen years later, Salim returns as a distinguished soldier and falls in love with court dancer Nadira, whom the emperor has renamed Anarkali, meaning pomegranate blossom. His father sends him off to war, to teach him courage and discipline. The son, Prince Salim, grows up to be spoiled, flippant, and self-indulgent. Overjoyed at his prayers being answered, Akbar gives the maid his ring and promises to grant her anything she desires. Later, a maid brings the emperor news of his son's birth. Film scholars have welcomed its portrayal of enduring themes, but question its historical accuracy.Įmperor Akbar, who does not have a male heir, undertakes a pilgrimage to a shrine to pray that his wife Jodhabai give birth to a son. The film is widely considered to be a milestone of its genre, earning praise from critics for its grandeur and attention to detail. The colour version, released on 12 November 2004, was also a commercial success. Mughal-e-Azam was the first black-and-white Hindi film to be digitally coloured, and the first in any language to be given a theatrical re-release. The accolades awarded to the film include one National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards at the 8th Filmfare Awards. Released on 5 August 1960, it broke box office records in India and became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time, a distinction it held for 15 years. Mughal-e-Azam had the widest release of any Indian film up to that time, and patrons often queued all day for tickets. The soundtrack, inspired by Indian classical and folk music, comprises 12 songs voiced by playback singer Lata Mangeshkar along with Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum and classical singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, and is often cited among the finest in Bollywood cinematic history. Mughal-e-Azam cost more to produce than any previous Indian motion picture the budget for a single song sequence exceeded that typical for an entire film of the period. Before its principal photography began in the early 1950s, the project had lost a financier and undergone a complete change of cast.
Production was plagued by delays and financial uncertainty. The development of Mughal-e-Azam began in 1944, when Asif read a 1922 play called Anarkali which is set in the reign of Emperor Akbar (1556–1605).
Salim's father, Emperor Akbar, disapproves of the relationship, which leads to a war between father and son. Starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Durga Khote and Dilip Kumar, it follows the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim (who went on to become Emperor Jahangir) and Anarkali, a court dancer. The Emperor of the Mughals) is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film directed by K.
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