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Mughal-e-Azam is the soundtrack album for the 1960 film of the same name directed by K. Asif. The soundtrack was composed by music director Naushad , and the lyrics were written by Shakeel Badayuni .
Mughal-e-Azam was released on 5 August 1960 in 150 cinemas across the country, establishing a record for the widest release for a Hindi film. [21] It became a major commercial success, earning ₹ 4 million (US$839,000) [ a ] in the first week, [ 87 ] [ 88 ] eventually earning a net revenue of ₹ 55 million (US$11,530,000), [ a ] and ...
) is a song from the 1960 Hindi film Mughal-e-Azam, directed by K. Asif. The song is composed by Naushad, written by Shakeel Badayuni, and sung by Lata Mangeshkar with a chorus. It is picturised on Madhubala, who plays the role of the beautiful courtesan Anarkali in the film. It is shot in technicolour.
Mughal-e-Azam: K. Asif: Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Durga Khote, Ajit, Jalal Agha: Historical Costume Romance: Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film also won three Filmfare Awards: Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Dialogue
He produced the film Hulchul and released it in 1951. [1] At that time, Asif recast Mughal-e-Azam with Dilip Kumar in the male lead and Madhubala in the female lead and began the production of the film in the same year. In 1960, after twelve years in production, Mughal-e-Azam was released and became a huge hit at packed cinema houses across ...
Based on the love story between Mughal Prince Salim and courtesan Anarkali, Mughal-e-Azam portrays the conflict faced by Mughal Emperor Akbar: his responsibility towards the future of his empire and his duty as the father of a beloved son. It was the first large-scale Indian Broadway-style musical, and was in production for ten months. [2]
He wrote scripts for the movies made by Sohrab Modi, Abdul Rashid Kardar and K. Asif. [3] He was one of the four dialogue writers for the latter's famous 1960 movie, Mughal-e-Azam, for which he won the Filmfare Award. [3] As a director, he developed a style that combined a stylised direction with minimalist performances.
In the 1950s, Kumar became the first Indian actor to charge 1.5 lakh per film.(equal to 60 cr or above of 2024) [38] In 1960, he portrayed Prince Salim in K. Asif's big-budget epic historical film Mughal-e-Azam, which was the highest-grossing film in Indian film history for 15 years until it was surpassed by the 1975 film Sholay. Mughal-e-Azam ...