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2. Mughal-e-Azam - Wikipedia

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   Mughal-e-Azam is a family history highlighting the differences between father and son, duty to the public over family, and the trials and tribulations of women, particularly of courtesans. According to Rachel Dwyer, author of the book Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema, the film highlights religious tolerance between Hindus and Muslims.

3. Mughal-e-Azam (musical) - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. K. Asif - Wikipedia

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   His directorial debut, Phool (1945), did very well at the box-office. In 1944, Asif planned to make a film called Mughal-e-Azam based on the life and times of Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great's court dancer, based on an Urdu novel 'Anarkali' written by Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj, with Chandramohan in the male lead and the then upcoming actress Nargis in the female lead.

5. Anarkali - Wikipedia

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   According to speculative and fictional accounts, Anarkali had an illicit relationship with Salim, the son of Mughal Emperor Akbar, who had her executed by immurement. The character often appears in movies, books and historical fiction, most notably depicted in the 1960 Bollywood film Mughal-e-Azam in which she is portrayed by Madhubala. [5]

6. Production of Pakeezah - Wikipedia

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   When his contemporary K. Asif started the development of Mughal-e-Azam, whose plot is on the same subject, Amrohi started to write an original story of a nautch girl. The screenplay was started in 1956 in Mahabaleshwar with help from Akhtar ul Iman and Madhusudan, whom he asked to expand it. Advertisements for the film were first published in ...

7. Mughal-e-Azam (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Mughal-e-Azam (lit. ' Great Mughal ' or ' Grand Mughal ') is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film by K. Asif. It may also refer to: Mughal-e-Azam, soundtrack to the film by Naushad; Mughal-e-Azam, a Broadway-style musical based on the 1960 film; Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam, a 2008 Indian film

8. Anarkali (1958 film) - Wikipedia

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   Imtiaz Ali Taj's Anārkalī was adapted as a screenplay by director Anwar Kamal Pasha for the film Anarkali. [3] In the 1940s, Mohammad Afzal, better known by his stage name Himalya Wala, was selected to play the character of Salim's Rajput friend, Durjan Singh, in K. Asif adaptation of Taj's play (Mughal-e-Azam), but due to political turmoil and the worst conditions in the country that led to ...

9. Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam - Wikipedia

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   Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam, is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film about a group of actors who attempt to prevent an underworld conspiracy from destabilizing the Indian government. The film is set in 1993 after the communal riots that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid .