dimanche 16 mars 2008

Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म) is an Indian epic film, remniscient of the older style of Indian cinema. It was produced and directed by K. Asif and released in 1960. It took nine years to finish and was the most lavish production for its time.

The film broke box office records in India when released and held the record for the highest grossing film ever until the 1975 film Sholay broke its record.


Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.
Its most famous dance sequence takes place in the Sheesh Mahal (Palace of Mirrors) of the Lahore Fort, where a defiant slave-girl (played by Madhubala) dances for the Mughal Emperor and his court, singing Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya, "I have loved, so what is there to fear?" This song was one of three sequences shot on Eastman Kodak color film, while the rest of the movie was in black and white. The singing is, of course, playback singing by Lata Mangeshkar and lip-synched by Madhubala.

In 2004, a colorized version of the movie was released theatrically for the first time. The movie was again a success. [wikipedia]



Pyar Kiya Tho Darna Kya

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