The Emperor of the Mughals

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1960

3h 17m

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A prince (Dilip Kumar) rebels against his father (Prithviraj Kapoor) after the man tries to thwart his romance with a commoner (Madhubala).

Siddhant Adlakha

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06/30/2021

A father-son saga writ large through opulent sets, operatic performances and spellbinding cinematography, Mughal-e-Azam is a feast for the senses.

Rightly hailed as one of the treasures of Indian cinema, this mammoth historical melodrama established any number of standard Bollywood themes and scenarios.

At over three hours, and an alleged 17 years in the making, this is an undeniably heavy-going concoction -- but the feast of intricate sounds and visuals make it one to savour.

Mughal-E-Azam is an epic event in the history of Indian cinema.

It's well worth visiting a seminal movie that set many of the thematic traditions for contemporary Indian cinema.

In this fully colorized version, K. Asif's already-spellbinding romance feels like it's finally, truly come into its own.

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12/17/2020

One of the all time greatest Indian Epic Film ever to be executed by the very Gemini man himself, K. Asif!!!!!!!!

04/15/2020

The real chains used for madhubala's epic scene of song, "mohabbat ki jhooti kahani", reflected real anguish threading the entire movie of a legendary love story between a prince and maid. Blossoming in the hearts of the people was inspiration of true love no matter what obstacles. The17th century love is now still word of mouth, shrouded in a mysterious enigma of what actually was anarkali's fate. You need to watch it to decided if rumours of her disappearance was due to being entombed behind walls or was she let go of in a secret tunnel

06/23/2019

A classic masterpeice

01/18/2016

best ever bollywood movie

07/21/2014

It's not Spartacus, but better than Asoka. The ending is kind of mean but I was expecting more evil...

04/15/2014

Best hindi movie ever made

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The Emperor of the Mughals

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K. Asif

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Dilip Kumar

Salim

Madhubala

Anarkali

Prithviraj Kapoor

Emperor Akbar

Durga Khote

Empress Jodha Bai

Nigar Sultana

Bahar

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