Mughal-e-Azam is the most proto-typical, expensive and passionate piece of work that Hindi cinema has ever produced. The immaculate recreation of Mughal magnificence “Mughal-e-Azam”, sixty years after its release on 5 th August, 1960, still continues to fascinate and enthral each succeeding generation of movie-goers and connoisseurs alike with its splendour and opulence. This movie is absolutely intoxicating expression of love with the most erotic and sensuous sequence of Indian cinema in which Salim fondling Anarkali’s face with an ostrich feather. Madhubala’s beautiful and iconic face is motionless in ecstasy as Dilip Kumar watches in adoration, forbidding the audience’s look but inviting their speculation. The theme of the conflict between passionate individual love and duty is an abiding preoccupation that spawns endless cinematic permutations. Yet for sheer baroque grandiosity, K. Asif's excessive elaboration of the theme remains in a class by itself and is worth preservin
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