Gaja Gamini Admin
Posts : 13921 Join date : 2011-05-27 Age : 37
| Subject: Mughal-E-Azam Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:21 am | |
| Director: K.Asif Starring: Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Nigar Sultana, Durga Khote Released: 1960 My rating: 10/10 Once upon a time in India there lived a mighty and wise Emperor, who united the country and overcame the differences between the various religions, that had rooted in his country. He was known as Mughal-E-Azam, the Greatest of the Mughals, and his name was Akbar the Great. Seemingly having all, there was one thing he did not possess and no pearly, diamonds and other riches could ever buy it. Because Akbar the Great was childless. So the Emperor forgot all his pride and on foot he made a long pilgrimage to a sacred place, where he was assured his Queen Jodhaa would surely give a birth to a child. And indeed several months later Prince Salim was born into a golden cradle. However the love he had been given turned him into a spoilt and selfish person. For a long time his atrocities were being overlooked, but after he disgraced the sacred Scales of Justice, his father finally found the will to punish him. Sending him away from the palace, he ordered his son to be raised by soldiers on battlefields. For fourteen years Salim lerned and grew as a warrior, he gained respect and discipline. The time came for him to return to his parents. After a grand welcome he is given a rather curious gift. A statue, at whose feet according to its maker a warrior will lay his sword, a king his crown and a person his heart. The beauty of the statue is truly breathtaking and Prince is deeply impressed. And looses his heart almost instantly, when the statue actually moves and says: „I´m not an angel. I´m a human being.“ With this sentence begins a story of Salim and Anarkali, that will almost destroy the future of the great Mughal empire... If there is any movie that can be labelled as „legendary“ it is without a shadow of doubt Mughal-E-Azam. Its breath-taking visual glory, moving and sensitive love story, excellent acting – everything is pure genius. The man of vision here was the perfectionist very much passionate about the project – K. Asif. This man was planning Mughal-E-Azam for almost sixteen years and the shooting itself lasted another nine. The story is based on a popular legend about turbulent young years of Emperor Nur-ud-din Salim Jahangir, that supposedly took place at the end of the 15th century. It was not made into a film for the first time. In 1928 there was a movie called „Loves of a Mughal Prince“ and in 1953 it was „Anarkali“. However none of these can match up to the epic Mughal-E-Azam, into which so much effort, love and pain was invested. All you need to do is to look here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054098/trivia and you will understand some of the reasons why this film is extraordinary. What to say about acting here? Every single one of the actors built a monument for themselves, be it the dignified Prithviraj Kapoor, charismatic Dilip Kumar or the eternally beautiful Madhubala. Add to it a wonderful music, enchanting costumes and sets, beautiful cinematography, script chisselled to perfection – what do you have? A timeless story on the verge of fairytale, but still realistic enough, that manages to charm even 50 years after it first came to the theaters. | |
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Gulaabi Ladki Admin
Posts : 2073 Join date : 2011-06-27 Age : 30 Location : Michigan
| Subject: Re: Mughal-E-Azam Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:05 am | |
| The movie that I am ashamed to say I STILL have not seen... *hides* | |
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Lalita
Posts : 332 Join date : 2011-06-28 Age : 32 Location : Bogotá, Colombia
| Subject: Re: Mughal-E-Azam Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:29 am | |
| 100% agreed with your review, Ally | |
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Gaja Gamini Admin
Posts : 13921 Join date : 2011-05-27 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: Mughal-E-Azam Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:59 am | |
| - KissMeKassy wrote:
- The movie that I am ashamed to say I STILL have not seen... *hides*
And you call yourself Madhubala fen? Shame on you :evil: | |
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Lalita
Posts : 332 Join date : 2011-06-28 Age : 32 Location : Bogotá, Colombia
| Subject: Re: Mughal-E-Azam Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:51 am | |
| Ugh i watched it again yesterday and now my rating is 11/10.
it's just a jewel! | |
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Gaja Gamini Admin
Posts : 13921 Join date : 2011-05-27 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: Mughal-E-Azam Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:53 am | |
| I am now translating subtitles to Czech so I can share the film with some of my friends and with my mother, and I can only agree with you. While making the subs I have to pay attention to every detail and I still discover things I have not noticed before. | |
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Gulaabi Ladki Admin
Posts : 2073 Join date : 2011-06-27 Age : 30 Location : Michigan
| Subject: Re: Mughal-E-Azam Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:38 pm | |
| Can I just say how cool I think it is that you make subs for films! You did Devdas too right? Well that's just amazing! Especially with all the dialogues. | |
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Gaja Gamini Admin
Posts : 13921 Join date : 2011-05-27 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: Mughal-E-Azam Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:08 pm | |
| Yep, Devdas too... Also Veer-Zaara, Tere Bin Laden, Om Shanti Om, Saawariya and DTPH, because I wanted to show them to my mum. | |
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