![]() ![]() (Express archive photo)ĭid modernity arrive in Hindi cinema at the exact moment when an Elvis Presley-esque Shammi Kapoor slid down the snow-capped hills of Shimla roaring “Yaahoo”? The answer may not veer towards the affirmative but Junglee was definitely a cry for freedom not seen in Hindi cinema before. Junglee (1961) Shammi Kapoor and Saira Banu in Junglee. The film’s title song is used even today to describe Waheeda Rehman’s classic beauty and feminine grace. ![]() But what if we told you that one man falls in love with his best friend’s wife? Though Guru Dutt didn’t officially direct Chaudhvin Ka Chand, the frames bear his unmistakable stamp. Author and Guru Dutt expert Nasreen Munni Kabir even described Chaudhvin Ka Chand as Dutt’s “most conventional” story and treatment. Two best friends fall in love with a veiled beauty – Jameela played exquisitely by Waheeda Rehman. The last of Guru Dutt’s great works, Chaudhvin Ka Chand is a lavishly mounted Muslim social drama set in Lucknow. The same could be said about its unrivalled star cast and Naushad’s stellar music.Ĭhaudhvin Ka Chand (1960) Though Guru Dutt didn’t officially direct Chaudhvin Ka Chand, the frames bear his unmistakable stamp. “Mughal-e-Azam is a tribute to the imagination, hard work and lavishness of its maker,” Filmfare wrote in a review of the film. Dilip Kumar underplays methodically, making the poetic Prince Salim a perfect foil to Prithviraj Kapoor’s theatrical pitch and a love-struck Madhubala’s passionate performance that has made Mughal-E-Azam her crowning glory. Anarkali’s fearless defiance of Akbar gives Mughal-E-Azam some of its most iconic confrontational moments. ![]() Prithviraj Kapoor plays Emperor Akbar who uses all his might to suppress the “illicit love” between his son, heir-to-the-Mughal-throne Prince Salim (Dilip Kumar) and a lowly courtesan called Anarkali (Madhubala). K Asif’s grand epic Mughal-E-Azam is the ultimate tale of doomed love. ![]() Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in Mughal-E-Azam. ![]()
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