Genre:
Drama / War / Romance
Plot Summary:
Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful, ill-fated court dancer, whose fervor and intensity perpetrates a war between the prince and his father the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, and threatens to bring an empire to its knees.
Cast overview:
Prithviraj Kapoor .... Emperor Akbar (as Prithviraj)
Madhubala .... Anarkali
Durga Khote .... Empress Jodha Bai
Nigar Sultana .... Bahar
Ajit .... Durjan Singh
Kumar .... Sangtaraash (sculptor)
Murad .... Raja Maansingh
That said --this is a big historical melodrama about the tragic romance between Salim, son and heir of the Moghul ruler Akbar, and a slave girl called Anarkalia. There is a respectable implicit psychodynamic element to the story -- as a child, Salim was seen by his father as spoiled, so he was sent off into wars for ten or 20 years, ripped out of his cozy life and away from his mother -- which can kind of ’’explain’’ his later willingness to risk absolutely everything for the love of the beautiful slave girl.
For me this was the kind of Bollywood movie parodied in ’’Bollywood Calling, ’’ though it is much better--but every line delivered is stentorian or worse, the characters are really one-dimensional (mother is motherly, Salim is passionate and self-willed, father is virtually unyielding, slave girl is alluring and vulnerable), there are many scenes of the slave girl in chains, etc. There’s a good amount of spectacle--big armies, big terrifically-costumed armies on horseback and of course elephants, and some very satisfying palace dance performances, most notably in the last third of the movie which is in color.
Any way the all time fav. movie is back now with full colors and same message...
Don’t come between love
Some thing like that he he :)