Bioscope: 60 years of Mughal-e-Azam's release, Naushad threw a briefcase full of notes out the window

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Karimuddin Asif of Etawah, Mirza Wajahat Hussain Genghi of Sitapur, and Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi of Amroha. Did you remember anything after reading the name? Let's rewrite their names, K Asif, Wajahat Mirza, and Kamal Amrohi.

As you now see this thing shines, similarly every person shines when it comes to Mughal-e-Aajam, the most unique film in the Hindi cinema. Asif's years of hard work came true, this film started to be made before partition. Its producers changed. Its entire cast changed but did not change the stubbornness of Asif. And, despite the fact that after the film's story was leaked, it was released as a film on the same story and also became a superhit.

One lakh people reached to buy tickets In the era when there was a dollar of five rupees, cinema tickets used to be of rupees and a half rupees. But, the tickets of the Mughal-e-Aajam used to be a complete bouquet of memories, not just tickets. It would have a movie ticket, film photographs, film booklets, and many other memorable things. And the price, the whole hundred rupees. Yes, you can be surprised to hear who would have bought a hundred rupees cinema ticket in the year 60. So know that the day of advance booking of the film opened, the people of the nearby cities also reached Bombay on that day, in front of the Maratha temple to lay a line for the movie ticket.

Film print brought on elephants Moghle-e-Aajam was released in theaters in Mumbai. The release of a film in one hundred and fifty theaters of the country simultaneously was a record at that time. The Maratha temple was brightened again for this film. The print at the premiere came loaded with elephants. Outside the cinema, a grand set was made. In order to make the film's posters look-alike, K Asif had bought the entire stock of a famous paint company in those days.

People line up for four days Here, at a show in the Maratha temple, there was a seating area of ​​just above a thousand people, and the ticket holders had gathered someone lakh. Theaters had to call the police. But people did not run. Stayed there. Four thousand tickets were sold in four shows in a day, 28 thousand a week for four weeks, and after that, the booking at the theater remained closed for the next month. In recent years, you must have seen the lines of those who bought Apple iPhone. At the time of the release of Mughal-e-Azam, it has happened in India that people remained in the line for three to four days. Food comes from home. The reliever relieved to be fresh and people would come back and join the line.

Shooting in three languages ​​simultaneously The film Mughal-e-Aajam is not a film for the Hindi cinema but a story. Apart from Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), the film was also scheduled to be shot in English and Tamil. Every scene was shot three times. But the fearless thing that happened was afraid. The Tamil version of the film, released as Akbar, was a flop and K Asif then sent back all the British actors he had called to Mumbai to dub the film. K Asif lavished money on the film. But there were some people who worked in the film who used to cut money, such as musician Naushad.

Big slave Ali Khan agreed like this It happened that the money shine was used to persuade Bade Ghulam Ali Khan for the film. In a time when capable singers like Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi used to charge four to five hundred rupees for a song, the elder Ghulam Ali Khan demanded 25 thousand rupees for a song to drive away K Asif. K used to carry a briefcase till Asif. Filled with notes. He opened the briefcase there and handed over 25 thousand rupees to the elder Ghulam Ali Khan. Two songs were decided. Asif of Fifty percent advance handicap came from there. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan used to consider songs in films as disrespectful, but seeing how he would refuse money, he had kept the demand, Asif made it.

Naushad throws the briefcase out of the window It is a different matter that when Asif reached the house of musician Naushad with a briefcase of notes, the matter was turned upside down. K Asif took entry with full respect to Naushad's house, sat on the chair, and said that he had to compose the songs of the movie Mughal-e-Aajam and opened the briefcase in front of him. While Asif was a Rangbaaz from Etawah, Naushad also stayed as a Nawabi-style musician from Lucknow. He picked up a briefcase full of notes and threw it out the window. Begum was shocked to see this. If Asif is bitten, there is no blood.

Only 12 out of 20 songs in the film Naushad did not even talk to him that day. He was made aware of how he considered money to be the master of his skills. Naushad's Begum later reconciled the two. K Asif apologized after holding his ear and then went ahead. A total of 20 songs for the film were composed by Naushad. Asif shot all the songs, but after the film's editing, there were twelve songs left in the film. Each of these songs is unmatched. If you love, what is to be feared, the whole kingdom was rooted in the roof of Naushad's house to make it. There were many arguments and debates about Kanhaiya ji's songs too.

The story came out of Imtiaz Ali's play The film Mughal-e-Aajam is a film based on a fictional story. It is found less in the history books and more in the books of the stories. The story is first mentioned in Imtiaz Ali Taj's play. This play was written in the year 1922. In 1928, Ardeshir Irani made a film called Anarkali on this story of Salim and Anarkali. Till then, the cinema did not speak.