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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Topic: Mughal-e-Azam

K Asif made Mughal-e-Azam against all odds—15 years, drained fortunes, no compromises

K Asif died at 49 on 9 March 1971 before he could complete his final project, Love and God. Only three of his films saw the light of day, but that was all it took to make him a legend.

Dilip Kumar’s father didn’t know about his career for 4 yrs. Then he saw the poster of ‘Jugnu’

Dilip Kumar’s father wanted him to enrol in the civil services and earn the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a high honour during the British Raj. He saw cinema as a degeneration of social values.

SubscriberWrites: ‘Zinda reh jaati hai yaad’ — how Dilip Kumar was a star onscreen and also off it

Deepesh Salgia pens an emotional tribute to the legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who passed away Wednesday.

Dilip Kumar was the First Khan of Bollywood, the Prince Salim of our hearts: Shobhaa De

In an era where movie stars in India have done 100 and more films in two decades, Dilip Kumar's 50 years in front of the camera saw him perform in just 65 films.

Why Dilip Kumar initially said ‘no’ to Mughal-e-Azam

In ‘Dilip Kumar: Peerless Icon Inspiring Generations’, Trinetra and Anshula Bajpai write that Sapru was first chosen to play Prince Salim, but the shooting got shelved due to Partition.

Bollywood is fascinated with Mughals — from Akbar to Saleem to Bahadur Shah Zafar

In ‘Bollygeek’, Diptakirti Chaudhuri puts together an extensive range of trivia on India’s film industry.

Mughal-e-Azam director K Asif’s own life was as star-crossed as the lovers in his tale

K. Asif was directing a film that would’ve been even grander than his 1960 magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam. But he died on 9 March 1971, and the film remained incomplete.

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, the ‘Tansen’ who demanded & got Rs 25,000 per song for Mughal-e-Azam

On his 51st death anniversary, ThePrint traces the journey of classical vocal legend Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who took the Patiala gharana to new heights.

Remembering Madhubala, film screen legend who was ‘story of India’ and wanted ‘to live’

ThePrint takes a look at the iconic actor's career who was more than just a figure of loss.

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.