Shahjehan
Circa the Mugal rule in Hindustan, Shahjahan, the present emperor is approached by one of his subjects, whose daughter, Ruhi, is so beautiful, that her suitors have killed her to-be grooms, as well as two of her brothers, who came...
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"Shahjehan (1946) : Brief Review - AR Kardar and Kamal Amrohi create an ornamental classic on the fictional accounts of Shah Jahan, Mumtaz, and Taj Mahal. It's hard to believe that a film made in the pre-independence era had such a great vocabulary, dialogues, metaphors, and allegorical references. What we saw in Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Taj Mahal (1963) years later, Shahjehan did that in the 40s. The only other competitors were Tansen (1943) and Mirza Ghalib (1954). But even those films didn't have such an amazing chaos of love, sacrifice, and promise. Although it's a fictional..."
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Majrooh Sultanpuri made his film debut with A. R. Kardar's KL Saigal starrer Shahjehan (1946) which included the latter's ever popular Jab Dil hi Toot Gaya - a favorite of Saigal's and the song he wanted played at his funeral.
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Circa the Mugal rule in Hindustan, Shahjahan, the present emperor is approached by one of his subjects, whose daughter, Ruhi, is so beautiful, that her suitors have killed her to-be grooms, as well as two of her brothers, who came...