Jab Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya !!

After a long gap I m writing again, ecstasy coming to me. :), Wait, before I get lost in words, let me make  a change in my writing policies. (writing too have policy lollzzz).
This time I m not just going to discuss the real time stories and matters of little concern but I’ll simply write down my thoughts, be whatever it is. Let this be simply blogging with emphatic emotions. RIGHT!!

Flashback – few days earlier I was talking to my buddy x and between that conversation we had a small talk about the legendary classic “MUGHAL-E-AZAM”. My buddy x had few words of appraisal about the lyrics of the movie, more specifically the so called “SHAIRANA ANDAAZ” of the dialogues. This made me to watch the movie again, though I didn’t watch it the same day and then too I forgot that I had scheduled this movie in my list.

Again after three days I was listening to radio n I felt these words in my ears “Jab Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya”. The movie striked my conscious again. I watched it and I find out myself in love with it, this time very deeply then ever before. Then I went searching for few official information related to movie. What urged me to do so was my faint knowledge of the actual love story between Madhubala and Dilip Kumar during the period when the film was still in manufacturing.

I was desperate to find out what happened to the real love story. And here I m with my search results. Believe me as you will reach the end you will feel something for the story of enduring love of all the times, in your heart.
The film was released on August 5 1960.
The response of the audience was marvelous.
People were hooked to Madhubala’s mesmeric screen presence, Prithviraj Kapoor’s royal sketch of Akbar, Naushad’s soulful music and Shakeel Badayuni’s unforgatable lyrics. What a     lovely combination they all formed up.

For 3 years continuously people kept coming back to watch it just once more. Mughal –E– Azam went down the history with golden letters of achievements with its name. It was one of the greatest hindi movie ever and it took more than 15 years for “Sholay” to come and break its box office  record.

Director Asif was a perfectionist man !! Tell me a thing he didn’t went for. He wanted to get everything just right. The level of detailing was incredible. A few examples: the Krishna idol in one scene was of real gold, the jwellery that rani Jodha Bai was wearing was designed in authentic rajisthani style of that era, soldiers from Indian army were used in war scenes.

But the movie’s mystique comes from the way it reflected the real life. To be precise, the uncomplete love of Dilip Kumar who played Salim and Madhubala, who played Anarkali.

Well, the 18 year old girl (Madhubala) had a fancy on Dilip since from the set of film Tarana. But it was on the sets of Mughal-E-Azam where the love really caught on.

Very soon , the two decided to get married.
But it was not that simple. Again just like in the movie, it was the father who separated the lovers. Ataullah Khan, Madhubala’s father, didn’t approve of their union. Next, when B.R. Chopra planned “Naya Daur” 1957 with the two in lead and planned an outdoor shooting, Khan asked his daughter not to go. He avoided any kind of proximity between them. And more she was pigeonholed in her home, alas !!
The father’s plan to separate the two succeeded but it also ruined Madhubala. Chopra sued her for the loses she  made to the shooting and not showing up and to her shock, Dilip Kumar testified against her in court. She lost the case n was shattered. Their love ended bitterly.

But then too the rest of the shooting of Mughal-E-Azam was done, but in rather uncomfortable and uneasy atmosphere. Both Dilip kumar and Madhubala acted professionally and helped Asif to complete his film. They never talked nor even met then after.

When Madhubala died in 1969, aged 36, due o heart disease, Dilip Kumar was not in Mumbai. When he heared the news he cried like a baby, not wanting to hide his love for the Anarkali in his life even though he was already married(to Saira Banu).

Parda Nahi Jab Koyi Khuda Se, Bandon Se Parda Karna Kya ?