Mughal-e-Azam

Synopsis

In the 16th-century Mughal Empire, Crown Prince Salim returns from war and falls into an all-consuming, forbidden love affair with Anarkali, a beautiful court courtesan, defying his tyrannical father Emperor Akbar the Great and triggering a colossal civil war with charging war elephants and desert cavalry before Anarkali is sentenced to be entombed alive behind a stone brick wall. K. Asif's monumental fourteen-year historical epic masterpiece starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, and Madhubala, featuring the breathtaking color Sheesh Mahal mirror palace dance 'Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya'.