K Asif's tale of a dastardly prince who turns against his father buries widely accepted truths under layers of embellishments
Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
Director: K Asif
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C
Akbar the Great was emperor of India from 1556-1605, his reign covering approximately the same period as Elizabeth I's in England (1558-1603).
Family
Longing for a son, the emperor Akbar (Prithviraj Kapoor) treks across the desert to visit a holy man. Soon afterwards, the infant Prince Salim (the future Emperor Jahangir) is born. Looks like somebody didn't pray hard enough. He's a horror. Even as a child, his hobbies are getting drunk and slapping the servants. "Divest him of his mother's tender love and clad him in armour!" cries his father. The little prince is taken off to war to be toughened up. In real life, Salim was a heavy consumer of alcohol and opium, though these habits did...
Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
Director: K Asif
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C
Akbar the Great was emperor of India from 1556-1605, his reign covering approximately the same period as Elizabeth I's in England (1558-1603).
Family
Longing for a son, the emperor Akbar (Prithviraj Kapoor) treks across the desert to visit a holy man. Soon afterwards, the infant Prince Salim (the future Emperor Jahangir) is born. Looks like somebody didn't pray hard enough. He's a horror. Even as a child, his hobbies are getting drunk and slapping the servants. "Divest him of his mother's tender love and clad him in armour!" cries his father. The little prince is taken off to war to be toughened up. In real life, Salim was a heavy consumer of alcohol and opium, though these habits did...
- 2/14/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
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