Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam

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Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sanjay Chhel
Written bySanjay Chhel
Based on To Be or Not to Be
by Edwin Justus Mayer
Produced by Champak Jain
Ratan Jain
Starring Rahul Bose
Mallika Sherawat
Paresh Rawal
Kay Kay Menon
Cinematography Madhu Ambat
Edited bySantosh Devdhar
Music by Anu Malik
Distributed by Venus Records & Tapes
Release date
  • 22 August 2008 (2008-08-22)
Running time
136 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam, is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film about a group of actors who attempt to prevent an underworld conspiracy from destabilizing the Indian government. The film is set in 1993 after the communal riots that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid. The film stars Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat and was directed and written by Sanjay Chhel. [2] The movie is loosely based on the 1983 movie To Be or Not to Be which itself was based on the 1942 movie of the same name.

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Plot

When the Kalakar Theatre Company, a theatre group in Goa, attempts to stage a political drama, the local authorities close down the play and force them to perform a more traditional play, a stage version of Mughal-E-Azam . The company then discovers that an underworld don is engineering a bomb blast to shake confidence in the Indian government. The drama company forms a plan to save the entire city from the blast. The actors, led by their producer Uday (Paresh Rawal), are assisted by RAW agent Arjun Rastogi (Rahul Bose) in their efforts to foil the bombing. Arjun falls in love with Uday's wife, Shabnam (Mallika Sherawat) who also becomes involved with an ISI agent (Kay Kay Menon). Performing multiple roles in disguise, the characters eventually save the entire nation from the bomb blast.

Soundtrack

  1. "Ek Toh Sharab Kam" - Pankaj Udhas
  2. "Aaj Mood Hai Ishqaiyaan" - Sunidhi Chauhan
  3. "Ishquiyaan (Remix)" - Sonu Nigam
  4. "Marmari Baahe (Remix)" - Anu Malik, Mahalakshmi Iyer
  5. "Marmari Baahein, Sandhali Saansein" - Kunal Ganjawala, Mahalakshmi Iyer
  6. "Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya" - Shaan, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Ishq Bector, Anushka Manchanda
  7. "Khuda Mere Ishq Khuda" - Mohit Chauhan, Abrar ul Haq & Sonu Nigam
  8. "Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya" - Kunal Ganjawala

Cast

Reception

Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam received mostly negative reviews from critics. Khalid Mohamed writing for Hindustan Times gave the film 1 star out of 5, stating ″Although Chhel can be a sparkling dialogue writer, here both his lines and direction are as flat as week-old beer. Evidently, inspired by Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 comedy, To Be or Not To Be (wow, man what sources!), this Mallika-e-Azam is about her bare back, bling costumes and a plot that would need a research team to deconstruct.″ [3] and was termed "deliriously bad" by Anupama Chopra. [4] It also performed poorly at the box office. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Maan Gaye Mughall-e-azam". British Board of Film Classification .
  2. ↑ "'Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam' a different comedy". Indo-Asian News Service. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  3. ↑ Mohamed, Khalid (22 August 2008). "Mughal-e-Boredom". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  4. ↑ Chopra, Anupama. "Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam". NDTV . Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Rahul's going great!". Times of India. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
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