Review of Mughal-e-Azam (1960) by Sowmya S — 27 Dec 2006

Long ago India at its grandest-the musical numbers puts the new stuff coming out of Bollywood to shame.

This review of Mughal-e-Azam (1960) was written by Sowmya S on 27 Dec 2006.

Mughal-e-Azam has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Linda H (185) on 19 Nov 2007

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