The most expensive film was made by putting 15 years, not left in the pocket, the biggest director is made by making only 3 films

Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar’s Mughal-e-Azam are considered one of the best films in Hindi cinema. Which has been taught in books. It introduced a great example of filmmaking. This became its quality with the passion, shiddat and patience with which Mughal-e-Azam was made. Let us introduce you to the story of the director who made this epic film today. Those who made films by putting their pie. The biggest director was called but still he was able to make only 3 films in his career. By the way, in today’s time, you hear such stories about Sanjay Leela Bhansali. But in the case of films, a director was also his guru who used to stop the film for months in the circle of perfection.

The director who made a film like Mughal-e-Azam is Asif of the name. At the age of 17, his uncle brought him from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai. Initially, he opened a tailor shop to run the house. But Asif wanted to be more than the tailor. His talent was also not going to stop here. Just like this, he also set the path ahead.

First film superhit

One thing was special

The biggest act in Asif’s career was the Mughal-e-Azam for which Asif put everything. He had spent 15 years. Its shooting started in the year 1940. Once filmmaker Karan Bali spoke about Asif’s vision. He had told how he used to spend life in the film. He could go to any extent. He had ordered glass from Belgium to reflect the reality in his films. When the shoes came from Agra, Dilip Kumar’s wig came from England.

The producer goes to Pakistan
It is said that Mughal-e-Azam was full of challenges for Asif. Because he wanted to make a grand film. In such a situation, apart from money, there were many problems. Sometimes he used to stop the shoot because of not getting the right thing. Because of which the financialsr was in trouble.

The producer goes to Pakistan

Shiraz Ali Hakim was also one of the main financers of Mughal-e-Azam. But he moved to Pakistan after partition in the year 1947 and in such a situation, Asif’s film was stuck here. Then the director started the lock of another producer. Eventually he received the appreciation of Shapoorji Pallaonji. Then the film was completed as soon as the film was completed.

Shooting stopped in pearl affair
Once, due to true pearls, Asif stopped shooting for months. Similarly, there are many such examples of which he made this film with which he made his film. You can understand Asif’s vision from this exam that he had forced the government to bow down for his film. Once in Jaipur, he was shooting for the film. The set of Akbar’s era was installed. But he saw that when electric poles were coming in the middle, he left the city. Then the electricity departments had to remove the pillars and then they came and shot.

Athanni was not left in the pocket

Asif paid attention to many barricades. Gradually time was increasing. The film started in the year 1946 and it was released in theaters in the year 1960. He put all his property for the film. At that time, Rs 1.5 crore (estimated) was spent on it. Accordingly, Mughal-e-Azam became the most expensive Indian film of its time.