Mumtaz Mahal (film)
1944 Indian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mumtaz Mahal is a 1944 Indian Hindi-language historical epic film, directed by Kidar Nath Sharma and starring Khursheed Bano and Chandra Mohan. Madhubala also stars, in one of her earliest pictures. The film opened to negative reviews due to its distortion of history, but became a commercial success, and the sixth highest grossing Indian film of 1944.[2][3]
| Mumtaz Mahal | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kidar Nath Sharma |
| Starring | Khursheed Bano Chandra Mohan Madhubala |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹15 lakhs[2] |
| Box office | ₹35 lakhs[2] |
Mumtaz Mahal showcases the love story of Mughal emperor Shah Jehan and his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, and the former's efforts to create Taj Mahal for housing the tomb of Mahal after her death.
- Khursheed Bano as Mumtaz Mahal
- Chandra Mohan as Shah Jehan
- Madhubala as Jahanara Begum (Credited as "Baby Mumtaz)
- Kajjan as Noor Jehan
- Rajendra as Lala Yacoob
Mumtaz Mahal was Madhubala's second film after Basant (1942). It was also her first of the five films she made under Ranjit Movietone as a child artist.[4]
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Critical reception
Mumtaz Mahal opened to overwhelmingly negative reviews. A review published in Filmindia magazine by Baburao Patel read: "It is difficult to say exactly how bad Mumtaz Mahal is. Stretch your imagination to its widest and see if you can fit in this dirty picture."[1]
An audience named Ammunuddin's reaction to the film was: "[In] Mumtaz Mahal, history has been mercilessly murdered, facts have been deliberately distorted, the story is crudely conceived and the acting and even the music is intensely boring. Historical records reveal that it was during Shah Jehan's time that the Mughal empire was at its height of power. When will our producers and other big guns of the Indian Film Industry put art before Mammon worship?"[1]
Box office
Nevertheless, Mumtaz Mahal was a commercial success.[2] The film earned an estimated amount of ₹3.5 million at the box office.[2]
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