Star 'Naach' to 'Mughal-E-Azam's' tune

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="72.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" ffffff=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/920263.cms" alt="/photo/920263.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar accompanied by wife Saira Banu waves to fans as they arrive for the screening of the digitized version of the Hindi film </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-E-Azam </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">in Mumbai on Wednesday night.</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(AP photo)</span><br /><br />It was the night the Hindi film industry had been waiting for with bated breath. Traffic came to a standstill on Wednesday outside Eros theatre, one of the oldest cinema halls in the city, as celebrity after celebrity trooped in to watch the doomed love story of Prince Salim and Anarkali in its colourised avatar. <br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="72.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" ffffff=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/920266.cms" alt="/photo/920266.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Dilip Kumar searches for his Anarkali at the premiere of digitally enhanced and coloured film </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-e-Azam </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">at Eros theatre in Mumbai on Wednesday.</span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold=""> </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(PTI photo)</span><br /><br />Glamour and glitter marked the premiere of the coloured version of classic film <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-e Azam.</span><br /><br />Amidst tight police <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">bandobast</span>, an emotional Dilip Kumar, who had played the rebellious Salim, walked in accompanied by wife Saira Banu. Dilip Kumar described the occasion as a highly emotional one and said that the coloured version had increased the movie''s appeal four-fold. "I feel choked by the sheer emotion and significance of this occasion," he said. <br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section3"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="72.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" ffffff=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/920267.cms" alt="/photo/920267.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Bollywood actress Rekha poses for the photographers as she arrives for the screening of </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-e-Azam</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">.</span><span style="" font-size:=""> </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(AP photo)</span><br /><br />Saira Bano said though her husband had missed the first premiere of the film, she herself was lucky to attend both the premiers.<br /><br />Others who turned up for the show included Aishwarya Rai, Rekha, Tabu, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi with husband Boney Kapoor and actor-turned-MP Govinda.<br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section4"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="70.3%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" ffffff=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/920275.cms" alt="/photo/920275.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the premier of a retouched version of </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-E-Azam </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">in Mumbai on Wednesday</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">.</span> <span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(AP photo)</span><br /><br />Aishwarya Rai said the movie was a "classic in which the charm of Madhubala was exquisite and eternal. I have watched the film earlier, but watching it in colour is going to be a totally different experience".<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section5"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="72.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" ffffff=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/920278.cms" alt="/photo/920278.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Tabu arrives at the premiere of </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-e-Azam</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold=""> at the Eros theatre in Mumbai on Wednesday.</span> <span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(PTI photo)</span><br /><br />Tabu said she had been impatiently waiting for the film''s release while actor-turned MP Govinda described it as a legend.<br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section6"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="72.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" ffffff=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/920279.cms" alt="/photo/920279.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Actors in period costumes blow ceremonial horns in front of a palanquin carrying coloured and restored prints of the movie </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-e-Azam. </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(AFP photo)</span><br /><br />Besides scenes from the film, palace doorways studded with ornamental work of fine wire formed into delicate tracery, faux doorways adorned with crimson curtains and a specially decorated palanquin was erected in the theatre precincts to recreate the magic of Mughal era.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section7"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="72.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" ffffff=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/920280.cms" alt="/photo/920280.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">A procession of Indian actors led by an elephant carry the coloured and restored prints of the Bollywood classic movie </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Mughal-e-Azam</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">, making their way to the Eros theatre for screening in Mumbai. The print was restored and painted frame by frame over a period of ten years at a cost of Rs 30 million (660,000 USD), twice the amount the film cost to make.</span> <span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(AFP photo)</span><br /><br />The movie would also be shown to around 100 special guests from Pakistan who have come to watch the November 13 Indo-Pak one dayer as part of BCCI''s platinum jublilee celebrations. </div> </div>