And the film devotes the whole of the last few minutes of its two and a half hours to the Taj's splendours once the almost interminable politics has ceased. Later still Mumtaz died giving birth and Shah Jahan went into deep mourning and planning a huge tomb for her, the Taj Mahal, to be built just outside of their home city of Agra. After years of political bickering, infighting and jockeying for the best position they finally became Emperor and Empress. ![]() What it actually seems to do for me though is help with the period authenticity – judging from the ghostly grainy print it appears to have been filmed in the 17th century! Would that make it even more of a classic? Complicated fairly dreary true tale of political warring within the ruling Mughal Empire dynasty, a few years on from and sub- Mughal-E-Azam – the only constant in the tale is Khurram/Shah Jahan and Arjuman/Mumtaz Mahal's deep love for each other. ![]() It was shot in Eastman Colour, which here has more or less washed away leaving a dizzying array of colours, hues and shades to struggle through, together with a film that has gone a long way down the road to decomposition. ![]() I'd kept this one unwatched for many years in the hope a better quality copy would turn up, but I've had no luck as yet so finally saw it tonight.
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