Rahul Bose denies spoof
rumours of 'Mughal-e-Azam' song March
24, 2008
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Rahul Bose, who has just completed a comedy called "Maan
Gaye Mughal-e-Azam" with Mallika Sherawat, is puzzled by rumours that the song
"Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" in the film is a spoof on the original song from the
1960 classic "Mughal-e-Azam".
"That's completely wrong," says Rahul, "It's not the Naushad-Lata Mangeshkar
composition at all. It's a totally fresh composition by Anu Malik. I mean, how
much further can Mallika and me be from Madhubala and Dilip Kumar? I don't think
Anu Malik has sought any inspiration from the earlier film and song at all."
"Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam", by director Sanjay Chel, is about a theatre group
that performs various plays. One of them happens to be the love story of Salim
and Anarkali.
"'Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam' is a spoofy and black comedy. If we look for a genre
it'd have to be the 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron' kind of cinema," Rahul told IANS.
This is Rahul's second film with Mallika. And he enjoyed her company thoroughly.
"She's just not the person she's made out to be. I'm happy that both the films
she has done with me... 'Pyar Ke Side Effects' and '...Mughal-e-Azam' take
Mallika very far away from her image. It's also my first full-on masala film and
I had a blast."
