Anarkali-Aishwarya, Jodha-Jaya, Abhishek-Amitabh Bachchan becoming Salim-Akbar! Remake of 'Mughal-e-Azam'?

'Mughal-e-Azam' is an iconic film in the history of Indian cinema. In this, veterans like Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala played the characters of Akbar, Salim, Anarkali in such a way that it left a mark on the minds of cinema lovers forever. A South producer wanted to remake this historical film and decided to cast the entire Bachchan family for it. He wanted to cast Amitabh as Akbar, Jaya as Jodha, Abhishek as Salim and Aishwarya as Anarkali, but what happened then, recently filmmaker Mehul Kumar has revealed about this. Filmmaker Mehul Kumar recalled the incident when the famous South producer called him to talk about this. Talking to Bollywood Thikana, he said, 'Once a big producer from South called me and said that we want to remake 'Mughal-e-Azam'. Mehul Kumar did not reveal the name of the producer, but said that he wanted to cast Amitabh Bachchan as Emperor Akbar, Jaya Bachchan as Jodha, Abhishek Bachchan as Salim and Aishwarya as Anarkali.

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'Mughal-e-Azam cannot be remade'

When Mehul asked the producer if he had spoken to the Bachchan family, he told that the actor had asked him to speak to him (Mehul) first. He says, 'I told him that Mughal-e-Azam cannot be remade. You are making a plan, but it will not succeed because people will compare it with the original film as it is a historical film. Then he called Amit ji and said that Mehul Kumar has said this. Amit ji said that Mehul has said the right thing.'

This historical film was released in 1960.

It is known that the film Mughal-e-Azam was made in the year 1960. It was made by K Asif. Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala and Durga Khote played important roles in this film.

Mehul helped Amitabh

Mehul Kumar supported Amitabh Bachchan in 1990 when he was trying to make a comeback in Bollywood. He made the film 'Mrityudaata' for Amitabh, but it flopped. He told on the YouTube channel of 'Friday Talkies' that when Big B was struggling for films, Amitabh asked him for a hot script. Mehul told, 'This happened during the Rangeela music launch. Amit ji was also there. He met me and asked, 'Sir, do you have any hot script?' I asked, 'For whom?' So he said, 'For me and for whom!' Then I told him that I have something for him. Then he worked in Mrityudaata.