K Asif: This director spent 1.5 crore rupees in the 80s, shot for seven days on Madhubala's one laugh
K Asif: There have been many directors in the world of cinema who set a different example. One of them was K. Asif, who was called a crazy and stubborn director. He made the actors work very hard to bring life to the film. Know interesting facts related to his films.
K. Asif directed only two films in his short career of 49 years and became popular in the eyes of the audience. There are many stories about the making of the film 'Mughal-e-Azam'. When dilip kumar slapped madhubala, still the shooting of the film continued. Today, on the death anniversary of the director, we will know some special things related to his film.
K Asif was born on 14 June 1922, whose full name was Karimuddin Asif. He made only two films in his entire career, which include 'Mughal-e-Azam' and 'Phool'. On 9 march 1971, K. Asif said goodbye to this world. The director did not compromise on anything while making the film 'Mughal-e-Azam', this is the reason why the director took 14 years to make the film. K Asif had a different kind of craze and passion for the film. For the first time in history, a real army was used in a film, which was arranged by the government of India. The then Defense minister himself came to see the shooting of this scene. Not only this, he waited for three days for a pond with the fragrance of real perfumes.
The film 'Mughal-e-Azam' starring dilip kumar and Madhubala was released in the year 1980. Rs 1.5 crore was spent on making this film at that time. The director of this film, K Asif, wanted perfection in all the scenes during the shooting. The director was a little stubborn, once Madhubala had to bring a sense of helplessness in a scene, but the actress kept laughing again and again. Due to this, K Asif used to get the shooting of the film wrapped up and not only this, the shooting of this scene went on for 7 days. For one scene, the director waited a long time for real pearls instead of fake pearls.
In the film 'Mughal-e-Azam', the director had to show Salim i.e. Dilip Kumar going home in a scene. During this scene, there was an electricity pole at the main gate, which the administration did not remove for many days. Due to this reason, K Asif stopped the shooting of the film for many days.
Many controversies came up in the film 'Mughal-e-Azam'. madhubala and dilip kumar fell in love during the film's shooting. Madhubala's father filed a police case on this matter, after which there was a dispute between the two and they broke up. Despite this matter, the director did not cancel the shooting of the film. In the shooting of a scene, dilip kumar had to slap Madhubala. Although there was only one action in the shooting of the slap scene, the actor slapped madhubala hard. Due to this, there was silence on the entire set.
The dialogues and scenes of the film 'Mughal-e-Azam', directed by K Asif, made a lot of headlines. This film won Filmfare Awards in three categories. At that time, the film earned Rs 11 crore, which is a record in today's time.
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