The one I've worked on the most is K. Asif's biopic jinhone Mughal-e-Azam banayi thi. And if someone else tries to make it, I'll kill him," the actor chuckled.

BY VIKAS DATTA In his over three-decade-long career as a Bollywood director-producer, he had just half-a-dozen pictures to his credit, out of which two remained incomplete. Yet, “Mughal-e-Azam ...

K. Asif’s “Mughal-E-Azam” is a glittering icon of Indian cinema, nine years in the making, 16 in the planning, that was released in 1960 amid much fanfare and a rapturous reception.

K Asif directed two other films after Mughal-e-Azam. Sasta Khoon Mehenga Pani featuring Rajendra Kumar, Saira Banu and Sanjeev Kumar. But it was shelved for unknown reasons.

K Asif did something else that was interesting – he gave the story a happy ending. Mughal-e-Azam is a wholesome film that doesn’t exclude anybody. You don’t go back depressed.

K Asif’s epic film Love & God went into production in 1963 and was in the making for 23 years due to the deaths of its two lead stars Guru Dutt and then Sanjeev Kumar. The director himself ...

It was the early 1960s and K. Asif was basking in the glory of his magnum opus Mughal-E-Azam (1960), a film close to 16 years in the making. He was also gearing up to put together his next epic, Love ...

Tragically, K. Asif passed away in 1971, leaving the project unfinished. Fifteen years later, K. Asif’s fourth wife Akhtar Begum who was Dilip Kumar’s sister, ...

K. Asif, the director and screen writer who helmed 'Mughal-e-Azam', the 1960 Hindi cinema classic, is on its way. Finally, a biopic on K. Asif, the director and screen writer who helmed ‘Mughal ...

K. Asif In his over three-decade-long career as a Bollywood director-producer, he had just half-a-dozen pictures to his credit, out of which two remained incomplete.

K Asif, whose full name was Karimuddin Asif, was a celebrated filmmaker known for his grand vision. His 1960 film 'Mughal-e-Azam' remains one of the greatest Indian films ever made.