Despite a grand budget, filmmaker Akbar Khan's magnum opus lacked the glamour, gleam and everything the Taj Mahal is associated with.

Even so, his on screen Mumtaz Mahal is a precious inspiration to the besotted Shah Jahan (Zulfikar Syed) in this enterprise.

Unfortunately for newcomer Sonia Jehan and other crowned ladies -- Manisha Koirala (as Jahan Ara) and Pooja Batra (playing the scheming Noor Jehan), the movie sank without a trace.

As an aside, Sonia boasts of an interesting heritage herself. The Khoya Khoya Chand beauty is the granddaughter of legendary Pakistani singer Noor Jehan while her mom's French.

Also read: Special Mughal-e-Azam section

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