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You will soon witness 'Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam'. But, this has no connection with Asif's mega Mughal-E-Azam starring Madhubala and Dilip Kumar. In fact, this movie is directed by Sanjay Chel, and is about a theatre group that performs various plays. However, one of these plays happens to be the love story of Salim and Anarkali. This is the only similarity between the two movies. The would-be movie stars Rahul Bose with Mallika Sherawat. Yes, there is the song 'Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya', but it is just different from the original song from the 1960 classic 'Mughal-E-Azam'.

Rahul clarifies that the song in his movie is a totally fresh composition by Anu Malik, and is in no way related to Naushad-Lata Mangeshkar's. He adds, " Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam is a parody and black comedy. If we look for a genre it'd have to be the 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron' kind of cinema." Incidentally, this is Rahul 's second film with Mallika Sherawat after their Pyar Ke Side Effects. Rahul is all praise for his heroine and claims that the audience will witness a different image of Mallika in Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam.