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Mughal-e-Azam Still from Jodhaa Akbar showing Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai walking side by side in royal Mughal attire inside a palace setting, with soft draped curtains and warm light in the background. Black-and-white still from the 1928 film Shiraz, showing two men in traditional attire seated in the foreground beside a long reflecting pool, with the Taj Mahal rising in the background, framed by rows of trees and Mughal garden architecture. Still from Bajirao Mastani showing L- R Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra standing in period 18th-century attire before a palace fountain, with Priyanka Chopra holding a ceremonial plate. Vintage illustrated poster for the 1943 film Tansen starring K. L. Saigal and Khursheed Bano, featuring painted portraits of the two actors alongside a tanpura and tabla, with the title in bold stylised lettering. Indian Actress Rekha as Umrao Jaan in the 1981 Hindi film Umrao Jaan, wearing a traditional embroidered outfit with heavy jewellery and kohl-lined eyes.
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Mughal-e-Azam
Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in the seminal Bollywood film Mughal-e-Azam (1960;...
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Love in the time of empire
Still from Jodhaa Akbar (2008), starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Jodha...
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Reimagining the story of the Taj
Scene from the film Shiraz (1928), with the Taj Mahal visible in the background....
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Bajirao Mastani
Still from Bajirao Mastani (2015), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. From...
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Tracing Tansen's legacy
Poster of the 1943 film Tansen, starring K.L. Saigal and Khursheed Bano.
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Tribulations of the tawaif
Rekha in the 1981 Hindi film Umrao Jaan, directed by Muzaffar Ali.
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