Rahul Bose denies spoof rumours of Mughal-e-Azam song

Rahul Bose, who has just completed a comedy called Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam with Mallika Sherawat, is puzzled by rumours that a song in the film is a spoof.

Rahul Bose, who has just completed a comedy called Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam with Mallika Sherawat, is puzzled by rumours that the song Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya in the film is a spoof on the original song from the 1960 classic Mughal-e-Azam.

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"That's completely wrong," says Rahul, "It's not the Naushad-Lata Mangeshkar composition at all. It's a totally fresh composition by Anu Malik. I mean, how much further can Mallika and me be from Madhubala and Dilip Kumar? I don't think Anu Malik has sought any inspiration from the earlier film and song at all."

Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam, by director Sanjay Chel, is about a theatre group that performs various plays. One of them happens to be the love story of Salim and Anarkali.

"Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam is a spoofy and black comedy. If we look for a genre it'd have to be the 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron' kind of cinema," Rahul told IANS.

This is Rahul's second film with Mallika. And he enjoyed her company thoroughly.