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Director:
Writers:
R.S. Choudhury (story)
S. Ali Raza (dialogue)
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Release Date:
1956 (USA) more
Tagline:
A Thousand And One Forbidden Sights Of India! [USA] more
Plot:
A Royal Indian family consists of the Emperor Maharaj (Murad, his brother Shamsher Singh (Premnath) and sister Rajshree (Nadira)... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Exotic costumed spectacular from Bollywood. more (3 total)

Cast

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Dilip Kumar ... Jai Tilak
Nimmi ... Mangala
Prem Nath ... Prince Shamsher Singh
Nadira ... Princess Rajshree
Sheela Naik
Mukri ... Chandan (as Muqri)
Murad ... Emperor
Nilambai
Cuckoo
Maya
Abdul
Agha Miraz (as Aga Mehraj)
Amir Banu ... Jai's mom (as Amir Banoo)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pride (India: English title)
Savage Princess (USA)
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Runtime:
161 min | France:105 min | USA:101 min | Japan:88 min (1954 release)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Nargis was the original choice for the role of Princess Rajshree before she dropped out and newcomer 'Nadira' replaced her. more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Exotic costumed spectacular from Bollywood., 6 November 2003
Author: Noel Bailey (uds3@hotmail.com) from Longmont: Colorado US

AAN was a rarity in the 50's, a splashy Indian epic that through its sheer spectacle gained theatrical release in Europe, albeit cut down to some 129 minutes (The original Indian print ran out at 189 minutes with a brief intermission) Surprising no-one has seen fit to comment on it in all these years!

Dilip Kumar was the flavor of the month in Indian movies during the early 50's and here he enacts a Tyrone Poweresque role as Prince Tilak who with his sister, are taught the wiser ways to gain power by a peasant and his girlfriend.

AAN was a costumer that had it all - melodrama, swashbuckling action and romantic drama to please the masses. Western audiences found the film a tad extreme but no one could fault its pedigree.

A remake is currently in production.

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