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Razia Sultan (1983)

UA 05/31/1983 (IN) Drama 2h

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The film is based on the life of Razia Sultan (1205–1240), the only female Sultan of Delhi (1236–1240) and her speculated love affair with the Abyssinian slave, Jamal-ud-Din Yakut. Razia Sultan is 1983 Urdu film, written and directed by Kamal Amrohi, and starring Hema Malini, Parveen Babi and Dharmendra in lead roles. The film's music was provided by Khayyam, with lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar and two songs by Nida Fazli who walked into the project when Akhtar died. Some songs were sung by Lata Mangeshkar, including classics like, "Aye Dil-e Nadaan".

Kamal Amrohi

Director, Writer

Top Billed Cast

Hema Malini

Razia Bano
Dharmendra

Jamal-ud-Din Yakut
Parveen Babi

Khakun
Vijayendra Ghatge

Amir Altunia/Amir Balban
Pradeep Kumar

Sultan Iltames
Sarika

Full Cast & Crew

A review by thrill

Written by thrill on November 1, 2013

Well, as the title says, it is infact the most underrated movie ever produced by Indian cinema. Its all about the un-riped, non matured persona of Indian movie viewers of that time, which rejected a sheer classic just because it was not in common man`s language, but indeed had the magical sense of poetric Urdu and Hindi combination. The story is all about the first ever female Indian ruler of Delhi sultanate time, Razia sultan. Though the movie played a little bit with the history, which though in itself is doubtful and confused, it dealt with the concept very intelligently. Sultan Iltutmish wa... read the rest.

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