Friday,
May
19,
2006
New
Delhi
(UNI):
Bollywood
thespian
Dilip
Kumar
may
have
missed
out
on
being
a
part
of
the
historic
occasion
of
the
premiere
of
K
Asif's
Mughal-e-Azam
on
April
23,
but
the
legendary
actor
may
finally
have
a
tryst
with
the
Pakistani
audience
at
a
special
premiere
of
the
60s
classic
film
next
month
when
the
grand
historical
releases
in
30
cinema
halls
across
the
country.
Sources
in
Sterling
investment
Corporation
limited,
the
negative
right
holders
of
the
60s
classic,
told
UNI
that
Dilip
Kumar
would,
provided
his
health
permits,
grace
the
premiere
of
Mughal-E-Azam
in
the
last
week
of
May.
Though
the
veteran
actor
had
shown
interest
in
attending
Mughal-E-Azam's
premiere
in
Karachi,
his
falling
health
had
created
a
state
of
uncertainty
about
his
presence
at
the
premiere,
the
sources
said.
Infact,
Nadeem
Mandviwalla
of
Nadim
Mandviwalla
entertainment,
the
distributors
of
Mughal-E-Azam
in
Pakistan
said
recently
that
he
had
received
a
letter
of
consent
from
the
veteran
Indian
actor.
''If
there
is
anything
that
places
a
question
mark
on
his
visit
to
Pakistan,
it
is
his
health.
Otherwise
there
is
nothing
which
can
hamper
the
actor's
voyage,''
Mandviwalla
said.
''The
Indian
actor
needs
a
go-ahead
from
his
doctors
for
traveling
abroad,''
Dipesh
Salgia
of
Sterling
invesment
corporation
told
UNI.
''The
exact
situation
in
the
regard
would
be
known
by
the
last
week
of
May,
when
Nadeem
Mandviwalla
is
scheduled
to
visit
Mumbai.
Dilip
Kumar
played
the
role
of
Prince
Salim
in
Mughal-E
Azam,
which
stars
Prithviraj
Kapoor
as
Mughal
Emperor
Akbar
and
the
ethereal
Madhubala
as
Salim's
beloved
Anarkali.
Infact,
Dilip
Kumar
is
the
only
member
of
the
cast
and
crew
of
the
legendary
film,
relerased
in
India
in
1960,
to
be
alive.
Music
Director
Naushad,
who
had
composed
the
music
of
the
legendary
film,
died
last
week
at
the
age
of
87.
Mughal-E-Azam
was
released
in
Lahore's
Gulistan
cinema
on
April
22,
making
it
the
first
Indian
film
in
41
years
to
be
released
in
the
Pakistani
theatres.