Razia Sultan

The film is based on the life of (1205–1240), the only female (1236–1240) and her speculated love affair with the , . It was the second time that worked for a ‘s film. Earlier he had given music for , a movie produced by Amrohi. There is a story as to how Kamal got liking for Khayyam’s music. Once Kamal Amrohi and his wife liked a song that they had listened to on the radio. The song was “Parbaton Ke Pedon Par” and was sung by and . Later on, they learned that this song was composed by Khayyam for a movie called (1964). However, by the time Razia Sultan went on the shooting floors, became the most-sought-after music director duo. So, Kamal Amrohi signed them. But, he did not like one fast-paced tune composed by the duo for the film and told them to compose a new tune instead. When Kamal went to the duo’s place to listen to their new tune, he was asked to wait as the music directors were in a meeting. Feeling insulted that he was asked to wait by someone so junior to him, Kamal Amrohi replaced them with Khayyam. Being director ‘s dream project, it was made in a very grand way. The film had an estimated budget of in 1983, with production spanning over 7 years. When released, the film made barely , becoming a box office disaster. This article related to historical films is a . You can help Wikipedia by . This article about a Hindi film of the 1980s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .