Analyze the Hindi movie of Mughal-E-Azam(1960)

How is Mughal-E-Azam, a story set in the sixteenth century, relevant to the narratives of modern history? How does a character from the film, male or female, a minor character or the protagonist, become a symbol of the nation? It could be the suffering peasant mother, the disillusioned poet, the smitten prince, the proud father, […]