Sigh, didn't you? Golden moments are made of stuff like this. Indeed, when the King of Panache lays eyes on the Queen of Tragedy and her dainty feet, it was understood that the long-in-the-making Pakeezah would more than live up to its pristine title.

Filmmaker Kamal Amrohi creates an experience so rich in extravagance, imbued in shimmering poetry and compelling symbolism, it transports its viewer in an age of love in the times of conformity, its tradition of heartbreaks for the merchants of romance and the burning need to change it all.

Against Ghulam Mohammad's splendid tunes of Inhi logon ne, Chalo dildaar chalo, Chalte chalte or Thade rahiyo, a resplendent Meena Kumari, who sadly didn't live to see its release, rises to enthral a mesmerised audience while the inimitable Raaj Kumar does what he did best - deliver.

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