Top Cast
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Meena Kumari
Mehrunnisa / Noor Jehan
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Pradeep Kumar
Shekhu / Salim / Shahenshah Nooruddin Mohammed Jahangir
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Rehman
Emperor Akbar
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Nigar Sultana
Maharani Jodhabai
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Lalita Pawar
Hazrat Maryam Makani
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Sheikh Mukhtar
Ali Quli Khan / Sher Afghan
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Rajan Haksar
Khairuddin Rahim Baig
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Wasti
Mirza Hayat Baig
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Veena
Mrs. Hayat Baig
Overview
Noor Jahan, the empress of the Mughal empire, becomes the favourite wife of Emperor Jahangir and steadily begins to exert more influence on the throne through her love for him.
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