Quaid-e-Azam tourist lodge, Barsala serves as the entry point to Azad Kashmir. The lodge was first built during the Dogra rule by the Hindu Dogra dynasty. The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and his sister Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah, stayed here on 25 July 1944 when they were returning from Srinagar on their way to Rawalpindi. A wall plaque was unveiled by the then Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on 14 August 2001, commemorating the visit of Jinnah. The chair used by Jinnah has been preserved and can be seen in the lodge. Barsala was captured by the Pakistan Army
Mughal-e-Azam that his father was originally cast in the film but did not complete it. When asked if "Mughal-e-Azam" should be remade, he retorted: "It is the mother of all films; mothers cannot be remade". No sequels have been made, but "Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam" (2008) paid tribute with its title and by including in its plot part of the original stage play; it received very poor ratings from critics. In October 2016, producer Feroz Abbas Khan premiered a stage play based on the film with a cast of over 70 actors and dancers at Mumbai's NCPA theatre. "Mughal-e-Azam" ranks on the