This one's a treat for old-film buffs. Shapoorji Pallonji's Sterling Investments has just finished restoring, colourising and digitising K. Asif's Mughal-e-Azam. The film will be released nation-wide on 12 November, Diwali day, taking on biggies like Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara. But Sterling, which started the project two years ago, is confident of making money. The rights to the Mumbai territory have been sold for Rs 2.5 crore; there are other rights and territories to go yet. The cost of restoration, says project director Deepesh Salgia, was "more than a medium-budget Hindi film", (about Rs 10 crore). Incidentally, the original 1960 epic was financed by Sterling. The Indian Academy of Arts and Animation created a software that accepts only those colours that match the original input and incorporates features for a 35 mm release. Naushad, the original music composer, was involved with the remastering of the music into Dolby digital sound. So, get ready to see the ravishing Madhubala, the hottest poster-girl even today, singing in a young Lata's voice.