Rajputs warn makers of ‘Jodhaa Akbar’
30 January 2008 | Movies | No Comments
Ashutosh Gowariker's historical epic "Jodhaa Akbar" is facing trouble, with the Rajput community of Rajasthan threatening to stall the release of the movie in the state. The community says Gowariker has distorted facts in his magnum opus which is to be released Feb 15.
Narendra Singh Rajawat, head of the Rajput Sabha, said Gowariker is presenting Jodhabai as Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Akbar's wife, which is factually incorrect. He also said that Jodhabai was not the daughter of Raja
Bharmal of Amber near Jaipur as shown in the film. Jodhabai was the daughter of Motaraja Udai Singh of Marwar and was married to Akbar's son Salim alias Jehangir. And Mughal king Shahjahan was her son, he added.
Rajawat said such distortion of historical facts had hurt the feelings of the Rajput community. He urged the courts to restrain Gowariker from showing Jodhabai as the daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber. He said the name of Raja Bharmal's daughter was Harkabai alias Heera Kunwar.
"You cannot make your own history and Ashutosh Gowariker is making his own history. He is projecting Jodhabai, who is Akbar's daughter-in-law, as his beloved and making a love story out of that. He is totally distorting historical facts," Rajawat told IANS.
He said that the community would boycott the film. "We are also approaching the high court against this," informed Rajawat. ….read more
Leave a Reply
You can follow the discussion through the Comments feed. You can also pingback or trackback from your own site.
Recent Comments