Bollywood has been making movies on the historical characters but many a time the history is not depicted correctly by the movie makers and the audience suspect the story depicted in the movies. Many times in a run to provide entertainment the facts are neglected. Ashutosh Gowarikar will be trying to depict the Mughal Empire in his upcoming movie Jodha-Akbar that will be released in February but the question who Jodha Bai is? As per historical facts none called Jodha has ever been associated to Mughal king Akbar. The name comes mostly from the Bollywood movies but history admits that a Hindu princess called Hira Kunwari was the wife of Akbar. In history it is admitted that Mughals who came to India from Mongolia and Turkey fought with the local Hindu Rajput kings and when they were not successful in winning over the king they made relations with the kings and married with their daughters. It was Hira Kunwari daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber who married to the king Akbar as a political contract and out of the main three wives of Akbar, Hira was only one who gave birth to a son to take over the dynasty to the further generations. Though many still suspect that the only son of Akbar called Salim was not of Hira, the Hindu queen. Akbar after taking over the rule over major northern parts in India was considered to be a very powerful king and created the religion called Din-E-Ilahi. He allowed his Hindu wife to practice Hinduism after he made his own religion. Hira Kunwari or more popularly named Jodha to today’s genre was the lady who actively participated in the ruling of Akbar and she initiated the pilgrims to Mecca and arranged ships for it. She was called Mariam-uz-Zamani (Mary of the Universe) by Akbar. It is also said that the long Parda system in the Northern India resulted due to Mughal rule and we know that parda system is not found in South and East India. As the people are more and more getting educated about the religion and historical relations, the movie maker need to be careful for what they are making and delivering to the Indian audience. The movie Umrao Jaan lost because it looked unreal. The success of Jodha Akbar will also be based on how the facts have been revealed in the movie.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:02:36 +0000
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