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He is making an extended version of Jodhaa Akbar.
The story of Jodhaa Akbar and Bajirao Mastani are almost identical.
Baji Rao also took Mastani as a wife. She was the daughter of Maharaja Chhatrasal of Panna by a Muslim wife. Maharaja gave her to Bajirao as gift. Bajirao married her. She bore him a third son, who was named Krishnarao at birth. To take advantage of the situation, local politicians of the times refused to accept the boy as a pure Hindu Brahmin since his mother was a Muslim. They refused to accept the marriage. This marriage with Mastani caused a rift in the orthodox Hindu Pune society of the time, and led to a major crisis within the royal Peshwa family.
The story of Jodhaa Akbar and Bajirao Mastani are almost identical.
Baji Rao also took Mastani as a wife. She was the daughter of Maharaja Chhatrasal of Panna by a Muslim wife. Maharaja gave her to Bajirao as gift. Bajirao married her. She bore him a third son, who was named Krishnarao at birth. To take advantage of the situation, local politicians of the times refused to accept the boy as a pure Hindu Brahmin since his mother was a Muslim. They refused to accept the marriage. This marriage with Mastani caused a rift in the orthodox Hindu Pune society of the time, and led to a major crisis within the royal Peshwa family.
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