16th Jan JA-JO 'Why sasurji, why?' 'Why Bapusa, why?' - Page 9

Originally posted by: Cleo12345

Before I write anything, let me add a disclaimer first

This is just my opinion and may be fictional... Please do not sue me... Blah blah blah

As a history buff, I have low tolerance historical characters massacred like this for trp reasons. Whether it is Bharmal or Mahamanga or our beloved JA-JO... Just like you, I was curious why this blatant mis-Portrayl of history is being tolerated by groups who were so active a few months ago. These people faced police lathicharge and arrests because they did not want the history that involves their ancestors to be misrepresented. One of their biggest questions was... Akbar never had a wife called Jodha Bai...so stop using that name. At that time, I thought it was trivial...these guys are probably budding politicians and are looking for camera time.

But now, based on what they have shown in the last few episodes, I have to admit that the storyline is clearly offensive for certain sections of our society...why... Because it never happened...It is all made up to create a juicy drama...Even the 21 st century Rajputs will not tolerate what Shivani did... No one will call this ' eternal love'...and now they show that Bharmal was aware of all that...omg...can't blame Rajputs if their blood is boiling...and, this is a big insult to the mighty mughals as well..they were clearly taken for a ride. Now we know that no historical data supports this storyline and it is clearly a product of imagination of JA team ... What can be done to stop it ?...This is a sensitive issue...cant ignore the religion and caste part of it...unless you are blessed with rare capability of ignoring an elephant in a room...when it comes to history being mis portrayed to suit financial aspirations of some people, no religious group or clan is tolerant... And in my opinion, to some extent, they are justified...I don't want to get into quoting examples of how Jews, Muslims or Christians respond when their history is presented in a distorted way. Forget that, ask Ekta kapoor to make a fictional show on India' s most powerful political family ( i'm not going to name them) and add false but juicy tracks to the story...I'd love to see how much she can get away with.

I was actually expecting a lot of wrath from the Rajput community for showing a Rajput girl in this manner( if you ever lived in rural or small town India, you would know how humiliating it is for a family if their daughter runs away on the day of her wedding ...and Papaji knew but still kept the would be in laws in dark)...I was curious...why no retaliation from people???? Called up a few people in India...some of them were a part of initial protests.

Ok, since I didn't record the conversations, therefore I'd like to shield myself with the disclaimer first... If you dont like it...feel free to not believe it...don't sue me. I am making no 'aitehaasic daava' here... I was told that the most influential leader(s) of the initial protests reached a kind of ' agreement' with the makers of the show. A name change was promised but never happened...what did happen was a lot of bank and mall visits by some people...in absence of an well known organized leadership, people are a little disheartened and struggling to find out an effective way to protest against the current storyline which according to them, humiliates their ancestors. I think that so far they have no cohesive plan that can get media attention.. They are sulking at this blatant misportrayl but still trying to figure out what to do that will be effective and stop this rich and very well connected producer who manages to 'influence' people who raise objections against the show from changing history into a cartoon fairy tale . I didn't have any suggestions for them right now. I'll work on it.

To me, misportrayl of Mahamanga's character is just as unacceptable as Jalal's or Jodha's. My nephews who are 13 and 9 watch some of these historical shows and believe every word of it. None of us has the time or patience to sit down with them everyday and explain the discrepancies . What disturbs me more is not just the historical aspect of this mess but also the corruption part.

A historian made a mistake more than a 100 yrs ago and we are stuck with name Jodha for Akbar's wife... In another 100 yrs, people will actually believe that: Shivani ran away, all Akbar did in his initial years was play harem politics, Mahamanga' s date of death is incorrect..she lived much longer working as a 007, Rukkiya was an out and out vamp. Jalal was plain and simple lucky and should not be given any credit as a emperor, warrior or an administrator... Oh, how could I forget this one...Maharana Pratap had just one set of clothes...green, Jalal's favorite color.