Originally posted by: Donjas
Akbar was a liberal, he was not a fanatic. It would not have mattered to him how he was portrayed. He believed in ideals, not in personal fame. If he wanted glory he could forced Din I Ilahi on everyone. And he would have understood that times change and how things are portrayed change too. He would have supported women equality. He was that kind of a man.
He would have watched the serial with a detached interest. For today's episode, knowing what I do of his personality, he would have given a standing ovation.
none know real akbar, just because an human is liberal does not make him appreciate his achievement shown as his wife's and vice versa
The concept of woman equality was different in 16th century not like 21st century
Akbar allowed his wives to follow their culture whether hindu, buddist or christianity but all of them converted to islam either before marriage or after marriage. Jodha also converted to islam but followed her religion within confines of the palace. Otherwise no mughal nobel will allow her son to become a emperor or crown prince. In islam and christanity and few other religions you cannot be legally married if both bride and groom are not from same religion. So for Jodha and Akbar to marry both nikaah and saath phera Jodha has to convert to islam otherwise nikaah cannot take place or its invalid. If you read history books and religious books you can know that fact.
There are lot of things about history if we read indepth to know actual truth and some can never be known. Through out akbar's majority time as emperor temples were demolished to build masjids. So we have to see Akbar's life through a prisim that had many colors but in finality looked white compared to other kings of that time. That is all i would like to say.
So do not confuse bollywood hero Akbar or serial akbar to real akbar that is a pure fictional take with some incidents matching his life.
Edited by myviewprem - 11 years ago
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