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My opinion is the SA story in JA should have followed Mughal e azam script
and Salim should have seen anarkali dance at jashn in Lahore(or agra)
The best part about Salim-anarkali the love story that makes it memorable after 400 years(whether fiction or fact) is that a crown prince loved a dancer and a dancer loved a crown prince going against society norms, class norms, family restrictions and stood up against all these for their love.
But here they messed up by introducing them in childhood and anarkali has no idea the common soldier is salim, salim has no clue she is nadira etc
In 21st century society is more open more accepting inter religion, inter caste, inter class all sort of marriages are accepted although they may face initial resistance. If society and family oppose you can take help of law, if that also does not help you can move cities, states or country to live with your love. In 16th century that was not an option was it?
If ever a prince loved a dancer can he leave country or rather sub continent and go somewhere. Not really because travel took many months by the time you go from agra to delhi it takes 5-6 days and to leave Mughal empire to another friendly empire it may take months. Will the Shahenshah forces leave you and not actch you by then? Definitely they will. So considering all these issues still if some one loved going above class, caste and society barriers then tha love was considered as great.
Instead of showing these intercacies of their love here they are showing something quiet modern 21st century a dancer anarkali is friends with salim's cousins sisters what a joke? where is society, caste and class barrier here? If all can so freely mingle in 16th century then what was so great about salim loving anarkali after all here she is his cousins friend right? But reality was far from what is shown here. Their love defied all conventions. That is why it comes up in every other greatest love stories of all time lists.
But this story does not seem to show that because here royals, commoners, dancers all are freely mingling like best childhood and school friends. Akbar himself is going to kabila chieftain wedding what a crap is he emperor or what? I had read that Akbar hardly went to any wedding other than his own immediate family members and here he is going to every wedding in amer and near by areas chieftain. These writers do not know anything about 16th century and thinking its 21st century.
An love that was considered one of the greatest love story of all time is reduced to a stupid fascination of 21st century type and is fizzling before it started.
Writers ruined JA love story by making Akbar jhoru ka ghulam and now they are ruining another story Salim Anarkali like this. Its best that Ekta's writers stop writing historical they are ruining everyone's reputation, demeaning parents and child relation, showing kids hating parents as young as 8 years old etc. Family relations in royals was complex it was not entirely one black and other white it was grey and complex. Writers lack skill to show all this they are only into saas bahu OTT dramas
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