Originally posted by: capricornrcks
đ Ashoka, Jodha Akbar and Bajirao Mastani come to mind.Remember Bajirao whining over Mastani instead of defending his kingdom? Instead of obsessing over the love life of historical figures, can't we just let romance be one aspect of the individual concerned? I think Kingdom of Heaven is one of the best historical movies which put romance in its place and not let it take over the rest of the movie.Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is the only Indian example which comes to mind.Wrong genre.Biography rather than historical.But for a Bollywood movie, it did not let romance take over.
I like the examples you brought up, but it's quite telling isn't it that for both ashoka and jodha akbar, romance is the defining feature when both ashoka and akbar were famous and influential rulers on their own even without the "love" and "romance" factor. Though, I am going to give jodha akbar a pass since it has the "jodha" part in the name. But even then the story instead could have been about akbar, they could have tried making him historically accurate as possible and built a genuine magnum opus instead of the romance we got. Same goes for ashoka, the most I remember about that film is shahrukh's steamy song with kareena. đ
Haven't watched bajirao mastani, but I would be just as frustrated seeing a character moon over the other character constantly. It's sad how much movie makers shirk from showing solid narratives built just on characters and their honest journey, bhaag milkha bhaag is definitely an exception. Even I was surprised that the entire story was about milkha and not his love story as it is often made out be. I have not watched kingdom of heaven, but will definitely check it out. I have nothing against romance, in fact, I love romance, but would definitely prefer to see it not take over a story and be in its own place as you said.
Edited by springkissed - 8 years ago
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