Even if Ekta is making a completely fictional show, the fact is that she is using the names and identities of real people...people who actually existed in the past and who are revered and glorified by thousands, if not millions of people.
Akbar in general has always been known as a good ruler...one who was benevolent and kind and who, though a great warrior, always tried to use diplomacy and tact to deal with his enemies and neighbouring kingdoms (that is why the marriages to women of different religion...else, he could simply have abducted them and made them his mistress. But he married them, lawfully and accorded his Hindu wife a very proper and honorable position in his life and in his court)
But Ekta, by trying to dramatize everything, is portaying him as some sort of a sex-maniac, adreline fuelled junkie, who simply wants to terrorize the lesser kingdoms and take over all their women!😕 This is not just historically incorrect, but also pretty offensive.
Similarly, by showing that a Rajput Princess would mingle so freely with a man she is going to marry, Ekta is seriously risking the wrath of the Rajput Community, who are known to be ultra-conservative and highly traditonal when it comes to their women folk. Also, showing that a Queen would ever conspire for her daughter and her would be son-in-law to meet in secret!
I mean, come on!😆
It is one thing to derive a fictional story from a historical figure or characters...like in the film, Jodha Akbar...which played on the fictional and non-existing romance between Akbar and Jodha...but they did not exaggerate anything...in fact, they stuck to the facts about 80% of the time.
Quite another, to make a complete mockery out of history and people who were real and living once upon a time.
If she had to do this, then she should simply have taken other names and invented characters based upon Akbar and Jodha Bai...but since she is using the actual names...the actual locations out of history...it is only fair to say, that her audience expects atleast some degree of respect for that, if not authenticiy.
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