Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Gowarikar's Historical Blunder

I guess i have to render a formal apology for my blog readers for not posting a post for quite some time. Well i was totally occupied upto my neck with work. Now i am bit free to write. I saw this movie 2 days back and i personally feel that Ashutosh Gowarikar has made a mockery of Indian history. He has shown Akbar as a kind hearted fellow but how can he forget the killing of 30,000 Rajputs of Chittor after winning the battle in 1568 AD. Abul Fazal the famous courtier of Akbar had written about this in his book. How can Gowarikar forget the concept of Meena Bazar by Akbar infamous for immoral practice. I can still call Akbar as 'Great' because he was the first to visualize that foreign rule can not sustain in India with offensive posture. Still i think the protests by the Rajput organizations are uncalled for because one of the greatest Indian movie 'Mughale azam also showed Jodha as a wife of Akbar. So these people should have protested before in 1960's not at this time. I guess i have become the biggest fan of Ashutosh Gowarikar after watching Swades but now i can mint few immortal words "Ashutosh Gowarikar! what a magnificent waste".