WHEN RAKESH Roshan, currently in Los Angeles, saw Jodhaa Akbar, he did what he had never done before.
"The love and romance is my imagination, but the other 30 per cent is from history books," said Gowarikar. A History of Jaipur by Jadunath Sarkar also says that Mota Raja gave his daughter Mira bai alias Manibai alias Jodhbai to Prince Salim," he explained.īut yes, he admitted that the film is 30 per cent fact and 70 per cent imagination. "You will find this in Medieval India by Satish Chandra. He thinks people are confusing Mota Raja's daughter Jagat Gosain, who was married to Prince Salim, and was also called Jodhbai. So, wasn't Jodhaa, Akbar's daughter-in-law? "Am I mad to distort facts and make a love story between a father-in-law and daughter-in-law," asked Gowarikar. And new historians come in with their own ideas and interpretations which have the same essence but a different flavour," added Gowarikar.
The books he swears by include Medieval India, by K L Khrana, Akbar by Muni Lal, Princely Terrains by Shikha Jai, Gulbadan by Rumen Goden, and A Princess Diary by Subdhdra Sen Gupta, amongst others. His research told him that King Bharmal's daughter (Jodhaa) was addressed by different historians as Harkhabai, Jiyarani, Shahibai and Maanmati. I've done adequate research and taken permission of the Jodhpur royal family who are Jodhaa's descendants," said the beleaguered filmmaker. "In making an entertaining film that focussed on love and how it transcends every barrier with respect and dignity, I referred to the same books as everyone. Gowarikar said firmly, "I want everyone to see the film and then form an opinion." To him, the claim that Jodhaa was the wife of Jehangir (Akbar's son, who was also called Salim) is preposterous. And in Punjab, political organisations have moved the Chandigarh court for a ban against the film which they claim is a clear attack on the glorious history of the Rajputs.
In Gujarat, there are incidents of protest and arson at theatres.
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