Pratap’s raison d’etre in history is his three-decade war against somebody as mighty as Akbar, he is a hero because he didn’t accept the powerful Mughal ruler’s suzerainty. As Sandipan Sharma writes in this op-ed, " Any effort to strip Akbar of his aura only downgrades Pratap’s epic struggle as collateral damage. And the television truth, manufactured as it might be, can become established fact.Ĭuriously Maharana Pratap is actually "maha" party because Akbar is the Great. While most Indian TV shows swear by the hero-villain trope, when you put historical figures in the limelight and experiment with episodes of history for whatever reason, it can create a ripple effect.
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"If Akbar can be called 'Akbar the Great' for his contribution, then why can't Maharana Pratap be recognised as 'Maharana Pratap the Great," he had said while unveiling Maharana Pratap’s statue in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district. More recently, as Firstpost had earlier reported Home Minister Rajnath Singh wanted to take the epithet "great" from Akbar and transfer it to Maharana Pratap. Alongside this are a flurry of social media posts and discussions that "the real history of Akbar" reveals him to be a "rapist, looter and killer, coming from a family of drunkards and child molesters," according to this Times of India article. However, the damage seems to have been done.Ī few weeks ago, members of a Hindutva outfit broke a road sign with Akbar's name on it in Delhi because they wanted the street renamed after Hindu rulers, like Shivaji or Maharana Pratap.
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The community claims that Maharana Pratap fought for freedoms against the Mughals, but he wasn't really anti-Muslim. The claim is that the content is misleading and politically motivated for an entertainment purpose. The Rajput community is upset with this portrayal. Screen grab from Youtube of Bharat Ka Veer Putr: Maharana Pratap The show portrays Maharana Pratap as the courageous Rajput warrior king fighting against a troop of allegedly Muslim enemies, headed by Akbar.
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However, if Maharana Pratap is anything to go by, only black and white exist in the world of history. At most there would be a chapter dedicated to each ruler. Not many of us who still vaguely recollect the contents of our history books, remember there being such a polarisation in the portrayal of our past leaders. If you have followed the show over the years - it premiered in 2013 - 400 episodes later, Maharana Pratap is still the great ruler and his arch-nemesis Akbar is a lusty, cruel wannabe leader whose sole aim in life is to kill Maharana Pratap. From the treatment of episode 1 itself, you can tell the tone of the show.
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Even the fight scenes in my show were choreographed so it was a dance of sorts,” he says.The first episode of the TV show Bharat ka Veer Putra: Maharana Pratap, which is aired on Sony Entertainment Television, starts with an Amitabh Bachchan narration about the landscape of India 500 years ago and the birth of a great ruler, Maharana Pratap. Talk to him about making a choice between acting and dancing, and he finds it hard to pick one. Before this serial, he had won a dance reality show. Playing a lead role in a show helped me a lot and by the grace of God, I have been able to buy a house for my family,” says Faisal, who made his acting debut on the tube with the lead role in a historical show. We’ve always wanted to own a house of our own, and this is a dream come true.
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“We had set the flat as a target, and we kept money aside for it. All this while, they had been living with their relatives in the city. “It’s a one bedroom-hall- kitchen flat and I will be shifting there with my family in a month.” His family includes his mother, father and three sisters. “I was saving up for the house for a while,” says Faisal, beaming with pride. The young actor, who is the son of a rickshaw driver, is now the proud owner of a flat in Mira Road in Mumbai. But with hard work and dedication, there’s little that is impossible, and 15-year-old Faisal Khan’s inspiring story is testament to that fact. With skyrocketing real estate prices, buying a house in Mumbai is no easy task.