12-02-2005, 06:15 AM
Clerics train guns on Akbar Khan film
Staff Reporter
A mockery of Mughal period, says All India Lawyers Minority Association
NEW DELHI : Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal: An eternal love story might have run into problems at the box office, but it has now also got the All Ulema Council and the All India Minority Lawyers Association protesting against the manner in which the Mughal period is depicted.
With the two taking the "historical" aspect of the movie very seriously, they feel that Mr. Khan has depicted the whole period and especially Noor Jehan in a "negative" manner.
"The filmmaker has made a mockery of the whole Mughal period and its culture. He has suggested that Noor Jehan had an illegitimate relationship with Mohabbat Khan, Jahangir's friend. However, history is witness to the fact that Noor Jehan always maintained strict `purdah'. Even Jahangir had to wait two and a half years to catch a glimpse of her. It was only after Jodha Bai begged her that she agreed to marry Jahangir . How can a woman who has does not have any perception of the outside world entertain such a relationship?" asked Mahmood Sajjid, president of the All India Lawyers Minority Association at a press conference in the capital on Thursday.
He said men were not allowed inside women's quarters but the filmmaker had shown soldiers and Mohabbat Khan inside the "restricted" area.
Staff Reporter
A mockery of Mughal period, says All India Lawyers Minority Association
NEW DELHI : Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal: An eternal love story might have run into problems at the box office, but it has now also got the All Ulema Council and the All India Minority Lawyers Association protesting against the manner in which the Mughal period is depicted.
With the two taking the "historical" aspect of the movie very seriously, they feel that Mr. Khan has depicted the whole period and especially Noor Jehan in a "negative" manner.
"The filmmaker has made a mockery of the whole Mughal period and its culture. He has suggested that Noor Jehan had an illegitimate relationship with Mohabbat Khan, Jahangir's friend. However, history is witness to the fact that Noor Jehan always maintained strict `purdah'. Even Jahangir had to wait two and a half years to catch a glimpse of her. It was only after Jodha Bai begged her that she agreed to marry Jahangir . How can a woman who has does not have any perception of the outside world entertain such a relationship?" asked Mahmood Sajjid, president of the All India Lawyers Minority Association at a press conference in the capital on Thursday.
He said men were not allowed inside women's quarters but the filmmaker had shown soldiers and Mohabbat Khan inside the "restricted" area.