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March 03, 2008

BETRAYING THE PAST: THE JODHAA-AKBAR CONTROVERSY

Tehelka Web Special,29 Feb 2008

The Jodhaa Akbar controversy distorts the glorious legacy of Rajput-Mughal syncretic culture, writes PRAHLAD SINGH SHEKHAWAT



The controversy created by the film Jodhaa Akbar and the opposition mounted mainly by sections of young Rajputs in Rajasthan raises a number of issues related to historical facts, poetical license of a creative and imaginative work of cinema or art, modern Rajput identity and the rising intolerance in the country.

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