He is a tortured, faltering, fallible man - past his prime, beset with anxieties, and disillusioned at the failure of his dreams. Rushdie's Akbar muses at length on the questions of God and Man. It is this leader who thought much ahead of his times who dominates both the novel and the film - though they depict him at different stages of his life. At the heart of both is Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar (1542-1605), the greatest Mughal Emperor of India, who, though illiterate, was gifted with a unique syncretic vision which he tried concretising in his own lifetime, by creating a new religion of man ( Din-i-Ilahi or the ‘Divine Faith') that sought to bring people of all faiths under the same roof.

Jodhaa-Akbar is their untold love story.Jodhaa Akbar is a lavish period drama on celluloid The Enchantress of Florence is an ‘East meets West' novel, highlighting not so much a clash of civilisations as their commonality.

The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa – a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey – the journey of true love. Maharana Pratap also banned inter marriages between Rajputs who had given their daughters to the Mughals and the ones who did not.

Maharana Pratap and many other Rajputs always considered Akbar as a foreign invader. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs. After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godavari River. Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan). Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a political marriage of convenience that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

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