I was very excited when I watched the trailer. I actually saw it and found that although the picture is beautiful, the plot is far worse than "Baahubali"
Checked some background information after returning home
Sultan Alauddin Khalji (Islam)
The second ruler of the Khalji dynasty, Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316), the monarch of the Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526), had four wives, namely Malika-i-Jahan, Mahru, Kamaladevi, and Jhatyapali. Among them, Malika-i-Jahan is the daughter of the former Sudan in the movie.
Malik Kafur, who has an ambiguous relationship with Sudan in the movie, also exists in history. He was an eunuch and later became a famous general. He carried out four southern expeditions and basically unified the South Asian subcontinent.
Alauddin Khalji has resisted the invasion of Mongolia many times in history. He was very generous to the army, strengthened centralization, and carried out income reform, market reform, military reform and social reform. Prohibition of gambling, gambling, fraud, etc., in general is a very capable monarch.
The ruins that can still be seen are: The Hauz-i-Khas, Qutb complex, etc.
The last king Maharawal Ratan Singh (Hinduism)
This king belonged to the Rawal branch of the Guhila dynasty and was the last ruler of this branch. He is a Rajput. Most of the Rajputs are non-vegetarians. They have resisted the invasion of Turkic Islam many times in the history of India and are regarded as the defenders of Brahman culture. Rajput warriors and princes love hunting, which explains why the king and queen met in the forest in the first place.
There are not many records about Maharawal Ratan Singh, most of them are about him as the last king of Rawal, and the legend between him and Queen Padmawati (fiction, non-historical).
The remains that can still be seen are Chittor Fort
Queen Rani Padmavati (Buddhism)
Sinhala Princess Padmavati, Sinhala is the ancient name of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka is indeed a famous pearl producing area. There are many different versions of the legend about Queen Padmawati. Some legends have parrots, and some legends have another Rajput King Devpa who fell in love with her besides the Sultan, but the endings are all The same-jauhar.
Whether Padmavati really exists is still a question mark.
Jauhar
There are three famous Jauhar events in Indian history, all of which occurred in Chittaur (the castle in the movie), which occurred in 1303, 1535, and 1568 respectively. Among them, 1303 is the one that happened in the movie. Jauhar is an act of self-sacrifice made by Rajput women and children to avoid captives that might be brought after the war. In the local folk songs and folklore of Rajasthan, this practice is considered "heroic".
The collective behavior is called Jauhar, and women who lose their husbands will voluntarily or be forced to perform Sati. India officially banned Sati in 1987. Now, whether the widow voluntarily or not, it is illegal to instigate, coerce, perform, assist, observe or eulogize the Sati ceremony, and the maximum penalty can be death or life imprisonment.
This film is obviously to beautify Jauhar, even if the previous pictures are beautiful, the singing and dancing are moving, the part that beautifies Jauhar is really hard to accept, not to mention the fact that the whole story is also very plain... In short, it is not very recommended.
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