Did anyone find it surprising that a movie based on the life/love of Emperor Akbar, did not find two minutes to mention Birbal? I was not only surprised but also a tad disappointed!
But the truth is that the director had originally planned to include Birbal in this tale. He had even shot some scenes with the character of Birbal. But the duration of the movie, which had already exceeded three hours, forced producer-director Ashutosh Gowariker to delete the character of Birbal, who wins over the emperor with his wit and humor, from Jodhaa Akbar.
The scenes were one in which Mahesh Das, later known as Birbal, and Akbar interact during the latter`s hunting expedition and the sequence in which Birbal is invited to join the court, that was later christened navratna darbar.
These two were among the deleted scenes from the final version that made it to the theatres in February 2008.
Thankfuly somebody finally
Thankfuly somebody finally mentioned this !!!
This same question was asked by my 10 year old daughter when she had finished watching the movie..........the director could have added some incidents of Birbal in the movie to have larger audience. Thanks Shalini for mentioning this.
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