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In its News The Times India writes “This is more fiction than history. So don’t blame yourself if you’ve never heard about most of the key characters in this drama. Don’t blame yourself if the history books you read never told you about a Ms Maha Manga (Ila Arun) who was ostensibly Akbar’s governess and ran the imperial household like a thoroughbred evil ’saas’ (stepmom-in-law) straight out of Ekta Kapoor’s stables. Nor did they throw light on some badmash called Sharif-uddin (Akbar’s brother-in-law) who plotted relentless intrigue against the Emperor and even sent a terrorist to kill him in the streets of Agra. This one being the Godfather -like twist, where Mikey Corleone had to fight his own brother-in-law-turned traitor for the sake of the family honour. And then, there’s no mention too of the final man-to-man Brad Pitt-Eric Bana style encounter (remember Troy ?) that Akbar had to engage in to safeguard the Mughal Empire…. “

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