Akbar was an illiterate," Haidar Ali informs us, talking about the film. "He was born in a Rajput house of Amarkot, which is in Sindh, Pakistan, now. He learnt only sword fighting and horse riding as a boy."
"But in spite of Akbar's illiteracy, he preached tolerance and adopted Din-E-Ilahi as a State religion."
"Din-E-Ilahi has everything from every religion -- Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jewism, Christianity and Islam. Akbar would speak to all the religious experts and instructed his official biographer Abul Fazal to write what they had to say. Din-E-Ilahi was the official religion until Shah Jahan's son Dara Shikoh's rule. His brother Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh in war, and then started following Islam," says Haider Ali.
Akbar, he adds, allowed Jodhaa to stay Hindu till the end of her life, never once interfering in her beliefs.
"Akbar married Jodhaa to avoid bloodshed," he explains. "It was a perfect example of communal harmony. I cannot tell you more about the story because I want everyone to watch the film."
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