She was admitted into the Mughal harem and became a concubine of the emperor’s. So, the rumour in the walled city of Lahore was that Emperor Akbar had a special liking for Anarkali, as she was well-versed in poetry, literature and music, all of which were dear to the emperor. The Version Where Anarkali is Killed Over A SmileĪ Mughal harem in the miniature style of the time. But never mind all these glaring discrepancies, because I don’t buy this version at all.) Or fit with the personality of an Emperor. Which really wouldn’t explain the tomb in Lahore at all. (In the 1960 movie, because Indian audiences can hardly bear to see heroines die, Emperor Akbar releases Anarkali at the last minute, in exchange for banishment from the kingdom. Unable to punish his own son, Akbar took his wrath out on Anarkali and sentenced her to death by being bricked alive in a wall. The lovers ignored Emperor Akbar’s disapproval and continued to meet clandestinely. The dancer was of low birth and not fit to be the queen of the future emperor of Hindustan. She held a mujra (dance performance) in the court of Emperor Akbar, where the latter was so enamoured of her ravishing beauty that he renamed her “Anarkali”, meaning “pomegranate blossom”, for her flushing red complexion.Įmperor Akbar’s eldest and heir apparent, Prince Salim, fell in love with Anarkali, but his father did not approve of the relations between the two. Originally of Turkmen origin, Nadira came to Lahore with a traders’ caravan.
(I’ve seen it at least 3 times my father, while waiting for his tea to boil, still drums out the tune to “Pyar kiya to darna kya”, a song that’s become a popular way of laughing off romance-related woes.)ĭilip Kumar as Prince Salim Madhubala as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam (1960)Īccording to this version of the royal romance, popularised by the Bollywood movie, Anarkali’s real name was Nadira Begum. Mughal-e-Azam was the highest-grossing film of its time and is popularly regarded today as the greatest Bollywood film of all time. The most popular version of Anarkali and Salim’s illicit love story was immortalized in one of Bollywood’s greatest epics, Mughal-e-Azam (1960), “The Emperor of the Mughals”. Crown Prince Salim Future Emperor Jahangir (1569 – 1627).There are three main characters in this love story. “Ah ! If could I behold the face of my beloved once more Īccompanying this eternal profession of love and passion is the inscription Majnun Salim Akbar which can be translated as “The profoundly enamoured Salim (son of) Akbar”. Ta qayamat shukr goyam kard gar khwish ra On the northern face of the sarcophagus is the following inscription, written in Persian: Two years, namely Hijra 10, are also inscribed, which correspond to AD 1599-1600 and AD 1615-1616 respectively. On the sarcophagus are etched the 99 names of Allah. This tomb is the final resting place of Anarkali, the protagonist of our great enigma, one half of our 17 th century royal romance riddle, and the point where all the threads start to unravel. In the mausoleum sits an extraordinarily beautiful sarcophagus, a tomb of pure marble and exquisite workmanship, “one of the finest pieces of carving in the world”, according to some 19 th century scholars.
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