Shabana Azmi on Disney+ Hotstar series The Empire – “Moghul history is very vague aout the female figures” : Bollywood News

Shabana Azmi has a pivotal part of the series The Empire, a webseries for Disney+ Hotstar produced by Nikkhil Advani.

Shabana Azmi on Disney+ Hotstar series The Empire – “Moghul history is very vague aout the female figures”

The internet is a fascinating web for Shabana. “This is the first web series (for Disney+ Hotstar) that I've done. The reach of the medium is tremendous. The Empire is an adaptation of Alex Rutherfood’s historical book. It deals with Moghul history all the way from Babar to Aurangzeb.”

What fascinated Shabana was the space and attention given to the women figures from Moghul history. She feels women have been treated with scant attention by Moghul historians. “I mean , everyone knows Mumtaz Mahal because Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for her. But, what was she really like? I play Babar’s grandmother Esan Daulat. Not much is known about her. But she was the power behind the throne.When Babar was 12, she made sure he was crowned emperor.”

Shabana enjoys the freedom offered by the web. “One can tell a story as elaborately as one wants. Though Esan Daulat is little-known outside the domain of history books my character is done at length. I am shooting for 40 days for The Empire.”

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