In
the
recent
past,
certain
period
dramas
in
Bollywood
have
been
condemned
for
exaggerated
negative
depiction
of
Muslims
and
Islam.
Panipat,
Tanhaji:
The
Unsung
Warrior,
and
Padmaavat
have
all
faced
such
criticism.
Now,
with
another
big
budget,
multi-starrer
period
drama
on
the
Mughal
era
in
the
making,
some
are
concerned
about
the
insensitive
portrayal
of
religion
again.
During
a
media
interaction,
Karan
Johar
who
is
directing
his
magnum
opus
Takht,
was
asked
what
he
thinks
about
Islamophobia
and
how
sensitively
he
is
treating
religion
in
the
movie.
Takht
is
a
film
about
the
fall
of
the
Mughal
empire.
Karan's
sharp
response
to
this
was,
"My
dear,
you
are
talking
to
a
filmmaker
who's
directed
a
film
called
My
Name
is
Khan.
My
sensitivities
to
religions
across
the
world
will
always
be
on
point.
That's
something
I
believe
in
as
a
human
being,
as
a
citizen
of
this
great
country,
and
generally
as
a
world
citizen."
He
added,
"Sensitivities
to
everyone
and
everything
is
something
that
we
all
take
very
deep
care
of.
Also,
with
Takht,
this
isn't
a
story
that
I
wrote.
History
wrote
this
story,
I'm
only
telling
it."
Takht's
first
teaser
dropped
a
few
days
back
and
it
featured
a
visual
of
a
throne
with
two
voiceovers
which
contemplate
how
the
history
of
India
could
have
been
altered
if
the
path
to
the
rise
of
Mughal
Empire
had
been
without
violence.
Releasing
during
Christmas
2021,
Takht
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
biggest
movies
of
the
year.
It
features
a
stellar
cast
of
Ranveer
Singh,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Janhvi
Kapoor,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Bhumi
Pednekar,
Alia
Bhatt
and
Anil
Kapoor.