Best 5 Romantic Period Drama of all time.
Period drama has long been the safest and most resorted to genre by film-makers when it comes to presenting something new and interesting to the viewers.
Period drama is a story based in an earlier time period involving facts embedded in history about a person, event, or an entire dynasty. It takes the viewers back to the lost pages of time giving the perfect feel of that period from costumes, to set-up, characters and everything. Here’s let’s take a look at the top 5 best period dramas of our time.
1. Padmavati
The historic tale of Rani Padmavati is being revived on the silver screen by none other then Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. This period drama aims at narrating the saga of vivacious queen of Ratan Singh ‘Padmavati’ and her life. Surrounded by a lot of controversies the ultimate flow of this period drama is worth-watch.
2. Mughal-e- Azam
The story of Akbar the great Mughal (reign 1556–1605) has been told countless times in several films. This epic historical drama was directed by K. Asif. It narrates the immortal love story between Prince Salim (who went on to rule as Emperor Jehangir) and Anarkali, a court dancer. K. Asif magnum opus has almost took a decade in making and became a phenomenal box office.
3. Raj Kahani
Raj Kahani is an Indian Bengali drama directed by Srijit Mukherjee, set during the India- Pakistan partition in the area of Bengal. The main plot involves the group of women who are in a flesh trade, lives in a house headed by begum Jaan (Rituparna).
4. The Legend of Bhagat Singh
This is undoubtedly one of the best films made on the life of martyr Bhagat Singh. Ajay Devgan soul-stirring performance won him a National Award. This movie intensely portrayed India’s freedom struggle and ignited courage among the youth to stand for the change they want to see.
5. Jodha Akbar
This Ashutosh Gowarikar’s narrates the drama of the Mughal Emperor Akbar’s love story with Jodhabai. Hrithik (Akbar) and Jodhabai (Aishwarya) shone beautifully together. The movie has won many appraisals and accolade all over India and yes the uninvited controversies but overall viewers enjoyed it to the upmost.
This is all about movies but let’s also take a sneak peak to the Bengali Period Drama web series:
HERE SOMETHING NEW FOR THE VIEWERS TO WATCH OUT FOR:
Sufiyana
Based on the India-Pakistan partition in 1947 is the story of a 13 year old girl who breaks all the taboo of the society prevalent in that era. Unlike other girls she is chirpy, bossy and highly spirited. She doesn’t like to play with dolls and instead likes to play with the boys rather.
What happens when Nairit enters in the life of Sufi? How will Sufi reacts to his appearance?
