Ashutosh Rana on recreating emperor Aurangzeb
Actor Ashutosh Rana will soon be seen playing the role of emperor Aurangzeb in the historical web show “Chhatrasal”. The seasoned actor says that history and period dramas have always fascinated him.
| 25 July 2021 3:01 AM GMT
Actor Ashutosh Rana will soon be seen playing the role of emperor Aurangzeb in the historical web show Chhatrasal . The seasoned actor says that history and period dramas have always fascinated him.
The actor, who is well known for his work in films, says playing Aurangzeb was a great experience. Historical dramas are journeys into the past so they always take more effort. I have always found period dramas and biopics fascinating, they are one of my favourite genres to watch, so playing Aurangzeb Alamgir was a great process, says Ashutosh.
Ashutosh Rana opens up about recreating emperor Aurangzeb on screen
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“The common law of the Asiatic dynasties,” wrote Edward Gibbon in his magnum opus,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was “the unceasing round of valour, greatness, discord, degeneracy, and decay”. Very cyclical, correct?
If you manage to read this six-volume work which certainly requires a copious amount of time (readinglength.com claims that at a rate of 250 words per minute you will need 73 hours and 23 minutes of unblinking reading but my own experience attests to a struggle that goes way beyond this timeframe), you will have nothing but admiration for the exceptionally nuanced narrative. So, Gibbon can be forgiven for falling prey to the occasional bouts of historicism, that annoying habit of a few to insist that history is subject to certain laws which predetermine its outcome. Make no mistake. There is a l