Akbar Salim Anarkali Story

Akbar longs for an heir and, after prayers are answered, raises Salim with stern discipline. Years later the prince returns from war and falls for the court dancer Nadira, whom Akbar names Anarkali. Their forbidden love ignites palace intrigue as rival dancer Gulnar exposes them. Salim rebels and is defeated; Anarkali surrenders to save him and is ordered entombed alive. Remembering a boon owed to Tansen, Akbar secretly spares her—arranging exile so Salim never learns she lives—balancing emperor’s duty against a father’s heart.