Interestingly enough, there are a number of incidents in the film that actually occurred in Mirza Ghalib’s life. He was, as shown in the mushaira, a rival of Zauq’s; his wife was a pious lady who stuck with him despite his philandering and the fact that he never had a steady income.
Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah bestowed many honours on Ghalib, naming him Dabeer-ul-mulk and Najm-ud-Daulah, in effect the poet laureate of the Mughal court.
The film is stark in it’s portrayal of his ultimate imprisonment and decline.
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